Stuart’s story

03/10/2012 By
Casey

Casey Weekly     |     28 September 2012 A student at Chisholm Institute has told of the difference TAFE has made to his life as students and teachers met politicians last week to discuss the impact of cuts to TAFE funding. Stuart Rogers, who studies accounting at Chisholm's Berwick campus, said his teachers had supported him through three hospital stays and helped him complete the outstanding units of his course. I firmly believe that if I was at university, I wouldn't have received the support I've received here at TAFE.  I'm so grateful.   It's been really helpful to get the skills I need in a mentored environment Chisholm Institute plans to raise course fees by about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Coalition policies, Commonwealth policies, Victorian TAFE Association, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Miriam’s story

03/10/2012 By
Brimbank

Brimbank Weekly    |     2 October 2012 Victoria University (VU), the west's biggest TAFE provider, has lost more than $32 million in funding and slashed 80 vocational courses and more than 100 teaching jobs.  VU has now announced further cuts following the withdrawal of the youth guarantee supplement, which supports disadvantaged students in TAFE courses.   Funding for the program was stripped from $2 million to $680,000. Student Miriam Bah, 28, who is completing a double diploma in community services and community development, said she chose VU because of its access to English language programs.  The Liberian migrant said the axing of courses and teachers was a blow for women … [Read more...]

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

Schooling federalism

03/10/2012 By
Bronwyn Hinze

4 October 2012 This has been a significant year for Australian federalism and intergovernmental relations, particularly in schooling.  In this conference paper,  Bronwyn Hinze and Brian Galligan of  The University of Melbourne analyse the landmark Gonski Review of School Funding and the Williams High Court case on the Commonwealth’s school chaplains programs and the extent to which two landmark events - one judicial, one political - could represent a turning point or relatively minor setbacks in the Commonwealth government’s five-decade march into the education portfolio, with broader implications for other tied grant programs.  They argue that federalism’s flexible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Commonwealth-State relations, Conferences, Schools, Society, University of Melbourne Tagged With: , , , , ,

Public VET funding pouring into private provision

03/10/2012 By
TAFE

The Australian    |     3 October 2012 Governments have almost tripled their funding of private training since 2007 from about $410 million in 2007 to $1.4 billion last year. catapulting TAFEs towards minority provider status, a new NCVER report reveals. Victoria led the pack, with payments to private colleges almost quadrupling to about $500m under the state's open training market, according to the report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research. However, private payments also increased sharply in three other states, rising 196% in Queensland, 181% in Western Australia and 165% in South Australia. Nationally, non-TAFE funding has risen almost 120% during … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Coalition policies, Commonwealth policies, NCVER, TAFE, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

TDA Newsletter

03/10/2012 By

TDA Newsletter     |     2 October 2012 Women bear brunt of Victorian TAFE cuts Female students will suffer the most from the Baillieu Government’s funding cuts to TAFE, according to analysis conducted by the Victorian TAFE Association (VTA). The VTA said TAFE courses skewed to female students had lost up to 85% of their government subsidies, while the most male-dominated TAFE courses had lost only about 6%. Click here to read an article in The Australian. Government funds new competency-based progression scheme for electrical apprentices The Federal Government has granted $20 million to new reforms that will improve the retention rates of electrical apprentices. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coalition policies, Commonwealth policies, Commonwealth-State relations, Conferences, TAFE, TAFE Directors Australia, Teaching & learnig, Victorian TAFE Association, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , ,

Victorian TAFE funding – background & commentary

03/10/2012 By
Chris Evans

Control and click headlines and highlights to link to articles Links may not work unless you or your organisation is a paid subscriber to the originating media outlet.  Check with your communications people about subscriptions. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TAFE in Victoria Gordon TAFE teacher Susie Mandley has put together a virtual compendium of of analysis, comment and reporting on Victoria's TAFE/VET funding cuts on her Scoop.It! site, TAFE in Victoria.   As at 7 July, it comprised 750 items and ran to 30 pages.   It's an extraordinary for future researchers seeking to explain what will surely be a case … [Read more...]

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