Commission of Audit missed opportunity on VET

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VET reform

Mitchell Institute     |     21 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The National Commission of Audit’s recommendations for vocational education and training - proposing that responsibility for VET revert to the states - represent a missed opportunity for overdue reform says Peter Noonan, professor of tertiary education policy at Victoria University. He says the commonwealth’s interests in VET are stronger than ever before, not weaker, and the commission’s recommendations for VET should be set aside . ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......……   For all it has achieved, the VET system now needs genuine ¬renewal. The current federal-state shared funding model has run … [Read more...]

Filed Under: TAFE, The Scan, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , ,

Senate inquiry urges change to TAFE funding

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Senate Report      |    May 2014 The Senate Education and Employment References Committee inquiry into TAFE has recommended a new funding formula forTAFE to reflect the actual cost of service delivery, and a reversal of funding cuts by the states.The report says that while the committee is not opposed to the introduction of private training providers, it is “very concerned to hear accounts of where private providers are flooding the system at the expense of quality and consistency.” A dissenting report by Coalition Senators says there is a huge amount of funding invested through TAFE, and government has a responsibility to ensure that it gets the best value for every dollar it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: TAFE, TAFE Directors Australia, The Scan, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , ,

Medical fund will distort research priorities: ATN

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Australian Technology  Network    |    19 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ATN executive director Vicki Thomson says it would be "exceedingly churlish" to denigrate the federal government’s $20 billion medical research fund announced in the 2014-15 federal budget. But she goes on to point out, in a non-churlish way, that the scheme has serious flaws and can seriously distort the operation of the national research system, which is overwhelming based in Australia's universities. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......……   There is not much which is dearer to the heart than excellence in medical research. So this complaint is not about that decision; … [Read more...]

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TAFE fees to rise in NSW

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The Australian    |   16 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… TAFE students in NSW face fee hikes of $500 or more next year, as the state government opens public funding  to students ta private providers. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… However, NSW will continue to control fees and training place numbers. The government rejected an Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommendation that it take steps towards fully deregulating fees, unlike the commonwealth which is removing controls on university fees. Education Minister Adrian Piccoli said he had no intention of deregulating fees. He said that when other states had done so, costs to students had … [Read more...]

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Positive early impacts of the Victorian Training Guarantee on VET enrolments

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NCVER     |    21 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Training reforms can lead to substantial increases in vocational education and training (VET) enrolments, according to an analysis published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) on Victorian training reforms.  In terms of outcomes for learners of different ages, the results are mixed, with young people getting the most immediate benefit. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… The research, undertaken by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, investigated the impacts of the first round of Victorian demand-driven reforms from 2009 to 2011, referred to as the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NCVER, TAFE, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , ,

Making a stab at fees poses grave risks: UA

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Universities Australia    |     21 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… With Prime Minister Tony Abbott acknowledging that he can't guarantee that university fees might not double, University Australia chair Sandra Harding says that there are "grave risks" in a precipitate move to fee deregulation, set to take place in 2016.  As the new fee regime will apply to all enrolments after 14 May 2014,  students enrolling after that date will not know the fees that will apply from 1 January 2016 until such time as universities announce their fees. In order to provide some degree of certainty and inform student choice, some universities, outside the Group of Eight, at least, may be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Coalition policies, Government, Group of 8, Higher education policy, The Scan, universities, Universities Australia Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Unis seek delay in deregulation

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Fairfax Media     |    21 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… University vice-chancellors are arguing for a delay for a delay in the deregulation of course fees, set to take place in 2016. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… The university leaders fear as many as 160,000 school leavers nationwide could select a course without knowing whether they will pay tens of thousands of dollars in extra fees, which some students would struggle to pay. University of Western Sydney vice-chancellor Barney Glover asked for the postponement of the planned fee deregulation during talks with the office of Education Minister Christopher Pyne last week. Glover said funding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Government, Higher education policy, The Scan, University of Western Sydney Tagged With: , ,
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