6 September 2012 The Queensland Skills and Training Taskforce, established in June to advise the government on reform of the VET sector, has published an interim report dealing specifically with the Queensland TAFE sector.  In contrast to the Victorian model, the Taskforce recommends a measured and orderly transition to more market oriented VET delivery and funding.  It's not without controversy:  it recommends a radical overhaul of industrial arrangements, which draw the ire of unions, and the closure of 44 of the state's 82 TAFE campuses, which will create some community anxiety and has already been criticised by the Commonwealth minister. The report says the TAFE sector is … [Read more...]