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Vocational education has seen a steady decline in the uptake and completion of apprenticeships over the last five years, a new report has found.

This is an opportunity for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to change the narrative about the skills we need post-COVID-19.

The NSW government will commit $57.4 million in the upcoming state budget to create a new centre to give more women and mature workers access to trades training. 

As part of the JobMaker scheme, the budget allocates $25 million to create pathways to STEM careers for up to 500 women.

The federal government says it wants to help Australian businesses hire 100,000 new apprentices and trainees.

The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a training package for NSW businesses dubbed ‘Upholding the rights of older workers'.

The federal government has paid $500 million to businesses under its apprenticeship and training subsidies program, Michaelia Cash says.

Sarah Liu says now is the time for out-of-work women to go after tech careers, and through ShePivots, she’s giving them the tools to do it.

Much of the focus on the educational effect of the coronavirus is falling on schools and universities, but the vocational education and trai…

If the economy has shed one million jobs, then we’ve gained about one billion hours of available time, and it should be used for upskilling.