Training and Education

Careers MORE than a third of government loans to vocational education and training students will never be repaid, according to a new analysis by the Grattan Institute.

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News ABOUT 220,000 poor girls in developing countries could miss out on school because of Australian foreign aid cuts, an aid lobby group has claimed.

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News WHILE the Joint Strike Fighter program is still at least three years away, the first Australian pilot will start training to pilot the aircraft on Monday.

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News WHOEVER said “you can take the boy out of the city but not the city out of the boy” did not reckon with the University of Queensland’s Rural Clinical School.

News THE Senate crossbench looks set to reject the Abbott Government’s higher education reforms for a second time, despite concessions for universities being mooted.

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Employment SIGNIFICANT reforms to Australia’s vocational education and training sector will ensure Australian businesses have access to the skilled employees they need.

Education A NEW partnership between TAFE and the Fraser Coast Education Alliance will allow Fraser Coast high school students more scope when pursuing their careers.

Politics GREENS Senator Lee Rhiannon visited Southern Cross University yesterday to announce the Greens would block the Coalition’s cuts to higher education.

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News LEARNING a second language could be child’s play for Australia’s preschoolers awith promised Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) trial.

Education EMPLOYERS will guide the future training of apprentices under a controversial move to re-shape Australia’s vocational education system announced today.

Employment The Federal Budget delivered sweeping changes to education and training.

Politics THE state government has reaffirmed its commitment to deliver free Cert III courses.

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News STATE member for Maryborough Anne Maddern is calling on all community members to join the conversation in planning Queensland’s first Education Accord.

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Politics QUEENSLANDERS seeking extra skills will have access from today to two new websites highlighting hundreds of education and training courses across the state.

Politics THE State Government claims Queenslanders will be better trained for real jobs as a result of its new Vocational Education and Training plan.

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Careers THE State Government is hoping to improve training outcomes for Queenslanders as it launches its new Vocational Educational and Training (VET) plan today.

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Education A FORMER tiler is now studying education thanks to CQUniversity's tradie-to-teacher pathway, and is keen to be a good example for her kids.

Employment THERE’S no such thing as a job for life.

Rural A NEW report shows rural women want to training to communicate more purposefully and powerfully in order to grow their rural communities.

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Employment MARCH represents kick-off time for the hundreds of thousands of young Australians who are just settling into tertiary education.