Victorian TAFE funding – background & commentary

03/10/2012 By
Chris Evans

Control and click headlines and highlights to link to articles Links may not work unless you or your organisation is a paid subscriber to the originating media outlet.  Check with your communications people about subscriptions. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TAFE in Victoria Gordon TAFE teacher Susie Mandley has put together a virtual compendium of of analysis, comment and reporting on Victoria's TAFE/VET funding cuts on her Scoop.It! site, TAFE in Victoria.   As at 7 July, it comprised 750 items and ran to 30 pages.   It's an extraordinary for future researchers seeking to explain what will surely be a case … [Read more...]

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Hundreds protest at TAFE cuts in Ballarat

15/06/2012 By
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Herald-Sun   15 June 2012 Hundreds of protesters greeted Premier Ted Baillieu as he arrived in Ballarat to speak at the Regional Press Club. Angry TAFE students and staff staged the protest in response to 60 courses being cut at the University of Ballarat after a $20 million funding cut put its arts school and business and racing certificates at the university's Horsham campus in the gun. Janet Bourke, who is tracking TAFE cuts across the state for the NTEU, estimated more than 1000 jobs could go and noted staff at the Central Gippsland TAFE were being notified of redundancies today (15/6): Staff there are absolutely devastated and don’t know when there is going to be a knock on the … [Read more...]

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Vic TAFE unions announce regional protest rallies

21/05/2012 By
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NTEU News    21 May 2012 The National Tertiary Education Union and the Australian Education Union have announced a  series of regional protest rallies as part of a campaign   to reverse the Victorian government’s plan to slash nearly $300 million off grants to Victoria’s 18 TAFE institutes. Wednesday 23 May 12.30pm – SuniTAFE Mildura Thursday 24 May 12.30pm – SMB Ballarat Tuesday 29 May 12.00pm – Wodonga TAFE Wednesday 30 May – 12,15pm Bendigo TAFE Thursday 31 May 12.15pm – The Gordon, Geelong Tuesday 5 June, 12.30pm – Central Gippsland, Taralgon Wednesday 6 June – 12.00pm GOTAFE Shepparton Wednesday 6 June – 4.00pm GOTAFE … [Read more...]

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Anger as TAFEs fear savings will cost jobs

11/05/2012 By
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The Age   11 May 2012 More than a thousand TAFE students and teachers rallied at Treasury Gardens (10 May) against state government budget cuts to subsidies.  The rally came as several institutions weighed up shedding jobs and courses following the $100 million-a-year reduction in TAFE grants.  The Australian Education Union estimates 1500 jobs could go across the state.  But The Age reports that a number of institutions it contacted say it is too early to estimate the impact of subsidy cuts on jobs, campuses and courses, a sentiment echoed by Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall. There is no doubt there is (sic) some challenges and indeed there will be changes … [Read more...]

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TAFEs target regional seats in protest at cuts

11/05/2012 By

______________________________________________________________________________________________ The Australian    11 May 2012 TAFE unions will target the Baillieu government’s one-seat majority in parliament with a two-year campaign against heavy cuts to public sector training, focusing on marginal regional seats where the cuts are expected to hurt TAFEs hardest, a protest rally of 1500 TAFE supporters has been told. Joe Piper, chief executive at regional South West TAFE, said the funding cuts risked making many entry-level courses unviable because it was unrealistic to expect students to be able to pay the higher fees needed to cover the reduced government subsidies. He said … [Read more...]

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“Training and education jobs to go…”

06/05/2012 By
John Maddock

ABC   7.30   4 May 2012 Box Hill Institute CEO John Maddock makes the case regarding the job impacts TAFE funding will have: ... if we were in direct manufacturing, we'd get government support. How much sense does it make to rip funding away from those who train the manufacturers of tomorrow? The designers of tomorrow? The builders of tomorrow? … [Read more...]

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AEU Federal: Statement on Victorian TAFE funding cuts

02/05/2012 By
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The huge funding cuts announced by the Victorian government to its TAFE institutes will damage the TAFE sector in Victoria and the Victorian economy and community.  They will also change the national VET system forever. Late in 2011, the Victorian government ripped millions out of TAFEs budgets. Private providers were left largely untouched. As a result of the 2012 budget cuts, TAFEs will lose initially an estimated $160m annually. Many current TAFE courses will be cancelled and some campuses and facilities are likely to be closed. Some TAFE institutes will have to consider amalgamations, and hundreds of TAFE teachers and administrative staff will lose their jobs. Unless these cuts … [Read more...]

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