Newsletter

The National TAFE Network is a reality. The Multilateral Agreement has the first five signatories, being the Commonwealth of Australia, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and

This week I attended the AVETRA 2025 conference to participate in a panel discussion on the rise of applied research in TAFE.

During the last week there has been much discussion about productivity. This is not an Australian phenomenon alone; every OECD country has had a decline

Tomorrow evening Dr Jim Chalmers, the Treasurer of Australia will deliver the final budget of this term of government. It will be interesting to see

In the recently released Strategic Review of the Australian Apprenticeship Incentive Scheme – Skills for tomorrow: shaping the future of apprenticeships, recommendation 6.1 highlights the need

My colleague Luke Sheehy, the CEO of Universities Australia, delivered a National Press Club speech on the last Wednesday in February. This was part of

Last Thursday I was very pleased to join colleagues from South Metro TAFE WA, TAFE NSW, TAFE Queensland, TAFE SA and Victorian TAFEs at the

The Revised Standards for RTOs are expected to come into full regulatory effect from July 2025. While there are some iterative changes to the Standards and

The recent decision, as reported two weeks ago in this TDA Monday Newsletter, to make the higher education undergraduate certificate offered by universities a continuing

Last Friday I appeared in front of the Senate Inquiry into the Free TAFE Bill 2024. You can access the recording here.

In its recent submission to the Free TAFE legislation inquiry, TDA demonstrates the lifechanging nature of free TAFE for many students, the majority of whom

Last Friday at the National Press Club, the Prime Minister stated, “our tradies are the lifeblood of our construction sector, and that’s why today we

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

Today will be the last TDA Monday Newsletter for 2024. Therefore, I am taking a minute to reflect on a few of the numerous big-ticket

2024 has been a busy and uncertain year for those involved in international education, which has ended with nearly as much uncertainty as it began.

For many years, but not this one, I have supported Department of Employment and Workplace Relations as a judge for the Australian Training Awards. It

Last week I wrote about the TAFE self-accreditation pilots that are about to begin where ASQA will delegate accreditation powers to those TAFEs who are

Back in May at TDA Convention 2024, the then Skills and Training Minister, Brendan O’Connor announced a pilot for self-accreditation for TAFEs. What that means