Tag: VET

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...

FSO to lead training rethink as digital skills take hold

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Future Skills Organisation takes the reins of the Finance, Technology, and Business Jobs and Skills Council at a time when there is a need to “normalise” digital skills...

Student debts waived after govt IT bungle

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government will waive $21 million in tertiary debt and overhaul IT systems after a tech bungle held nearly 20,000 students’ loans up for years in internal systems....

DSO begins bridge building in digital skills training sector

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Government, industry and training representatives have called for a more coordinated approach to tech skills training, as the federally-funded Digital Skills Organisation highlights the need for a common course...

Recognise the importance of innovation: Danielle Wood

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Grattan Institute chief executive Danielle Wood has opened the Jobs and Skills Summit by urging attendees to recognise the importance of boosting innovation to support full employment, among other...

Westacott seeks lifetime learning

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Business Council of Australia wants the local workforce to be skilled up and kept that way through more vocational education and an ambitious lifelong training plan, less we’ll...