The Scan # 173 22 July 2015

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VET matters

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ News __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Vic international strategy directions  21   July 2015    |   The Victorian government has released a discussion paper on international education as part of its $200 million Future Industries Fund. The paper covers all three education sectors (higher education, VET and schools).  It proposes nine strategic directions, including developing more markets to reduce reliance on the two traditionally big markets of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ABC, ACPET, ASQA, Budget, Commonwealth-State relations, Conferences, Higher education policy, Innovative Research Universities, International, Mitchell Institute, Notices, Research, Schools, TAFE, The Scan, universities, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , , , , , ,

Queensland budget – skills and training

21/07/2015 by
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22 July 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Queensland government has allocated $337.2 million over 4 years for training initiatives in its budget delivered on 15 July.  …………………………………………………………………………………….......…… Skilling Queenslanders for Work Working Queensland is the reintroduction of the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative. Skilling Queenslanders for Work represents an investment of $240 million over four years to support 32,000 Queenslanders back into work and boost the skills of the Queensland workforce. Participants will be provided tailored support, literacy and numeracy skills, job preparation skills, work placement training opportunities and subsidised … [Read more...]

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TDA Newsletter 13 July 2015

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Training gets a lift on MySkills website The MySkills website which provides a national directory or training organisations and courses has been updated with information for vocational educational and training (VET) students. The update includes: courses linked to skills in demand in each state and territory student satisfaction and employment outcomes for the 230 most popular courses a VET FEE-HELP loan calculator identification of sanctioned training providers a modernised, tablet-optimised homepage design The Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham sais the new features would allow students to search and compare VET courses and training … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Commonwealth-State relations, Conferences, International, TAFE, TAFE Directors Australia, TAFE SA, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Qld govt turns back TAFE asset sell off

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28 May 2015 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………  The Queensland government has introduced a Bill to repeal the former government’s plan to sell TAFE assets and lease them out to third parties, as the first step in its $34 million Rescuing TAFE package. …………………………………………………………………………………….......…… The minister for training and skills Yvette D’Ath introduced the Bill on 21 May to repeal the Queensland Training Assets Management Authority Act 2014. “QTAMA was created by those opposite to enable the sell-off of Queensland’s training assets to the highest bidder and removing access of TAFE to its own premises, its own equipment and leasing it out directly to the competitors of TAFE,” … [Read more...]

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Labor’s TAFE agenda in Queensland

12/02/2015 by
Annastacia3

12 February 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… With the Labor Party poised to form a minority government in Queensland, its  promise to rescue the TAFE sector will now come into sharper focus.  Queensland VET student numbers fell 38,000 in 2013. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… During the election campaign, Labor leader and soon to be premier Annastacia Palaszczuk  (who pronounces her surname as "Pallashay") made a number of commitments to address the vocational educational and training system, including: $34 million over three years to create up to 100 TAFE teaching and support positions, fund new training schemes in emerging industries, invest in student … [Read more...]

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The Scan 13 February 2015

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Edition # 166 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Higher ed reforms referred back to Committee 12 February 2015 | Labor, the Greens and four independent senators (Senators Xenophon, Lambie, Muir, Rhiannon and Lazarus) have joined forces to establish another inquiry into higher education reform, to report by 17 March. The committee will consider alternatives to deregulation, likely future demand for places and implications on student loans, research infrastructure and regional provision. The inquiry will also look to investigate “the appropriateness and accuracy of government … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ACPET, AEU, ANU, ASQA, Budget, Deakin, Higher education policy, Notices, Productivity Commission, Qualifications, Scan Main Edition, Swinburne University, TAFE, TAFE Directors Australia, Universities Australia, University budgets, University reform, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , , , , , ,

TAFE: the essential ingredient

08/09/2014 by

8  September 2014 Click images to enlarge ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… In late April 2012, the Victorian Coalition government, building on the skills reform initiative of its Labor predecessor, unleashed its own radical model of vocational education and training (VET) market reforms.  Basically, these reforms opened up the public funding of VET to virtually all comers and removed any dedicated funding to sustain the public character of TAFE (the public VET provider network).  Most commentators predicted that these reforms would undermine the TAFE sector and, with it, the whole VET system.  After the passage of a couple of years, those commentators can … [Read more...]

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