A letter to the Premier

01/09/2012 By
Cat

A post from A cat among the pigeons    31  August  2012 Dear Premier, I am a mature aged student, 45 years of age with two children, and no formal qualification. I currently study at Chisholm TAFE in Frankston, and I am writing to express my concerns regarding the human cost of these economic cuts to our education system. I have been a student at TAFE on four separate occasions during the last 25 years. In 1986, I completed two short courses and in 1988 I partially completed a Certificate of Business Studies. Although I did not complete the certificate, my new skill-set gained me initial employment as an office clerk with further progression to a Credit Management position. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coalition policies, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

Some Vic TAFE facts and figures

01/09/2012 By

1 September 2012 Victorian government spokespeople constantly assert that the  "Victorian government is directing an extra $1 billion over the next four years into the state’s training system."   That's true only if you look at it from the perspective of what was expected in 2008 - that is, about 4 years ago.  The assertion also simply ignores the actual $290 million cut in annual funding to the public TAFE institutes, as the "fix" to explosive and unsustainable growth in funding to private providers.  The following points have been published by the Victorian TAFE Association, which remains unchallenged. Government subsidies surged from a projected (in 2008) $900 million in 2011 to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coalition policy, Victorian TAFE Association, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , ,

Private CSPs “years off”

01/09/2012 By
Chris Evans

The Australian     |    1  September  2012 Commonwealth Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans has told the Australian Council for Private Education and Training’s national conference that he doesn’t expect Commonwealth-supported places (CSPs) to become available to private colleges for at least the next two years but “it’s something that will come as the sector develops”.   Senator Evans said the private sector has a “big role to play” in providing more diversity in educational choice. We’ve got a very white-bread system at the moment, a very homogeneous system, and I think students are increasingly going to demand different options.   think you’ll see … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ACPET, Conferences, Higher education policy Tagged With: , , ,
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