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The notion that men are inherently more capable than women is the target of a forum aimed at empowering females to strive higher.
Topics: university-and-further-education, engineering, science-and-technology, work, vocational, university-of-tasmania-7005
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Evocca College is closing more of its remaining campuses in Queensland and Victoria and a further 60 staff have been made redundant, the ABC understands, in the latest sign of instability in the scandal-plagued private training sector.
Topics: education, distance-education, university-and-further-education, education-industry, vocational, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, caboolture-4510, vic, geelong-3220, corio-3214, frankston-3199, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedFor some people stuck in a rut, going back to study as a mature aged student has been a "new lease on life", but the experience comes with hurdles.
Topics: university-and-further-education, vocational, adult-education, careers, people, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is unlikely to recoup $2.2 billion paid to shonky vocational training providers, according to a new report from the National Audit Office.
Topics: vocational, education, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedA Baird Government demand that TAFE hand back more than $210 million will stop young people getting their feet "onto the skills ladder", the NSW Opposition says.
Topics: adult-education, access-to-education, vocational, community-education, continuing-education, state-parliament, nsw
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More than 60 potential young fighter pilots take to the virtual skies as the Royal Australian Air Force's travelling flight simulator visits central Queensland.
Topics: air-force, vocational, air-transport, rockhampton-4700
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Opposition spokeswoman for early childhood education and development and TAFE and vocational education.
Topics: vocational, children, play-and-learning, act, canberra-2600
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Former federal education minister John Dawkins' woes intensify after class action lawyers seize upon news he is facing legal action from the corporate regulator.
Topics: education, vocational, university-and-further-education, education-industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, australia, vic
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| UpdatedFormer federal education minister and treasurer John Dawkins faces legal action over his role in the collapse of private education provider Vocation.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, vocational, education, education-industry, government-and-politics, university-and-further-education, law-crime-and-justice, australia, vic
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New research shows private VET providers are ill-equipped to tackle the learning needs of vulnerable young people, who are increasingly being enrolled onto these training courses.
Topics: education, vocational, australia
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A new report into vocational education and training in Australia calls for a wide-ranging review of the sector, including better regulation and connection with the needs of industry.
Topics: education, vocational, australia
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Obscure subjects like sugar milling and embroidery will lose Government funding as part of an overhaul of the TAFE system.
Topics: vocational, education, state-parliament, vic
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Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham says the Government is likely to introduce caps on loans provided to vocational education students.
Topics: education, vocational, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedA social enterprise on Queensland's Capricorn Coast gives people with a disability the opportunity to get job-ready and build their confidence and skills.
Topics: vocational, disabilities, work, charities-and-community-organisations, yeppoon-4703
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| UpdatedAn 11-year-old girl's mother was bombarded with marketing calls from Careers Australia, after her daughter played an online game to win an iPhone.
Topics: vocational, access-to-education, corporate-governance, consumer-protection, australia
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Topics: vocational, access-to-education, corporate-governance, consumer-protection, brisbane-4000
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Topics: vocational, access-to-education, corporate-governance, consumer-protection
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Topics: vocational, access-to-education, corporate-governance, consumer-protection
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| UpdatedThe latest round of recruiting for the Tasmania Fire Service attracts more applications than the number of full-time firefighters employed in the entire force.
Topics: emergency-planning, vocational, launceston-7250, tas, hobart-7000
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A private college owner who signed up thousands of students to VET FEE-HELP loans without their knowledge quickly realised he had "struck gold", a Sydney court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, education, vocational, adult-education, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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A door-to-door sales broker who blew the whistle on major training college Careers Australia says the company paid him to keep quiet after he spoke out.
Topics: education, vocational, adult-education, federal-government, australia
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Topics: road-transport, vocational, tamworth-2340
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| UpdatedIt is hoped a truck driving apprenticeship designed in Tamworth could be available nationally, to fill a gap in the transport sector.
Topics: apprenticeships, vocational, work, driver-education, regional, tamworth-2340
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| UpdatedThe European Union is funding a six million euro project aimed at improving the standard of training throughout the Pacific.
Topics: education, education-collaborative-projects, vocational, climate-change, pacific