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Maritime workers in the pipeline for the future

TAFE NSW is offering Maritime courses to fill a workforce gap.

Newcastle Herald

Mother-daughter scammers claimed $2m for TAFE training

A mother and daughter who claimed to be providing engineering training - including to qualified engineers - scammed two Victorian TAFEs out of $2 million.

AAP

Medical students now in hospitals as nursing assistants to boost workforce

Hunter pilot program enables students to gain paid work experience.

Newcastle Herald

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The renewable energy sector needs thousands of workers and this course aims to find them

TAFE NSW and EnergyCo launch new microskills course.

Newcastle Herald

NSW to get lion's share of free TAFE places

Nearly 150,000 fee-free TAFE places will be made available in NSW as governments try to address skills shortages in critical sectors.

AAP

Push to create energy centre of excellence at Tighes Hill Tafe

Tighes Hill TAFE has existing training expertise in key trades.

Newcastle Herald

Short courses to fast charge workers for renewable jobs

Newly announced "microskill" short courses will educate workers in areas of renewable energy spanning hydrogen, electric vehicles and emergency response.

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Australia has a new National Skills Agreement. What does this mean for vocational education?

This week, national cabinet signed off on a National Skills Agreement. This is a A$12.6 billion funding agreement determining federal and state funding for vocational education and training over the next five years.

The Conversation

Higher education to drive ACT growth, resilience, Andrew Barr says

Skill shortage challenge is an opportunity for ACT, the Chief Minister says.

The Canberra Times

Billions in funding for landmark skills agreement

A national skills agreement will seek to train more Australians in high growth sectors, including in green energy, the care sector and digitisation.

AAP

'We enjoy making people feel happier': Troupe making connections on Older Persons day

The singing group is often older than the audiences it plays to.

The Canberra Times

Five key changes to welfare and work rules in Labor’s employment white paper

Pensioners and jobseekers will be able to work more without losing payments, while Tafe and apprenticeships will get a funding boost in Working Future reforms

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government pledges $41m for six Tafe centres of excellence and more higher apprenticeships

White paper to be released on Monday promises new policy initiatives including national skills passport

The Guardian - AU

Employment white paper to deliver more highly qualified workers in net zero, care and digitisation

The government will commit $41 million for technical and further education and “higher apprenticeships” when it releases its white paper on employment on Monday.

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P-plater clocked tearing along motorway was 'running late for TAFE'

The man was clocked at 166 kilometres per hour.

The Canberra Times

CIT's one $8.5m 'complexity and systems thinker' could have paid 100 teachers: union

CIT teachers are taking steps towards strike action.

The Canberra Times

Celebrating campus life at CIT Reid with a special photograph

A CIT photography student was a finalist in a national competition celebrating campus life.

The Conversation

‘The first designers and models of this world’: attending the 2023 National Indigenous Fashion Awards

The Darwin winter sunset encircled the city with a brilliant gold. As the crowd anticipated the start of the annual Indigenous fashion parades, the room turned dark, and a lone figure appeared.

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Meet Melton, officially part of Melbourne, but crying out for city services

Incorporating the north-western outlier made Melbourne technically the biggest city in Australia. But residents say they are still treated as country cousins when it comes to funding health and transport

Newcastle Herald

'POST ONLY BILLS': Newcastle prankster finds creative use to Post Office construction hoardings

Only in Newcastle ...

Newcastle Herald

Traffic lights switched on at notorious Tighes Hill TAFE intersection

The lights were installed at the junction of Chinchen and Clyde streets.

The Conversation

Many Australians will need to study at both TAFE and uni: how do we get the two systems working together?

There is no doubt the federal government has big ambitions for the Universities Accord. Set up last November, the interim report was made public on Wednesday.

Newcastle Herald

Time to create a Hunter-based TAFE new industries training centre

Energy transition means jobs and training, and the Hunter is the perfect site for a new industries centre, Hunter Jobs Alliance says.

Newcastle Herald

New TAFE training set for 'maritime tourist hub'

'So much of the training is online despite this being such a practical job.'

AAP

NSW to spend more on debt interest than on police, TAFE

NSW will pay more interest on its massive debt a year than it spends on police and TAFE combined, with an equivalent of $20,000 worth of debt per person.

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