The peak body representing independent providers in the higher education, vocational education, training and skills sector, the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), has welcomed the government’s $4 billion injection amid a massive decline in commencements in the June 2020 ...
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The Prime Minister has this week announced major reforms of Australia’s “clunky and unresponsive” vocational education and training system. In an address at the National Press Club, Scott Morrison said there was a lack of information about what future skills ...
More »New nationwide apprenticeships index to tackle skills shortages and unemployment
Apprenticeship seekers will now be able to check vacancies both nationally and by jurisdiction after Global Apprenticeship Network Australia (GAN) recently launched its Apprenticeship Vacancy Index (AVI). The index, which will be updated throughout the year, will show overall job ...
More »Exploring diploma-level apprenticeships and VET student loans
This article examines apprenticeships and traineeships undertaken at a VET diploma level by cross reference to diplomas financed under the VET Student Loans (VSL) Approved Courses list. The purpose is to examine which courses so listed have in the recent ...
More »Over $3 billion for skills done and dusted
There are still butchers and bakers a plenty. Vehicle painters, however, have mostly replaced candlestick makers. And there will likely soon be more of them, thanks to a new agreement. The government's $1.5 billion Skilling Australians Fund, which will deliver 300,000 new apprenticeships over ...
More »NCVER launches 20 year snapshot of VET
In an Australian first, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has released an interactive timeline of Australia's VET policies, programs and initiatives over the past two decades. The 20-year-snapshot of the nation's vocational training history was developed to ...
More »Call to address decline in apprenticeships
The number of young people not in work or study has dropped sharply in the past year and the ACCI is passionate about the need to take action on the problem. By John Mitchell. If a competition were held to ...
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