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The government is cracking down on dodgy providers.

Colleges shut, thousands of students lose qualifications in fake diploma crackdown

About 17,000 students across the country have been told their qualifications will be torn up.

  • Daniella White

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will face-off in Parliament on Monday with questions over flight upgrades likely to dominate.

Building a 2025 election win: Albanese starts campaign early

The next federal poll isn’t due until May, but the prime minister has kicked off proceedings with another large education promise aimed at TAFE.

  • Shane Wright
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Ploughing the fields of history.

Just 18 out of more than 1500 people who enrolled in Victoria’s free certificate IV in plumbing in 2019 and 2020 successfully completed the program.

Victoria’s worst free TAFE completion rates revealed

Just 1 per cent of Victorians who registered for a free plumbing course in recent years successfully completed their training.

  • Broede Carmody
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These WA students started university and hated it. Where are they now?

While some strike gold and make the right decision after high school straight off the bat, others take a little longer to find their calling. 

  • Holly Thompson
Fraudulent colleges could be fined close to $1 million under new laws introduced by Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor.

$1 million fines for ‘dodgy’ colleges in fresh crackdown

Legislation to be introduced on Wednesday will also weed out colleges misrepresenting themselves as prestigious institutions and void the registration of providers that have been inactive for 12 months.

  • Angus Thompson
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Just 5 per cent of University of Melbourne bachelor students are from low-income backgrounds, new data shows.

More funding, places in universities’ plan to restore sector to glory days

A request to match TAFE funding and a plan to create 20,000 more places in critical fields of study will be put to the federal government as research and development investment falls to record lows.

  • Angus Thompson

Indian students rejected as Australia cracks down on ‘ghost colleges’

Data shows Australia approves far fewer student visas from India than China, despite government ministers visiting India to promote skills study.

  • Angus Thompson
Brendan O’Connor wants remove “dodgy, bottom-feeding training providers” from the VET sector.

‘Prune the tree’: Halting new colleges considered amid student visa crackdown

Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor says the government is also considering measures to weed out unscrupulous providers already in the vocational education and training system.

  • Angus Thompson
V/Line said it was urgently assessing the credentials of contractors and employees linked to two training organisations.

Forged logbooks, compromised training: Rail watchdog issues safety worker alert

Rail safety staff in three states have had their accreditations revoked after the regulator issued an urgent notice about fraudulent training of workers who help upgrade and repair the network.

  • Kieran Rooney

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