Vocational training needs reform: report
Australia’s vocational education and training system has copped a fresh round of criticism with more calls to overhaul its most confusing and un...
Feature Article: Six reasons why your funding agreements might be costing your RTO money
Funding bodies require RTO’s to enter into contractual arrangements if applications for funding or government subsidies are successful. How you ...
IR reform needed to get more people into training: review
State governments should give TAFEs autonomy over industrial relations to get better value for the $6.4 billion in taxpayers’ money that pours i...
Helping Mining Workers Upskill and Reskill
The mining sector will benefit from improved qualifications to help address existing and future workforce challenges. A qualification design trial is ...
‘My future and my life are there’: International students speak of life in limbo
More than 80,000 international students left Victoria last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many flew back to their home countries with no indica...
Debate continues over One TAFE modernisation program
With three TAFE campuses in the region, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, and TAFE NSW have hit back at claims by Shadow Min...
Feature Article: Three key skills needed for effective management of RTO contracts
The role of contract staff within RTO’s is becoming more and more important as providers are increasingly relying on the domestic student market...
Effectiveness of Planning and Implementation of Reform by the Australian Skills Quality Authority
The objective of this audit is to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Skills Quality Authority’s (ASQA’s) planning and implementat...
LinkedIn is offering free online classes based on the top skills companies want in 2021
LinkedIn identified the top five hard skills employers are looking for in 2021, such as data analysis and project management. Rea...
‘Just go for it’: The women smashing stereotypes and career goals in once male-dominated industries
It’s more common than ever to see a woman picking up a belt sander, fire hose or heavy-duty tool. Stuff reporter Georgia Forrester cha...
Future Skills program creates more apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities for Canberrans
More apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities and pathways into training are available for Canberrans under the ACT Government’s 2020–...
Investing in our biggest industry would boost jobs and productivity
The aged care royal commission will bring down its final report next month, and it is more important now than ever. Its findings have implications not...