The Australian TAFE teacher, vol. 48, no. 3, Spring 2014

This periodical, published quarterly, provides current information for vocational education and training (VET) practitioners on educational, policy and industrial developments affecting the VET sector in Australia. Articles in this issue include: ‘Cutting ‘red tape’ in the VET market: the triumph of ideology over common sense’ by Pat Forward (pages 6-7); ‘TAFE and marketisation: level playing field or devil’s playing field?’ by Virginia Simmons (pages 8-9); ‘Hey sistas!: the untapped opportunity of women in trades’ by Fiona Lawrie (pages 10-11); ‘VET funding in Australia and the role of TAFE’ by Peter Noonan (pages 16-18); ‘Conversations with educators from TAFE and higher education’ by Theresa Millman (pages 20-21); ‘Questions about jobs and art’ by J. N. Blank (pages 24-25) [this article is in response to the 'news from NCVER' article 'Qualification utilisation: will that qualification result in a job?' published in the 2014 Winter edition of 'The Australian TAFE teacher']; ‘Quality assessments: practice and perspectives [news from NCVER]’ by Josie Misko (page 30). Show less