Political and natural disasters: both bad for communities
8 November 2019
Section: Columns
There are very few national institutions with the reach of TAFE.
TAFE negotiations and you: engagement imperative
8 November 2019
Section: News
TAFE member engagement in Federation’s bargaining campaign will strengthen the union’s power in protecting and improving your salaries and working conditions.
TAFE needs to be at the heart of decisions on vocational education sector
30 October 2019
Section: News
Federal Labor’s vision for job training and skills must focus on TAFE and be backed up with funding, Federation Deputy Secretary Maxine Sharkey said today.
Private VET college fined while TAFE loses out
29 October 2019
Section: News
A Federal Court ruling against a failed private training college has highlighted the Federal Government’s folly of funding for-profit VET providers at the expense of the public TAFE system.
Morrison Government incompetence hurting TAFE, jobs, economy
26 October 2019
Section: News
A shortfall of almost $1 billion in spending on vocational education highlights the federal Coalition Government’s intention to starve the TAFE sector at a time when Australia is in the grip of a skills crisis.
Drought relief robs TAFE funding reserves
17 October 2019
Section: News
The Federal Government’s decision to repurpose money set aside for TAFE to fund drought relief was a “short-term” and “short-sighted” solution to the crisis, NSW Teachers Federation has stated.
State gifts funding at expense of TAFE
26 September 2019
Section: News
The recent roll-out of state-funded programs in the motor vehicle trades underlines the NSW Coalition Government’s preference for business-driven vocational training over the public TAFE system.
Compliance paperwork means less teaching
17 September 2019
Section: News
TAFE Teachers Association members across NSW have been holding union branch meetings to oppose the “Next steps in demonstrating your VET currency and competency” proposal, initiated by acting TAFE NSW managing director Kerry Penton.
Drop in VET students at odds with National Skills Week message
2 September 2019
Section: News
The continued decline in the number of students enrolled with nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) makes a mockery of the government’s National Skills Week, Australian Education Union Federal TAFE Secretary Maxine Sharkey said.
Management changes and compliance red tape hindering students and teachers
24 August 2019
Section: News
The recent resignation of TAFE Managing Director Dr Caralee McLiesh just nine months after the previous Managing Director moved on has highlighted the problems facing TAFE, its students, teachers and communities.
Government funding can stop TAFE decline
7 August 2019
Section: News
The best way to reverse the fall in enrolments in government-funded vocational education was to restore funding to TAFE and reinstate it as the primary provider of vocational education in Australia, Ms Sharkey said.
Forum to plot course to bolster TAFE
9 July 2019
Section: News
A national event on the future of TAFE is being planned by the Australian Education Union.
TAFE award talks to be informed by member opinions
8 July 2019
Section: News
TAFE members will be surveyed in workplaces on a range of industrial and professional issues as Federation begins planning for the next enterprise bargaining agreement, Annual Conference determined on Monday.
Here’s to centenary of activism
13 June 2019
Section: News
Councillors, Life Members and guests of the TAFE Teachers Association came together to celebrate 100 years of activism at the TAFE Teachers Association Centenary Anniversary AGM and dinner on 31 May.
Vocational education policy failure
13 June 2019
Section: News
For many years, Federation has warned all levels of government about the flaws in the private vocational education market.
Community concerns for Bega TAFE
9 April 2019
Section: News
Bega TAFE Federation members and the local community are still deeply concerned about plans to further build on the Bega Connected Learning Centre (CLC) site rather than the existing TAFE campus.
Vocational learning opportunities reduced for many under funding model
25 March 2019
Section: News
Data presented to a recent roundtable shows why government funding of the vocational education and training sector is best directed towards TAFE.
TAFE reimagined as a flexible vocational education provider, responsive to local needs
15 March 2019
Section: News
Groups cognisant of the critical role TAFE plays in the strength of local communities discussed concepts to rejuvenate and modernise the public educator provider at a roundtable hosted by Federation this week.
Members fight for the survival of TAFE
2 March 2019
Section: News
Federation members have enlightened regional voters of the dire state of public vocational education — wrought by the contestable-funding policies of the federal and state Coalition governments — in a series of Stop TAFE Cuts campaign events.
You can help save TAFE
27 February 2019
Section: News
Now is the time to tell your local state and federal politicians how much you value TAFE — our present and future students are relying on you.
Safeguard TAFE when you vote
5 February 2019
Section: News
This week Federation is running an “Enrol to vote for TAFE” campaign on TAFE campuses and online as the federal election approaches.