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Pow Wow folds
The Australian | 5 July 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Pow Wow Australia, a Melbourne-based RTO the subject of quality concerns, has gone into voluntary liquidation. It had about...
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ACPET National Monday Update 14 July 2014
In Focus In Focus I have been acting CEO for a little over a week. It has been challenging for us all but I have been very fortunate that the Board Members, senior staff and a number of state...
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TDA Newsletter | 28 July 2014
ASQA reveals failure rate among training providers More than a quarter of all audits conducted by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) since it was established in 2011 have identified...
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Paralysis by analysis
29 August 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… I was recently introduced to the term “paralysis by analysis”, which put me in mind of the vocational education and training sector. VET must...
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TDA Newsletter 7 October 2014
Apprentice loans program takes off Almost 6,000 people have taken up loans under the federal government’s Trade Support Loans program since it commenced in August, according to Industry Minister Ian...
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ACPET National Monday Update 20 October 2014
In Focus Quality Issues A lot of members will have seen the Current Affair story about a so called dodgy provider. I have been asked what ACPET is doing about the RTO in question. As is the case in...
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New VET regulatory standards signed off
23 October 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ministers at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Industry and Skills Council on 26 September 2014 agreed to new regulatory Standards for...
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Major announcement on Vocation government funding expected
27 October 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Trading in shares of the ASX-listed training provider Vocation has been suspended pending the announcement of the outcomes of a review by the...
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Vocation’s share price takes a hammering
28 October 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… On the back of a settlement with Victorian education authorities over VET non-compliance issues, which saw ASX-listed training provider Vocation...
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Acquire in ASQA spotlight
The Australian | 6 November 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The marketing practices of Acquire Learning, chaired by former AFL chief Andrew Demetriou, are being investigated by the...
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ACPET National Monday Update 15 December 2014
In Focus Lies Damn Lies and statistics Edition 584, 15 Dec It is time in the current public critique to reflect on a training system’s fit for purpose. While we all have our own views on this...
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Major provider accused of rorting funding
ABC News | 27 January 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… One of the country’s largest training colleges had just 19 students graduate from any of its courses in a single year,...
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ACPET National Monday Update 9 February 2015
Rod Camm defends private provision I recognise that (unfortunately) education is a very political issue, particularly at the moment. I would hope we are all in the industry to provide outstanding...
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TDA Newsletter 9 February 2015
Birmingham says quality the top issue in the VET sector The Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham has hinted at a further crack down on rogue training providers. In...
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Sorry state of the market
12 February 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… With the recent Productivity Commission Report on Government Services showing VET enrolments declining in 2013 by more than 60,000 (3.9 %) –...
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TDA Newsletter 2 March 2015
VET FEE-HELP providers under the microscope The federal government has announced that training providers will be subject of targeted audits to prevent the exploitation of VET FEE-HELP. The Assistant...
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ACPET National Monday Update Edition 593 2 March 2015
In Focus A time to reflect, and yet be very clear on what we are doing on your behalf As many of you may be aware, there was a media report last week that was critical of a member of ACPET. Be assured...
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Evocca College under scrutiny
ABC 7.30 | 4 March 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… As a Senate committee, in an interim report , expresses concern about the rapid increase in government funding to non-TAFE providers, the...
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Clamp down on dodgy operators
Canberra Times | 5 March 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The federal government has introduced new laws designed to clamp down on the dodgy private colleges that have proliferated...
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ACPET calls out Evocca
ACPET | 5 March 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Following allegations about Evocca College on the ABC 7.30 program, the Australian Council for Private Education and Training...
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