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Nirimba TAFE teachers stop work Posted: 15 May 2008
TAFE teachers at Nirimba College of Western Sydney Institute took stopwork action on Wednesday 14 May and held a protest rally at the front gates of Nirimba's Education Precinct. [ READ MORE ]
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NSW TAFE fees higher than other states Posted: 15 May 2008
The Federal budget this week has announced little new for TAFE and no relief to TAFE students who continue to face high TAFE fees. Research which compared TAFE NSW fees with other states and territories was launched this week by the NSW Teachers Federation.
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Mt Druitt TAFE stopwork Posted: 15 May 2008
Mt Druitt TAFE teachers stopped work on Tuesday May 13 in protest at the proposed downgrading of their qualifications. Teachers assembled outside the campus main gate and chanted with enthusiasm "Della Bosca get real, Cert IV no deal". [ READ MORE ]
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OTEN TAFE teachers stop work Posted: 12 May 2008
TAFE Teachers from Western Sydney Institute's Strathfield Branch met with Ms Virginia Judge, Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Training, this morning at 11 am. The delegation of OTEN teachers raised three important issues. These were the downgrading of teacher qualifications to a Certificate 4; the latest instalment of Doing Business in the 21st Century and the increase in TAFE student fees.
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Keep TAFE professional Posted: 09 May 2008
TAFE teachers protested outside the Department of Education and Training head office today holding signs which stated 'Keep TAFE Professional - qualified teachers essential to our future'.
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TAFE teachers protest rally today Posted: 08 May 2008
TAFE teachers will demonstrate outside the NSW Department of Education and Training, Farrer Place, Bent Street, Sydney at 12.30pm today over the State government's attempts to downgrade TAFE. The government has increased TAFE student fees; moved to downgrade the teacher education qualifications for TAFE teachers and is pushing through a disastrous restructure of TAFE under the mantra of doing business in the 21st Century.
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Seaforth TAFE Posted: 02 May 2008
The Teachers Federation continues to campaign for the retention of the Seaforth TAFE site as a public education facility. [ READ MORE ]
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Minister takes strong stand on TAFE Posted: 24 April 2008
TAFE teachers congratulate John Della Bosca, the NSW Minister for Education and Training, for the strong stand he has taken against the extension of a national training market with fully competitive funding.
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Keep TAFE Professional Posted: 19 March 2008
Maree O'Halloran President of the NSW Teachers Federation launched the 'Keep TAFE Professional' campaign today.The attempts by the State Government to undermine teaching qualifications in TAFE should be a concern for the whole community. [ READ MORE ]
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TAFE student fees campaign launched Posted: 03 December 2007
The NSW Government has proposed to increase TAFE fees by around 9% in 2008, despite an undertaking by a previous Education Minister that fees from 2004 onwards would only increase by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The Teachers Federation has launched a community campaign through the I support TAFE website, opposing the proposed fees increase. [ READ MORE ]
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TAFE fee action to continue in 2008 Posted: 16 November 2007
The current stopwork action by TAFE teachers is being put on hold as the TAFE year is coming to a close and students will be involved in assessments and exams.
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TAFE stop work action continues Posted: 04 November 2007
Stop work action will continue this week at Griffith, Bega, Moruya, Ulladulla and Nirimba TAFE Colleges to protest fee increases of 9% from 2008, imposed by the NSW Government on TAFE students, despite a commitment in 2004 (after introducing fees) that only CPI increases would occur from that point.
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TAFE student fee hike provokes stopwork Posted: 30 October 2007
There will be stop work action this week at Wollongong, Ultimo and Cooma TAFE Colleges to protest fee increases imposed by the NSW Government on TAFE students. More will follow in coming weeks.
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New TAFE Federal election site launched Posted: 13 October 2007
A new I Support TAFE website has been launched to coincide with the Federal election. The site includes the National TAFE Claim on Federal and State governments of the Australian Education Union. The AEU estimates that an additional $470 million, minimum, is required in 2008 to fund TAFE to address the skills crisis across Australia. [ READ MORE ]
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Joe Hockey greeted by unions protest Posted: 11 October 2007
Over 70 protesters from the NSW Teachers Federation, Public Service Association, Transport Workers Union and concerned members of the community chanted 'WorkChoices, No Choices' as Federal Minister for Industrial Relations, Joe Hockey, arrived at Ultimo TAFE this morning to launch an online package aimed at young workers for the Workplace Authority.
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Demonstration at Ultimo TAFE tomorrow Posted: 10 October 2007
The Federal Minister for Workplace Relations, Joe Hockey, will be launching an online product for the Workplace Authority at the Muse, Ultimo TAFE Campus, Harris Street, Ultimo on Thursday 11 October between 10am and noon.
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TAFE students at work Posted: 08 October 2007
The NSW Teachers Federation has today released focus group research about TAFE students at work. This research is intended to supplement the 'You're gold...if you're 15 years old' report about secondary students released in July this year. [ READ MORE ]
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New TAFE ads commence this week Posted: 25 September 2007
Commencing this week is a new round of TAFE advertising on television, radio and strip ads in the Sun-Herald.
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TAFE student fees increase condemned Posted: 03 September 2007
The Teachers Federation condemns the NSW government for its intention to increase TAFE fees from the start of 2008. [ READ MORE ]
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National TAFE claim launched Posted: 31 August 2007
A national TAFE claim was launched by the Australian Education Union (AEU) today. Results of a poll of 500 respondents nationwide showed that TAFE and education funding is a significant issue for the majority of Australians.
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