Tag: Continuing Education
AG slams TAFE funding structure
The WA Auditor General has criticised the funding model for Western Australia's TAFE colleges[MORE]
Push for better wages for TAFE teachers
The Education Union is stepping up its campaign for better wages for Victoria's TAFE teachers.[MORE]
TAFE student fare reprieve
The Tasmanian Government has suspended an increase in bus fares for mature students living more than 40 kilometres from TAFE.[MORE]
Govt unveils course details
The Premier, David Bartlett, has unveiled the course guide for the new education options available to post year 10 students from next year.[MORE]
Students sign up to avoid dole queue
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Sydney High School students are the first of thousands to pledge they will never go on the dole.[MORE]
Police cadet age lowered to 16
A senior police officer says lowering the cadet starting age to 16 will not discourage students from completing their education.[MORE]
Help for the tourism sector just a click away
Tasmania's small tourism operators are to be offered free training to help them meet the growth in the online tourism market. [MORE]
2020 have your say: the productivity agenda
Australia's future prosperity relies heavily on 'the productivity agenda': education, skills, training, science and innovation. Improving the quality of the institutions we know: schools, colleges, training organisations is essential. But what else?[MORE]
Archer to assess Adel arts training
Former Adelaide Festival director Robyn Archer has been appointed as a consultant to recommend improvements to arts training in Adelaide.[MORE]
Extra study plan for SA police
South Australian police have called for tenders to provide a degree in policing.[MORE]
New education system available across Tasmania next year
The Education Minister, David Bartlett, says students doing post-compulsory schooling will be able to access the new Tasmania Tomorrow system across the state from next year.[MORE]
Jump in Uni numbers
The number of students enrolled at the University of Tasmania this year has increased by more than 5 per cent.[MORE]
Uni fast track for college students
The University of Tasmania will attempt to address the state's poor school retention rates with a new program for year 11 and 12 students.[MORE]
Horticulture graduates a first for Imanpa
Eight young men from Imanpa in central Australia will be the first in the town to graduate from an on-location, accredited horticulture course.[MORE]
Government: Teacher vacancies fall
The teacher shortage across Western Australia has fallen to 42.[MORE]
Work begins on new state-of-the-art technical colleges
The construction of northern Tasmania's two new Australian Technical Colleges started today.[MORE]
Opposition criticises lack of funds for adult ed
The Tasmanian Opposition has criticised the State Government for not investing more in adult education.[MORE]
Rural skills centres want role in education reforms
Tasmania's rural schools and training centres are working to raise their profiles, to ensure they are not forgotten under the State Government's Tasmania Tomorrow education reforms.[MORE]
Teachers 'betrayed' by Education Minister
Tasmanian teachers are vowing to fight a planned restructure of post-year 10 education, claiming they have been betrayed by the minister.[MORE]
Education to play big role in mining boom: scientist
A scientist with the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences says education will play a key role in the ongoing success of the mining boom in Western Australia.[MORE]
Continuing education needed to cut road toll: road safety group
A Tasmanian road safety group says educating the community about road safety strategies is vital in reducing the road toll.[MORE]
Political agenda blamed for technical colleges criticism
The chief executive officer of the Australian Technical Colleges at Burnie and Launceston says the schools are on track despite lower than anticipated student numbers.[MORE]
Technical college offers scholarship help
Wannon's Australian Technical College, in south-west Victoria, will offer 15 scholarships to students studying at the facility next year.[MORE]
TAFE considers Broken Hill mining school
Broken Hill TAFE's campus manager Phil Cvirn says discussions have been held about the possibility of setting up a mining school in the far western New South Wales city.[MORE]
Sydney gets $10m technical college
The Federal Government has announced that the first purpose-built Australian Technical College will be constructed on the former defence base at Schofields in western Sydney.[MORE]
