TAFE and Corrective Services on Federation’s election agenda
14 July 2018
Section: News
Our public TAFE system was the envy of the world, but then it started to be destroyed, Federation President Maurie Mulheron told Annual Conference Delegates earlier this week.
Local events celebrate quality public vocational education
22 June 2018
Section: News
National TAFE Day celebrations were held around NSW on 19 June against the backdrop of a continuing crisis in TAFE funding and resourcing.
Guaranteed funding for TAFE is the real solution
21 June 2018
Section: News
The 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.
Federation marks TAFE disability support milestone
19 June 2018
Section: News
Federation celebrated 40 years of support services for TAFE students with a disability at a special function on Thursday evening, 7 June, at Federation House.
TAFE voice tuned for election campaigns
13 June 2018
Section: News
Plans 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.
TAFE shines at Vivid Sydney
29 May 2018
Section: News
Regional 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.
Minister Birmingham comments about basket weaving TAFE course causes social media storm
17 May 2018
Section: News
Simon 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.
Huge win for Victoria’s TAFE teachers
17 May 2018
Section: News
This month’s Victorian Budget announcement will increase public sector wages 11.2 per cent by 30 June next year.
TAFE bound by outdated training packages
14 May 2018
Section: News
TAFE 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.
Budget puts big business ahead of education
12 May 2018
Section: News
Federation welcomes Labor’s commitment to restore, in full, the $17 billion cut from schools by the Turnbull Government.
Unions recognise TAFE as best provider
9 May 2018
Section: News
TAFE has strong support within the union movement as the preferred provider of vocational education. Trades unions appreciate the breadth of education provided by TAFE, including industrial issues encountered in the workplace and the fact that TAFE provides opportunities for apprentices to learn about and join their union.
Minister commits to permanent teachers in TAFE
20 April 2018
Section: News
The Minister for TAFE Adam Marshall has listened to TAFE teachers and committed to recruit permanent teachers to TAFE NSW.
Federal Government slow to respond on TAFE report
29 March 2018
Section: News
The Federal Government has paid little more than lip service to a raft of recommendations for TAFE made by the Standing Committee on Education and Employment in a report it tabled three-and-a-half years ago.
Stop TAFE Cuts campaign update
23 March 2018
Section: News
Federation members continue to campaign against the federal and state governments’ failed vocational education policies.
Federation’s Stop TAFE Cuts campaign continues
20 March 2018
Section: News
Federation’s Stop TAFE Cuts campaign continued with protests at Padstow and Wyong TAFE. TAFE teachers and community members met with state Opposition Leader Luke Foley at Padstow on the first stop of Labor’s “Schools and Hospitals before Stadiums” campaign.
Market-goers share TAFE success stories, fear consequences of funding cuts
6 March 2018
Section: News
Terrific stories about how TAFE can change people’s lives were revealed by locals at the Riverside Markets in Kempsey on Saturday, Federation TAFE Organiser Adam Curlis said.
TAFE failed by smart move
2 March 2018
Section: News
The NSW Government’s vocational education policy, Smart and Skilled, continues to fail our communities, TAFE students, teachers and support staff.
TAFE campaign alive and well
1 December 2017
Section: News
TAFE student funding was a critical issue in the federal by-election for the seat of Bennelong. On Friday, 24 November, a rally bringing together TAFE students, teachers and community supporters was held at Meadowbank TAFE, one of two TAFE colleges in the electorate along with the Ryde campus.
TAFE teacher rises to top
1 December 2017
Section: News
With the help of Federation, TAFE Baking Trades teacher Dean Tilden is off to Paris next year for the world cup of all things pastry, The Masters de la Boulangerie.
Vouchers won’t fix the TAFE system
11 October 2017
Section: News
Jennifer Westacott and the Business Council of Australia’s proposals for Education and Skills released at the National Press Club today are another disappointing suggestion that fails to recognise the very real issues facing vocational education in this country.
TAFE’s future to be re-imagined at national conference in Sydney
10 August 2017
Section: News
Re-imagining TAFE for the future will be the focus of a national conference in Sydney hosted by the Australian Education Union and the John Cain Foundation. The “Future of Public TAFE Institutions – new social policy” will aim to begin formulating the sector’s mission, and consider what TAFE will look like in the future, as anchor institutions in their communities to help people realise their aspirations.