Response to skills shortages needs to be placed on a war footing

Response to skills shortages needs to be placed on a war footing

All sides of politics need to be on the same page when it comes to tackling Australia’s severe skills shortage.

  • byMegan Lilly

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Higher education sector needs deep reform
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Education

Higher education sector needs deep reform

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.

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NSW TAFE boss leaves $575,000 job less than halfway through contract

NSW TAFE boss leaves $575,000 job less than halfway through contract

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.

  • byAnna Patty
Record number of apprentices begin training – but fewer are completing it

Record number of apprentices begin training – but fewer are completing it

Amid skills shortages,training organisations have urged governments to improve low apprenticeship completion rates.

  • byAnna Patty
Pandemic gives nation a chance to build anew

Pandemic gives nation a chance to build anew

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.

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‘We’re lucky to get one’:Qld butchers making a killing but bleeding apprentices

‘We’re lucky to get one’:Qld butchers making a killing but bleeding apprentices

Selling meat is easy in pandemic-era Australia. Blooding young talent is another matter.

  • byZach Hope
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‘Suitable for disposal’:TAFE campuses earmarked for sale
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‘Suitable for disposal’:TAFE campuses earmarked for sale

Internal documents reveal TAFE NSW is seeking to fully or partially sell campuses.

  • byAnna Patty
Free courses to target national skills shortage in film industry

Free courses to target national skills shortage in film industry

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.

  • byAnna Patty
Free building and businesses courses for reskilling during lockdown

Free building and businesses courses for reskilling during lockdown

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.

  • byAnna Patty
$250 million TAFE boost to retrain workers for the post-pandemic world

$250 million TAFE boost to retrain workers for the post-pandemic world

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”.

  • byAnna Patty
Mechanics to be retrained for electric vehicles as diesel buses phased out by 2030

Mechanics to be retrained for electric vehicles as diesel buses phased out by 2030

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.

  • byAnna Patty