Media & News

Media & News Content

• GI Computer Innovations
• Media & News
  • Newsletter
  • Media Releases
• TAFE National Representatives
• TDA Networks
• TAFE Industry Roundtable 27.08.2021
• TAFE Staff Recognition Awards
• TDA Convention 2022 – Presentations
• TDA Convention 2022
• Industry Case Studies
• Renewable Energy
• Apprentices and Traineeships
• Australian International Strategy and TVET
• International Student Stories

Newsletters

• Innovation and trusted partnerships on display last week – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• A quality VET system: Is this possible with 3,829 RTOs? – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Developing transferable skills is where taxpayers’ money should be spent – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• All happening in 2023! – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Recognising TAFE teachers on World Teachers Day – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Options, options, options for those exiting Year 12 – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• General education enables lifelong learning – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Lifelong learning: Who pays? – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Skills for clean energy – a key theme at the Jobs and Skills Summit: comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Two weeks to go! – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• TAFE a pathway to equal opportunity for women – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• A win for TAFE students at the summit – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• The Jobs and Skills Summit must address TAFE funding – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Simplifying the training system to deliver skills needed now – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Industry Clusters could focus on improving learner completions – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Microcredentials, yes, but higher education certificates that erode vocational diplomas, perhaps not – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Responding to future skills – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Jobs and skills summit must focus on the long term – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• ‘Tap the appetite’ – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Evolving business models – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Congratulations Victorian TAFEs: quality demonstrated – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Acknowledging refugees on World Refugee Day – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Training package developers must have broad industry perspectives – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Students benefit from choice of higher education provider – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• TDA welcomes new Labor federal government – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Democracy sausages and TAFE are part of communities – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Know more about cyber opportunity and resilience – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Pathways are on everyone’s lips – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• ‘The future is moving so fast’ – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• How much online is OK for international students? – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Two great webinars and some common themes – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Funding the individual may well contribute to higher apprentice completions – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• The regulator to approve the products it will regulate – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Skills development central to a prosperous nation – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Does competency have to be the only way VET is delivered? – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• TAFEs champions for their communities, women and people with disability – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• It’s a question of who pays – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Businesses contributing to lifelong learning – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Full employment and its impact on skills development – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Micro-credentials; part of the solution for skilling – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Who will make the practical decisions in these reforms? – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• COVID and the Power of TAFE – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• It’s been a big week to end a big year – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Continuing the integration story – comment by CEO Jenny Dodd
• Acknowledging a great contributor – combined comment from Craig Robertson and Jenny Dodd
• Competency achievement through co-design – comment by Jenny Dodd
• Students and industry – each need their own lens – comment by Jenny Dodd
• Outcomes, not inputs, must be the focus – comment by Jenny Dodd
• Industry Cluster model approved for 2023 start – comment by Jenny Dodd
• Tools that support VET workforce quality – comment by Jenny Dodd
• New models with schools – comment by Jenny Dodd
• The many faces of a TAFE student – comment by Jenny Dodd
• Responding to employer needs requires industry connected educators – comment by Jenny Dodd
• Training packages – are they delivering what was promised? – comment by Jenny Dodd
• Pivotal role for TAFEs in economic recovery – comment by Jenny Dodd
• The plan for industry engagement – comment by Jenny Dodd
• Calling TAFEs to input into the national reform agenda – comment by Jenny Dodd
• Comment by Mary Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, TAFE Queensland
• VET skills critical to future workforce growth: National Skills Commissioner
• So Long, Farewell
• The Power of Authenticity – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Reversing the race to the bottom – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• In and through to outcomes – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• New ways to target quality – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The Story so far… comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The Power of Diversity – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Future energy needs TAFEs – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Taking the higher view – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• From broadcast to me-cast, lessons for micro-credentials – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Productivity Commission misses an opportunity to shake up VET
• Imagine – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The Learning Country – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The many rounds of Budget impacts – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Running toward empty – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The case for Free TAFE – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A place for social science – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Nostra Robertson – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• From the Chesapeake to the Yarra – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• 0 to 61 – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The force of JEDI – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The Global Race for Skills – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Celebrating talent – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Why are women being left behind in VET?  – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Big numbers for NCVER – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The Romance of Capability – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Chance for a new compact with employers – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Wages growth is the right outcome from VET reform – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A swallow doesn’t make a summer – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The race begins – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• National Careers Institute names successful projects
• Reflections on a most unusual year – comment by TDA Chair Mary Faraone
• #POWEROFTAFE – The COVID Story – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• An incredible ride for TasTAFE’s Jenny Dodd – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• T’was a week that was – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• An ode to finalists of the Australian Training Awards – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A new hope – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The race of life is pertinent this week – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Please explain – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s be in this together – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s get ready – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• What’s in the pie? – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Credit, where? – Comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A letter to the PM from the COVID Generation – Comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The VET moon shot – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A pursuit for higher vocational education – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Blue Tech for all – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Happy skills week – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Capability to succeed – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Deep institutional capability – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Deep institutional capability – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Going virtual in a COVID world – by Mary Campbell, CEO, TAFE Queensland
• Skills are for life – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Closing the aspiration gap – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Self-determination can close the gap – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Who is best to determine value? – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• TAFEs adapting and transforming during COVID-19 – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Joining the dots reveals a sombre picture – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Canberra, we have a problem! – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A good spend – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Triangulation pinpoints the priority – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Career kickstart at TAFE – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s go forward with confidence – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• TAFEs are open for business – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Easy miles may be behind us – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• VET should never be the same – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Do we need a new approach to training? – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The long silence – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• We’re all in this together – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• It may appear strange but it’s time to internationalise VET – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Bad and good contagion – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Time to build democracy capital – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Tentative steps to tertiary – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Beware shallow pools – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Embrace what you love… the answer for VET – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Openness – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Our thoughts and prayers – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Cause for hope – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Back on the horse – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Comment by Jen Bahen, Director, International Engagement
• Under embargo until 7pm 21 November
• Stopping the less is more in VET – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Keeping the partnership together – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• More than 19 per cent – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Political heat in the VET kitchen – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A bolder education vision? – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s take a global perspective on VET – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Systems trump – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• You’re bad man! – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• New vocational education to re-gear the economy – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The power of TAFE – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Serving capital – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Skills to the world – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s imagine bold education policy – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A new high bar has been set – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The Yin and Yang of international VET – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s chase value  – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Commonwealth for the common good – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s test VET’s value proposition – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Self-determination with a heart – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A new start – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s converge – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• TDA 2019 Convention: The Power of TAFE launched – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Is apprenticeship the canary in the VET cave? – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A spine in need of a shiver – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Get with the times, VET – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s learn from Hawke – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• High trust, high value, please – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• CBE holds promise, but be careful – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s look at the building blocks of VET – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The values we hold determine what we pursue – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Counting the cost of closing the Endeavour Program – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Something bigger than Delivering skills for today and tomorrow – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Launching of the Kangan II manifesto – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Simply not good enough – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Let’s aim for mutual benefit – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Can we arrest the decline? – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Get the base in order – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Unity in purpose and clarity in funding – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Australia and the Asian miracle – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Be careful what you wish for – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Tell him he’s dreamin’ – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A time to reflect on Inclusion- Comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Seven sound arguments for VET reform in 2019 – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• The forgotten side of the VET review – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A message of hope for a bright future – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A global test – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Never forget November – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• New views on competency – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Regular to remarkable – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Time to consider what more our education and training system can do for veterans – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Skills, enterprise and imagination on a grand scale – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• New gold in Victoria – comment by CEO Craig Robertson 
• Looking to new horizons – Comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• A landmark moment in our approach to skills – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• I cried some tears for the Australian VET sector this past week – comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Where to now for tertiary education? Comment by CEO Craig Robertson
• Keeping up with the population pressure – comment by CEO Craig Robertson