Media Releases

11 March, 2013 TDA media statement -Industry-led Board finds tafe “Bedrock of national VET system” [PDF 690KB]

The new industry-led Board of the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA) has 

handed the Tertiary Education and Skills Minister a decisive report on how to tackle Australia’s 

stalled national productivity, and declared TAFE as the “bedrock” of the national VET system.

TDA Weekly Newsletter

20th May 2013

• TDA takes critical apprenticeship decline to new Tertiary Education & Skills Minister Hon Sharon
  Bird
   
• Apprentices and trainee numbers decline further – NCVER 2013 survey
   
• Indonesian Polytechnic & TAFE Australia - mentoring program launched
   
• TDA strengthens links with Community College Baccalaureate program
   
• TDA Conference speakers unveiled
   
• AWPA to discuss National Workforce Development Strategy
   
• Major education and technology conference
   
• International VET student of the year
   
• Diary Dates

15th May 2013- TDA Response to Budget 2013

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China Newsletter

May 2013

• 江苏建筑职业技术学院对报考能源紧缺专业学生实行全额奖学金

  JiangSu Institute of Architectural Technology offer full scholarships to students who apply for Energy Major 

• 中国教育部发展中国家职业教育研究院”落户宁波职业技术学院

  The Institute of Vocational Education in Developing Countries, affiliated to Ministry of Education, now based at Ningbo Polytechnic College

• 徐州工业职业技术学院创建“e学中心”

  Xuzhou Institute of Industry Technology to establish e-learning center

• 柳州职业技术学院成立“学生服务快速响应中心”

  Liuzhou Vocational and Technical College sets up a "rapid response services center" for students. 

• 山东商职院建立“云空间” 引领教育信息化新模式

  Shandong Institute of Commerce and Technology to establish "cloud space" leading the new model of information technology application in education. 

• 厦门高职生今后可以读硕士

  Graduates from vocational schools in Xiamen are encouraged to continue studying higher degrees.

• 大力构建合作伙伴关系, 扩大亚洲职业教育需求

  Call for vocational education expansion in Asia to focus on building partnerships

• 前进亚洲”奖学金计划指南发布

  AsiaBound scholarship guidelines released. 

• 中国教育技能的联系—澳大利亚的总理和部长级访问

  China education skills linkages – Australian PM and ministerial visit.

International Green Skills Network Newsletters

April 2013

Events Calendar

Speeches

March 2013, Address by TDA CEO Martin Riordan at the APEC Symposium on Human Capital Policies for Green Growth and Employment, Washington DC [PDF] [PPT]

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TDA Blog

April 2013: PM's education invitation signals the importance of skills 

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Media Articles

20th May, Australian Financial Review, Why vocational education is ripe for reform. Click here for the article [paywall]. 

The crisis in vocational education has been almost forgotten. At the moment there is a precipitous decline in the number of apprenticeships in Australia. In the past year the number of apprenticeship commencements has fallen by nearly half. Government policies are stop-start and ill co-ordinated, at both federal and state level.

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