New measures totalling $668M to support skills have been welcomed by TAFE Directors Australia.
The 2007 Budget seeks to financially motivate TAFE Institutes to provide articulated diploma and advanced diploma courses, and to collaborate extensively with universities. An additional feature includes cash-reimbursements to apprentices to encourage a lift in the number of students completing skilled courses.
Related Information:
 Government supports FEE HELP - media release
Details of Budget for Skills and Training – funding allocations
Structural Adjustment Fund for TAFE – University collaboration
Comment from the Honorable Andrew Robb MP
Comment from the Honorable Julie Bishop MP
Federal Opposition comment – Stephen Smith MP
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