Tag: Adult Education
Financial crisis fuels Uni enrolments
Curtin University of Technology in Perth says the global financial crisis has fuelled a jump in enrolments for next year.[MORE]
Libs concern for future of Adult Education
The number of people enrolling in Adult Education courses is dropping, with just over 29,000 participants in the last year.[MORE]
Teachers vote on pay deal amid election limbo
Teachers have until 10am to vote on the pay deal offered by the Carpenter government. [MORE]
Teachers want vote on pay deal delayed
Teachers say the vote on their pay deal should be delayed until after the result of Saturday's election is known.[MORE]
Tafe lecturers call for pay rise
The State School Teachers' Union says the Education Department is trying to drive Tafe lecturers out of the industry.[MORE]
Premier gives a TAFE training guarantee
Victorian Premier John Brumby has given a training guarantee that anyone who wants to upgrade their skills will be able to do so under a major overhaul of the TAFE system in the State.[MORE]
University style loans for Vic TAFE
Every worker who wants to upgrade their skills will be guaranteed a place at a Victorian TAFE under an overhaul of the system announced this morning by the Victorian Government.[MORE]
Major TAFE shake-up planned
The Victorian Government will cut fees for numeracy and literacy courses, but the cost of diplomas will go up in a major shake-up of the TAFE system.[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]
Student Union calls for HECS discount for poor
The National Union of Students (NUS) is calling for half price HECS for 75,000 disadvantaged students in its submission to the Federal Government's Review of Higher Education.[MORE]
Indigenous employment scheme 'ambitious, unrealistic'
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A plan to create 50,000 jobs for Indigenous people has not been warmly received by some leaders. [MORE]
Pre-training needed for Indigenous scheme to work: council
The Kimberley Land Council says education need to be improved ahead of a new Indigenous employment scheme.[MORE]
Work-for-the-dole fast food outlet
After going without for several months, residents of the Fingal Valley in Tasmania's north-east will soon be able to buy takeaway food in their own town.[MORE]
Union says parental literacy plan will fail
The Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) has criticised a State Government plan to offer literacy classes to parents.[MORE]
Qld Govt considers sending parents back to school
The Queensland Government is considering asking parents to go back to school as part of a radical new plan to improve children's reading skills.[MORE]
Glenormiston College future secured
The future of Glenormiston College has been secured, with South West TAFE to manage it for the next 30 years.[MORE]
Migrant English teachers oppose restructure
Migrant English teachers are striking over moves they say could cut the education services available to immigrant and refugee students.[MORE]
Studying parents to receive childcare support
The Federal Government says it is honouring its election commitment to increase childcare assistance to parents who are studying.[MORE]
Industry welcomes response to training centre worries
Mackay industry representatives say they are encouraged by the Queensland Government's response to concerns about a new training facility in Paget.[MORE]
Nowra college awaits decision on future
A decision is expected in three weeks on the future of the South East Community College at Nowra.[MORE]
Condobolin training alliance to boost Indigenous jobs
A new training alliance has been launched to help cut the Indigenous unemployment rate in Condobolin.[MORE]
Students mobilising older txters
Students at a Tasmanian high school are turning their mobile phone obsession into a teaching tool.[MORE]
Inmates to attend TAFE in return for gardening services
The National Trust has agreed to pay for the TAFE courses of female inmates at Berrima Jail in return for landscaping services at the historic Harper's Mansion.[MORE]
Fire causes $500,000 damage to Cyril Jackson high school
Police are investigating a fire which caused $500,000 damage to a Perth high school.[MORE]
Cyril Jackson school damaged by fire
Classes will continue as normal at Cyril Jackson Senior Campus today, despite a fire which caused hundreds of thousands of dollars damage to the school's canteen overnight.[MORE]
