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TAFE
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Local events celebrate quality public vocational education
June 22, 2018National TAFE Day celebrations were held around NSW on 19 June against the backdrop of a continuing crisis in TAFE funding and resourcing.
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Guaranteed funding for TAFE is the real solution
June 21, 2018The announcement by the NSW Minister for Skills regarding apprenticeship fees is an admission that the marketisation of VET brought in by the Smart and Skilled policy has failed.
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Federation marks TAFE disability support milestone
June 19, 2018Federation celebrated 40 years of support services for TAFE students with a disability at a special function on Thursday evening, 7 June, at Federation House.
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TAFE voice tuned for election campaigns
June 13, 2018Plans for campaigning on TAFE issues during the upcoming state and federal elections were developed at a recent strategy meeting involving Federation officers in the Post Schools unit.
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TAFE shines at Vivid Sydney
May 29, 2018Regional TAFE NSW students have not only hit the big city for this year’s Vivid Sydney but they’ve brought the bright lights with them.
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Minister Birmingham comments about basket weaving TAFE course causes social media storm
May 17, 2018Simon Birmingham’s attempt to be smugly dismissive of Labor’s budget-reply commitment to TAFE funding have set off a social media storm, with thousands of TAFE graduates showing their support for TAFE and the positive effect their qualifications had on their lives and careers.
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Huge win for Victoria’s TAFE teachers
May 17, 2018This month’s Victorian Budget announcement will increase public sector wages 11.2 per cent by 30 June next year.
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TAFE bound by outdated training packages
May 14, 2018TAFE should be approved to develop local qualifications outside the present restrictive training package regime, according to renowned academic and former TAFE teacher Professor Leesa Wheelahan.
