Vic government takes more control over TAFE boards

29/10/2012 By
gavel

The Australian    |    29 October 2012 Victoria's Baillieu government is set to take more control over TAFE boards proposing legislation to appoint all TAFE board members, not just a majority as currently.  TAFE chief executives will also be excluded from being on the board. The then opposition argued against similar changes proposed by the Brumby government in 2010 and joined with the Greens to block them.  Now skills minister Peter Hall argued then that Labor's attempt to appoint all TAFE board members was an "unnecessary grab for power."  He now says: It takes very specific skills to oversee a large public educational institution and selecting people with the right skills … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coalition policies, TAFE, Victorian TAFE Association Tagged With: ,

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: , , , , ,

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: , , , ,

TAFE cuts discriminate against women: VTA report

26/09/2012 By
ABC News: Alison Savage

ABC News   26 September 2012 The Victorian TAFE Association says analysis of the Government's $290 million vocational funding cuts shows they will discriminate against women. The association has examined 20 courses that are badly affected by the cuts and have a high proportion of either female or male enrolments. It found female-dominated courses, including children's services and hospitality, are facing funding cuts up to five times greater than male-dominated courses like bricklaying and agriculture. The association's executive director David Williams says the cuts will disadvantage women. We're arguing that up to 65,000 women, based upon 2011 enrolments, would be … [Read more...]

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

Some Vic TAFE facts and figures

01/09/2012 By

1 September 2012 Victorian government spokespeople constantly assert that the  "Victorian government is directing an extra $1 billion over the next four years into the state’s training system."   That's true only if you look at it from the perspective of what was expected in 2008 - that is, about 4 years ago.  The assertion also simply ignores the actual $290 million cut in annual funding to the public TAFE institutes, as the "fix" to explosive and unsustainable growth in funding to private providers.  The following points have been published by the Victorian TAFE Association, which remains unchallenged. Government subsidies surged from a projected (in 2008) $900 million in 2011 to … [Read more...]

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