Victoria pumps an extra $50m into the TAFE system The Victorian state government has pumped an additional $50 million into the TAFE system, with a ‘Back to Work’ fund that it says will create at least 100,000 jobs. The fund will offer one-off grants to TAFEs to develop and expand courses that align with the needs of local employers. The new fund is in addition to the $320 million TAFE Rescue Fund, which is helping TAFEs in financial difficulty. The latest Victorian Training Market report shows that government subsidised enrolments in TAFE fell by 33% over the last year from 207,943 to 139,182. In 2014, 56% of all government subsidised enrolments were with private registered … [Read more...]
VET declines in Victoria
24/03/2015 by
23 March 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Andrews government says the latest Victorian Training Market Report the vocational education and training (VET) in Victoria was in crisis under the former Napthine government. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… TAFE enrolments, in particular have continued to plummet, with government-subsidised places falling by 33% over the past year. More vulnerable Victorians are missing out with government-funded training enrolments by regional students, trainees, disabled and disadvantaged learners all in decline. There was an 18% drop in 15 to 19-year-olds receiving government-funded training last year. Training … [Read more...]
Getting down to business on TAFE
05/12/2014 by
4 December 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The election of the new Labor government in Victoria paves the way for a major commitment to build and refurbish parts of the state’s TAFE system. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… Premier Daniel Andrews campaigned strongly on Labor’s $320 million TAFE Rescue Fund. Promises include: $10 million to re-open Swinburne Lilydale TAFE $10 million to re-open TAFE in Greensborough $8 million for a student hub at Holmesglen TAFE, Moorabbin $25 million to rebuild Chisholm TAFE, Frankston $5 million for an industry hub at Federation University TAFE, Ballarat $7.8 million for an Environmental and … [Read more...]
Lilydale to re-open
05/12/2014 by
SBS News | 3 December 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The closed TAFE/HE campus at Lilydale on the outskirts of Melbourne will be reopened, new Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… TAFE providers have already shown interest in reopening a closed campus on the edge of Melbourne, Andrews says. He visited Swinburne University’s former Lilydale campus on 2 December to announce it would reopen with a $10 million refurbishment. Andrews said Privately there's been already some very strong expressions of interest (and) willingness to sit down and talk with the incoming government. I'm very confident we will not … [Read more...]
New Senate inquiry into VET
24/11/2014 by
24 November 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… A wideranging inquiry into the regulation and funding of private vocational education and training providers is set to kick off in the Senate amid concerns about private VET providers misusing public funding and warnings that proposed higher education changes could see shoddy practices emerge in the higher education sector. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… The inquiry’s terms of reference, negotiated between Labor and the Greens, and apparently supported by sufficient of the cross bench to get the proposal up, call for examining: private sector access to public funds; regulatory regimes governing the sector; … [Read more...]
Labor pledges $1.2 billion to make Victoria the “education state”
26/10/2014 by
Victorian Labor | 26 October 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Victorian Labor has kicked off its campaign for the state election on29 November with the promise of a $1.2 billion dollar package to upgrade schools and the TAFE Government school upgrades and refurbishments would cost $510 million, $120 million would be provided for Catholic and independent schools and $50 million would be spent on upgrading kindergartens across the state. Labor would also provide millions of dollars to help struggling families with uniforms and shoes. Labor also proposes a network of technical schools around the state , with 10 centres to be set up with a $125 million fund. The … [Read more...]
The Scan’s top ten reads – September 2014
30/09/2014 by
1 October 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… In September The Scan published 67 posts, although we also extracted 39 submissions to the Senate inquiry into the government's higher education reform legislation. Scan readers seem to be drawn to a whiff of controversy , with the suspension of a vice-chancellor and the suspension of a listed company's trading (albeit temporarily) topping the most read list. The Senate submissions feature third, which is pretty good for that sort of subject. As usual, the travails of the TAFE sector in the era of skills reform features highly, particularly in Victoria, where it could be a prominent issue at the election due in November. Top reads … [Read more...]
