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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

Last week saw new legislation introduced to cement 100,000 fee-free TAFE places per year from 2027. Alongside that, the federal government made significant announcements regarding

In today’s TDA Monday Newsletter you can read more about the latest TAFE Centre of Excellence to be announced in NSW. What is so good

Last week I discussed some aspects of the VET Workforce Blueprint. Today let’s explore the topic a little further.

Nobody questions that the Australian economy needs a strong VET workforce. Therefore, it has been pleasing to see the VET Workforce Blueprint finally in the public domain.

The Senate has been active during the last month reviewing the ESOS Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024. TDA appeared before the hearing and stated

Two weeks ago, the TDA Monday Newsletter reported on the September Skills Minister’s Joint Communique. In a small section we mentioned a component of that Communique

Back in 2018 when I was working for TasTAFE in Tasmania, my colleagues and I wrote an opinion piece which had the heading, “TAFE study

As I prepare to take the next step in my career, I find myself reflecting on the incredible journey I’ve had over the past seven