Introduction Thank you for the invitation to join you today at the 27th National Vocational Education and Training Research – NCVER – Conference. Firstly, can I acknowledge the participants who are here today, representatives of NCVER and our New Zealand co-hosts, Industry Training Federation and Ako Aotearoa—as well as those from AVETRA and TAFE NSW. …
• The Tuition Protection Service (TPS) for international students will be expanded to protect VET Student Loans and non-university higher education (NUHEP) FEE-HELP students. • The new tuition assurance arrangements will begin on 1 January 2019.• Providers will pay levies to fund tuition assurance arrangements as required. The…
Delivering skills for a global future is the topic on everyone’s lips at the 27th National Vocational Education and Training Research (“No Frills”) Conference underway in Sydney. Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, Karen Andrews, addressed the annual conference of researchers and practitioners in the vocational education and training (VET) sector. “Australia’s VET sector…