TAFE governance – The Scan

A new advocacy group for TAFE established

17/07/2015 by intermediatescan

17 July 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… A new voice for the Australian TAFE sector - TAFE Chairs Australia - has been established. …………………………………………………………………………………….......…… TAFE Chairs Australia is made up of chairpersons (or equivalent) of TAFE from Australian States and Territories. The group comes together with a charter to raise the profile of VET and TAFE, as well as proactively engage on associated national issues. Speaking at the Victorian TAFE Association State Conference about reform of TAFE in recent years, Warren Tapp, the inaugural chair of the group, said: TAFE Chairs have an obligation to actively promote the important contribution TAFEs across … [Read more...]

Filed Under: TAFE, The Scan, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: TAFE, TAFE Chairs Australia, TAFE funding, TAFE governance, Tertiary education news and headlines, VET funding

Re-imagining the campus in the VET sector

17/04/2014 by intermediatescan

The Conversation | 21 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… A change to the treatment of publicly owned Technical and Further Education (TAFE) facilities has the potential to exacerbate existing problems in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….................................... The federal minister for industry, Ian Macfarlane, expressed concern that TAFE assets are underused. He signalled interest in following the Queensland government approach, which allows non-TAFE registered training organisations (RTOs) access to TAFE facilities for the delivery of training. To assess the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: TAFE, The Scan, VET Tagged With: TAFE, TAFE funding, TAFE governance, TAFE infrastructure

NMIT appoints an “interim” CEO

07/03/2014 by intermediatescan

7 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… NMIT has appointed the former CEO of National Rugby League Club, the Melbourne Storm, as its "interim" CEO. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… John Gibbins, Chair of The Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE Board announced today that Ron Gauci has been appointed as the Institute’s Interim CEO. Gauci is described as "a highly respected executive who demonstrates extensive experience in leading change in a number of different business environments." He obviously specialises in difficult business environments. Most recently, Gauci was the CEO and Managing Director of NRL club, Melbourne Storm. When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NMIT, TAFE Tagged With: Appointments, Melbourne Polytechnic, NMIT, TAFE, TAFE governance

NMIT ”sound”

04/03/2014 by intermediatescan

The Australian | 4 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Victorian TAFE North Melbourne Institute of Technology has confirmed it suffered a “significant” loss last year but says it remains in a “sound” financial position. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Victorian TAFE North Melbourne Institute of Technology has confirmed it suffered a “significant” loss last year but says it remains in a “sound” financial position with $280 million in assets and no debt. Last week NMIT surprised the sector with news that chief executive Andy Giddy had suddenly resigned to take up an unspecified academic posting elsewhere. The news came amid speculation NMIT … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Melbourne Polytechnic, NMIT, TAFE Tagged With: Melbourne Polytechnic, NMIT, TAFE cuts, TAFE funding, TAFE governance, Victorian TAFE cuts

The Scan

01/03/2014 by intermediatescan

1 March 2014 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Job cuts at La Trobe 28 February 2014 | La Trobe University has confirmed it is cutting 350 jobs as part of a restructure. University management told staff at a meeting this afternoon. It is understood the redundancies are compulsory, and will affect the university's Bundoora campus in Melbourne's north west as well as its regional Victorian campuses....[ MORE ].... TEQSA shake up 28 February 2014 | The government has introduced a bill to radically restructure the national higher education regulatory agency.The bill provides for a spill of the positions of the five commissioners … [Read more...]

Filed Under: La Trobe University, Life & stuff, Melbourne Polytechnic, National Tertiary Education Union, NMIT, Queensland University, Rankings, RMIT, Scan Main Edition, Swinburne, TAFE, TEQSA, Tertiary media, The Scan, universities, University of Melbourne, University of NSW, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, University reform, university staffing Tagged With: Industrial relations, NTEU, public universities, Students, TAFE, TAFE funding, TAFE governance, TEQSA, University strategic

NMIT statement on departure of CEO Andy Giddy

26/02/2014 by intermediatescan

26 February 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… From the circumstances of Andy Giddy's departure and the tone of this statement, something is obviously seriously amiss at NMIT. Speculation is that NMIT has gone from a relatively comfortable surplus in 2012 (about $6 million) to a burgeoning deficit in 2013. NMIT budgeted for a deficit of $13 million for 2013, but, in the event, it may have been more than double that. This is speculation: we have no independent, verifiable information concerning NMIT's current financial position. Nevertheless, it is starting to seem something like that may be the case. NMIT has a pretty strong balance sheet and ought to be able to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NMIT, TAFE Tagged With: Melbourne Polytechnic, NMIT, TAFE, TAFE governance

RMIT dumps the TAFE brand

24/02/2014 by intermediatescan

24 February 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… RMIT vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner has announced that RMIT is availing itself of recent changes in Victorian government legislation to dump its standing as an institute of technical and further education – a public TAFE. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… She said that “TAFE” doesn’t fit with RMIT’s strategic directions as “a global university of technology and design” nor do “students find TAFE a helpful or useful descriptor”. While RMIT will still be accountable for any public funding it receives for vocational education activity, it will no longer be bound by the regulatory, reporting and governance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Federation University, RMIT, Swinburne University, TAFE, The Scan Tagged With: TAFE, TAFE governance, university futures, University strategic plans

Collaborate to Compete – the TAFE SA Solution

26/07/2013 by intermediatescan

As the "student entitlement model" as a means of increasing competition in the VET sector is rolled out across the nation, 8 different models of reform have emerged. Victoria's model , with its seeming focus on untrammelled competition, seems the radical outlier. Despite significant differences in approach, policymakers in other jurisdictions have been careful to avoid the "turbulence" that has accompanied introduction of the Victorian model. In this article first published in Campus Review, Dr Ruth Schubert, director of business transformation at TAFE SA, sets out the South Australian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Government, TAFE, TAFE SA, Uncategorized, VET Tagged With: Diversity, Equity, Fees, Funding, Skills reform, TAFE, TAFE governance, TAFE news

TAFE Queensland set up

31/05/2013 by intermediatescan

The Queensland Government has passed legislation to establish the new TAFE Queensland as an independent statutory body. The minister for education, training and employment John-Paul Langbroek said the new entity will manage all TAFE institutes from 1 July this year. It follows the recommendations of a review undertaken by the Queensland Skills and Training Taskforce. Langbroek said one of the first tasks will be to recruit up to nine board members with commercial experience and in-depth knowledge of VET in order to set the organisational structure of TAFE Queensland. I will appoint the interim CEO, however all future CEO appointments will be made by the board to reflect the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scan Main Edition, TAFE Tagged With: Queensland Skills & Training Taskforce, Queensland skills reform, TAFE governance, TAFE news

Victorian TAFEs on short leash

02/05/2013 by intermediatescan

By Special Gazettes published on 10 April, the Victorian Government promulgated new constitutions for Victoria’s 14 standalone TAFE institutes – except 4 are now no longer “TAFE” institutes. Four of the five big metropolitan TAFES – Holmesglen, Box Hill, Chisholm and Kangan – remain as TAFEs but their official titles are now simply “institutes” (as in “Holmesglen Institute”) sans the TAFE tag. Presumably, this reflects their continuing evolution as Integrated tertiary providers, with delivery through AQF levels 1 To 7 (Certificate 1 to Bachelor Degree). As well, they have significant delivery in the upper secondary space. NMIT remains an “institute of TAFE”, by way of its long established … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coalition policies, Scan Main Edition, TAFE, Vocational education & training Tagged With: TAFE governance, TAFE news, Victorian skills reform