The Australian | 5 December 2013 Four institutions now talking Victoria’s Advance TAFE and GippsTAFE are involved in talks with eastern Melbourne’s Chisholm Institute and the dual-sector University of Ballarat “to explore the best fit in terms of organisational objectives and stakeholder needs”. Apparently, negotiations between Advance and GippsTAFE are well advanced, with “a number of points of agreement” reached in areas such as curriculum-based collaboration and “back office sharing”. Advance CEO Shaun McDonagh said the institutions wanted to choose their partners before considering what the partnerships might look like, with mergers being a possibility. McDonagh … [Read more...]
