TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) is the peak national body incorporated to represent Australia’s 58 government owned Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes and university TAFE divisions, and the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC).
Australia’s TAFE Institute network is the largest and most diverse tertiary education sector in Australia with more than 1000 campuses located across Central Business Districts (CBD), suburban, regional and remote locations, with many institutes offering further services throughout the Asia-Pacific and other offshore regions.
The core business of TDA is supporting our member institutes, leading the advocacy for quality skills in Australia, and managing a range of international education and training projects in cooperation with our institutes.
Our strategic objectives can be summarised as follows:
• advance vocational education and training policy in Australia
• support policy development for improved outcomes for students – domestic and international
• lead the advocacy on... <show more>
Our strategic objectives can be summarised as follows:
• advance vocational education and training policy in Australia
• support policy development for improved outcomes for students – domestic and international
• lead the advocacy on funding
• promote and support TAFE Institutes as the foremost providers of quality skills training in Australia and abroad
• support, expand and where appropriate lead international networks and business opportunities for our members
 | 15 August 2018'No Frills' 2018 VET Research Conference - Aus NZ'No Frills' is an annual Australian conference where researchers and practitioners in the vocational education and training (VET) sector come together to present, discuss and share information about key issues confronting the sector. The 2018 conference program will focus on the theme "Skills for a global future: working and learning together." ( more) |
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 | 15 July 2018The UNEVOC Network celebrates World Youth Skills DayOn the occasion of World Youth Skills Day (15 July), more than 30 UNEVOC Centres celebrated the importance of Skills for Youth, through conferences, workshop, skills exhibition and promotional campaigns. Discover our interactive map to learn more about those initiatives. ( more) |
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 | 11 January 2018New Zealand fosters TVET attractiveness by a design thinking competition.E2E (Engineering Education to Employment) pilot is aimed at attracting more students into engineering tertiary study, addressing New Zealand’s shortage of engineers and including women. High School students participated in a two-day competition. The emphasis of the competition was to integrate the design thinking process for developing project based learning linked to an authentic industry problem. ( more) |
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 | 5 July 201726th National VET Research Conference 'No Frills'‘No Frills’ is a well-known annual national conference where researchers and practitioners in the VET sector come together to present, discuss and share information about key issues confronting the sector. ( more) |
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 | 31 January 2017The Australian Apprenticeships Ambassadors ProgramIn Australia, the government launched an Ambassadors programme to raise the status of apprenticeships. Prominent figures and high performing apprentices are mobilized to showcase the system and an online platform increases the programme’s outreach. ( more) |
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 | 7 June 2016Stakeholders engage in ten-day Capacity Development Programme in the PacificTAFE Queensland with the Asia Pacific Technical College (APTC) in Fiji organized a ten-day programme that focused on enhancing technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Pacific. The programme sought to assist the Pacific Island nations to further develop effective TVET systems which will ultimately contribute to improving economic growth and increased uptake of TVET. ( more) |
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 | 12 April 2016NCVER representative visits UNESCO-UNEVOCA representative from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in Australia, visited UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre to discuss and learn about UNESCO-UNEVOC’s programmes and services, in particular, the knowledge management activities. ( more) |
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 | 30 March 2016Collaborative research on return on investment in TVETNCVER, in collaboration with other actors, is currently undertaking a collaborative research project to identify and highlight key issues in the measurement of the return on investment (ROI) in technical and vocational education and training. ( more) |
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 | 28 September 2015Craig Fowler visits UNESCO-UNEVOCOn 24 September 2015, Mr. Craig Fowler, Managing Director of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in Australia, visited UNESCO-UNEVOC. ( more) |
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 | 17 September 2015NCVER report on regulating and quality assuring VETThe National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in Australia is happy to share their latest international comparative report on international good practice in regulating and quality assuring TVET. ( more) |
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 | 27 November 2013King Abdullah scholarships for teacher trainers PINZ has managed a program that has seen students from its sister UNEVOC Center TVTC in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, come to New Zealand to complete their degrees followed by a Certificate in Adult Teaching (CAT). ( more) |
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 | 27 November 2013Reconnecting with UNEVOC In MyanmarPINZ’ CEO, Brenda Lazelle, and Project Manager, Amy McAteer, recently travelled to Myanmar to build their understanding of the skills development sector and explore opportunities for working together. ( more) |
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| 10 July 201322nd National VET Research Conference 'No Frills' The annual National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Research Conference ‘No Frills’ is considered one of the best value events on the VET research calendar and is a key part of NCVER’s commitment to dissemination of research and building research capacity. ( more) |
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 | 4 June 2013NCVER Webinar on intergenerational mobilityNCVER is organizing a webinar on 'intergenerational mobility: new evidence from LSAY' on Tuesday, 18 June 2013. Gerry Redmond, Director, Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management, Flinders University will present on the new findings from a study that examines trends in one indicator of intergenerational mobility in Australia between 1975 and 2006 - the relationship between parents' socio-economic status and their children's academic outcomes. ( more) |
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| 11 April 2013LSAY National Research Forum - Are we there yet? Youth transitions in AustraliaNCVER is hosting a one-day research forum on findings from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) with a focus on youth transitions. The event, 'Are we there yet? Youth transitions in Australia', will be held at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney on Thursday, 11 April 2013. Key topics include: the impact of schools, student aspirations, gap years, financial wellbeing and pathways to work. ( more) |
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UNEVOC Centres Griffith University, Australia, and Zhenjiang TIE, China, sign MoU ( more) |
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UNEVOC Centres from China and Australia visit UNESCO-UNEVOC ( more) |
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