Getting down to business on TAFE

05/12/2014 by
Steve Herbert

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...]

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

Lilydale to re-open

05/12/2014 by
Andrews reopens Lilydale

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...]

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Go8 Newsletter December 2014

05/12/2014 by

  ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Table of Contents End-of-Year Message from the Chair Review of MRIs Boosting the commercial returns from research consultation The 2014 Go8-C9 PhD Forum SSH Research and Education Essential for Global Well-being Go8 Submission to the review of Cooperative Research Centres Go8 Publications and a Research Video in 2014 Unedited: Professor Margaret Gardner Research with Impact Calendar of Events Go8 Christmas Shutdown … [Read more...]

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