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Kangan Institute was established as the Broadmeadows College of TAFE on 28 February 1986, when it was formally opened by Prime Minister Bob Hawke.It was originally built to cater for 3000 students at a cost of $13.5 million.
The institute was known as the Loddon Campaspe Institute of TAFE from 1987 to 1990, Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE (BRIT) from 1990 to 2009, before becoming Bendigo TAFE in 2009. [ 1 ] Bendigo TAFE services a significant geographical area of approximately 25,000 square kilometres in central and northern Victoria, with a local population of ...
For example, the Trade and Technician Skills Institute in Brisbane, from 1 July 2006, has specialised in automotive, building and construction, manufacturing and engineering, and electrical/electronic studies for students throughout Queensland and the William Angliss Institute of TAFE in Melbourne has specialised in food, hospitality and ...
Skills Victoria is the Victorian Government body that oversees Victoria's independent TAFE Institutes.. In 2012, the Victorian Liberal/National Coalition, under the leadership of Premier Ted Baillieu made large funding cuts (over $300M) to the TAFE public education system, resulting in many course being cut, campus closures and job losses.
Myer Kangan AO OBE (12 July 1917 – 4 October 1991) was an Australian public servant and educationist, who is considered the founder of the technical and further education (TAFE) system after he conducted an inquiry into technical education in Australia on behalf of the Whitlam government.
Before 1967, all universities in Victoria had their own application systems, and students can only directly apply to them. To simplify this process, VTAC was formed in 1967 [2] by three Victorian universities: The University of Melbourne, Monash University and La Trobe University as the Victorian Universities Admissions Committee (VUAC).
Institute of Catholic Education, Victoria; McAuley College, Queensland; Signadou College of Education, Australian Capital Territory; These institutions had their origins in the mid-1800s, when religious orders and institutes became involved in preparing teachers for Catholic schools and, later, nurses for Catholic hospitals.
In 2004 Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE (GippsTAFE) signed a partnership agreement to develop the Gippsland Education Precinct (GEP) at Churchill together with Monash University, Gippsland Group Training, Kurnai Secondary College and Latrobe City, to provide wider vocational options and lift the region's high school retention rate.