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Skills are still top of the industry agenda in 2025 – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
One of the nice things about early January is the media often does a series of summaries of thoughts from leaders. Not surprising, but nonetheless interesting, was the collective view of several chief executives (as reported in the Australian Financial Review on 5 January) about solutions for improving Australia’s productivity. Both skilled migration and training our young people were high on their list.
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Career change leads to rewarding new role in childcare
With the support of Fee Free TAFE, Bradley Edwards has successfully transitioned his career from retail to early childhood education and care through TAFE SA.
A father of one, Bradley said he had been contemplating a career change since the COVID pandemic and chose the early childhood education and care sector because he was interested in engaging with children and helping them learn.
The “final push” that he needed to enrol in early childhood education and care training was Fee Free TAFE.