TAFE’s role eroded
Victim of “efficiency” and competition measures TDA News | 5 April 2016 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… A COAG-commissioned review of Australia’s landmark, five-year plan for skills has...
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Report shows mismatch between federal VET student loan funding and skill priorities TDA NEWS | 12 April 2016 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… A TAFE Directors Australia (TDA)-commissioned...
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TAFE does heavy lifting – TDA 12 April 2016 | A TAFE Directors Australia (TDA)-commissioned analysis of official data reveals ‘for profit’ private training colleges have gained a massive 75%...
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……………………………………………………………………………………………………… TAFE Directors Australia (TDA – the body representing Australia’s public TAFE institutes) has issued a series of policy position papers that have been developed...
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……………………………………………………………………………………………………… TAFE Directors Australia (TDA – the body representing Australia’s public TAFE institutes) has issued a series of policy position papers that have been developed...
View ArticleThe Scan 28 June 2016 #181
Apprentice numbers slump 28 June 2016 | The number of apprentices across Australia has plunged since the Coalition took office, government figures show, with some of the steepest falls...
View ArticleResourcing Australia’s tertiary education sector
LH Martin Institute Australian Government expenditure on tertiary education has been consistently at 0.8% of GDP since 2000. There has not been a ‘blowout’ in tertiary education spending. If there is a...
View ArticleTDA Newsletter 15 May 2017
Federal budget unveils a new model of skills funding The federal budget saw a new model of funding for vocational training, with the announcement of a skills fund that will support state and...
View ArticleTertiary education: where to from here?
Melbourne University Newsoom | 27 February 2017 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The future of Australia’s tertiary education sector is the subject of a new collection of essays by some...
View ArticleInstitutional differentiation in Australian higher education
15 May 2017 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… There is general consensus in the higher education literature that institutional differentiation is desirable (Meek et al, 1996; van Vught 2007)....
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