Tag: TAFE

New tertiary model aiming at skills crisis

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Skills minister Brendan O’Conner is considering state government proposals for six new TAFE Centres of Excellence that he wants to spurn a new collaborative approach to tertiary education amid...

Aussie quantum training rolled out to US students

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian quantum technology will be used to train students at TAFE and at American colleges after local firm Q-CTRL struck a deal with investors looking to take advantage of...

Tech and TAFE shape landmark skills plan

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday unveiled a roadmap for reshaping Australia’s labour market to take advantage of changing population, technologies, climate and geopolitics, starting with an upgrade of tertiary...

$12.5 million clean energy skills boost for Wollongong

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New university and vocational training facilities in Wollongong will train workers in clean energy and clean manufacturing after a $12.5 million commitment from the federal government. A $10 million...

Urgent overhaul of digital skills training needed: DSO

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federally funded Digital Skills Organisation has called for an overhaul of digital training in Australia to meet the country’s growing talent gap in a new discussion paper. Digital...

New funds for TAFE tech places

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor has promised to provide 5,000 free TAFE places for information technology and digital courses if it wins the May 18 election, giving the Australian community the “skills...

‘Enormous’ skills shift needed

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government needs to invest in and support an “enormous” skill shift to help Australians adapt to the future of work, a new Google-commissioned report has found. The report,...

TAFE’s sign new cyber curriculum

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Educational organisations around the country have signed up to new national standards for cyber security training in an effort to address Australia’s “critical” skills gap. The guidelines ensure a...