Mainstream news outlets including Prime7 News, NineMSN and The Australian reported on the Save Our TAFE campaign launched by the NSW Public Sector Association, and the CPD paper released at… more
Posts tagged Skills & Training
Report outlines importance of TAFE… | The Coffs Coast Advocate, 21 Nov 2012
Report outlines importance of TAFE in our social fabric, article by Jessica Grewal Research Director Christopher Stone revealed CPD’s latest Public Service program research paper at NSW Parliament House. The paper… more
Public works need public sector skills – the lost lessons of the BER program | OCCASIONAL PAPER
Despite significant public attention over the last two years, the lessons of the Building the Education Revolution (BER) program remain poorly understood. While there were major differences between BER outcomes… more
CPD Road Test: australian technical colleges
Why keep two technical training systems on the road when neither is worthy of a pink slip, asks Ben Eltham.
Franchising ‘mutual obligation’
Minh Nguyen describes the Howard Government's development of 'mutual obligation' into a national policy brand. Wherever this brand is applied, from the welfare system to foreign aid, it points the… more
Our Long-Term Unemployed Need Less Blaming and More Training
Australians tend to agree that it is better to give a hand up than a hand out to those in need. Yet given its rate of success, the Commonwealth Government’s… more