All sides of politics need to be on the same page when it comes to tackling Australia’s severe skills shortage.
Labor’s promise of extra funding for university and TAFE courses is a good proposal but broader reform of the higher education system is needed.
Steffen Faurby thanked staff and announced it was his last day of a two-year “journey” after signing a five-year contract at the beginning of 2020.
Amid skills shortages,training organisations have urged governments to improve low apprenticeship completion rates.
The resumption of normal life has brought into sharp relief how much our society had come to rely on temporary migrant workers to provide goods and services.
Selling meat is easy in pandemic-era Australia. Blooding young talent is another matter.
Internal documents reveal TAFE NSW is seeking to fully or partially sell campuses.
Netflix will invest $500,000 in training,which will be delivered by Screenworks and supported by the state government to address a national skills shortage in film crews.
TAFE NSW will offer 10 new fee-free courses in mental health,digital security,business administration and construction to help people re-skill during the pandemic.
Mark Adamik lost his tourism sales job last year during the pandemic. This forced him to rethink his life,and he is retraining to be a carpenter because the building industry is “future proof”.
The government is rolling out a new series of short courses to address skills shortages in emerging speciality areas including the servicing of electric buses and cars.