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The Scan | 4 July 2014 | #156
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Govt sets VET deregulation agenda 4 July 2014 | The...
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TDA Newsletter 7 July 2014
Industry Minister urges greater prestige for the trades, yet VET student numbers fall and apprenticeships under pressure The number of students enrolled in the public VET system decreased by 65,700 or...
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The Scan’s top ten reads – July 2014
1 August 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… In July, The Scan published 56 posts, somewhat down on the longterm average of about 20 a week. An issue that continues to resonate with Scan...
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The Scan | Edition # 159
8 August 2014 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thought bubble on patents not such...
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TDA Newsletter 11 August 2014
Report shows financial pressure on Victorian TAFEs Victoria’s 14 TAFE Institutes generated a net deficit of $16.2 million in 2013, representing a $74.8 million deterioration from 2012, according to...
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The Scan’s top ten reads – August 2014
1 September 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… In August, The Scan published 73 posts. Despite the increasing clamour around the government’s proposed higher education reforms, which appear...
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TDA Newsletter 8 September 2014
Apprenticeship centres to be axed in VET shake-up The federal government is today expected to announce the scrapping of Australian Apprenticeships Centres as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of the VET...
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Sweeping VET deregulation
12 September 2014 “ASQA should be a regulator, not a book keeper” ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Industry minister Ian Macfarlane has announced sweeping deregulation of the vocational...
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The Scan’s top ten reads – September 2014
1 October 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… In September The Scan published 67 posts, although we also extracted 39 submissions to the Senate inquiry into the government’s higher education...
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New VET regulatory standards signed off
23 October 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ministers at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Industry and Skills Council on 26 September 2014 agreed to new regulatory Standards for...
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The Scan’s top ten reads – October 2014
31 October 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… In October The Scan published 47 posts, considerably less than usual, and only published 2 editions, rather than the 4-5 in a usual month. Early...
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The Scan | Edition # 164 | 31 October 2014
Labor’s calculator of doom 31 October 2014 | As part of its growing campaign against the Abbott government’s deregulation of university fees, Labor has launched its own “calculator of doom”...
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Dawkins quits as chair of Vocation
The Australian | 27 November 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… John Dawkins has resigned as chairman of troubled education group Vocation, saying shareholders want board renewal. He...
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ACPET National Monday Update 22 December 2014
In Focus Another year – another reform, A message from the Chair – Edition 585, 22 Dec I would like to comment on where our industry finds itself at the end of another year. This wonderfully diverse...
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TDA Newsletter 2 March 2015
VET FEE-HELP providers under the microscope The federal government has announced that training providers will be subject of targeted audits to prevent the exploitation of VET FEE-HELP. The Assistant...
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More or less regulation?
The Conversation | 23 March 2015 Seeking coherence in tertiary education ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The federal government’s proposed higher education reforms failed spectacularly...
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ACPET National Conference
……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The overarching theme for this year’s Australian Council for Private Education and Training’s (ACPET) Asia Pacific International Education Forum (APIEF) and...
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NCVER report reveals lack of scrutiny of VET sector
TDA News | 10 November 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Data released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) show the continuing fundamental role of TAFE,...
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ASQA gets the thumbs up – despite an apparent crisis
16 November 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… A survey commissioned by the national regulator, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), reveals an apparent “thumbs up” by...
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Feds propose TAFE takeover
Private providers to be put on funding par with TAFE The Age | 4 February 2016 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Commonwealth government would take over TAFE funding from the states...
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