Sydney tradie Stephen Fairbairn got a nasty surprise in the mail just weeks before Christmas — a debt recovery notice for his TAFE course, which he’d thought was free. It was one of the main reasons ...

A high-ranking teacher has issued an unflinching call to high school students, urging them to consider trades “where someone gives you money”. Stuart McKinder, a metal fabrication and welding teacher ...

Thousands of New South Wales TAFE students are still trying to enrol in courses, even after the start of the teaching year. This bad situation has been compounded by ongoing retrenchments, for example ...

The Daily Telegraph has been told pointless subjects, historic teaching methods and a lack of flexibility are some of the ongoing issues for young apprentices to navigate. It comes as the federal ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. This would take the total number of free courses promised by the Coalition to 700,000 over the next four years.

TAFE NSW has frozen its second semester intake for a raft of critical trades, turning away would-be electricians from their classroom training at all but six locations in greater Sydney. Meanwhile ...

SAS, a US-based developer of analytics and AI software, has partnered with TAFE NSW to offer a 10-week course that is aimed at sharpening “essential technical and enterprise skills”. Australia will ...

The resurgence of vocational training courses in Broken Hill could be a key ingredient in boosting the city's struggling hospitality workforce, the education provider says. Certificate II in ...

The federal and NSW governments have struck the largest deal to deliver free vocational training through Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges, in a $319 million agreement announced on ...

The New South Wales government plans to introduce a new student enrolment system to TAFE NSW in time for the 2018 enrolment period. The new system will replace the current system that was originally ...

During the week, Lucy Cliff and Lauren Blasi are either studying at TAFE NSW, the University of Wollongong or working as cadets at BlueScope. A partnership between TAFE NSW, University of Wollongong ...