A series of community consultations regarding the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) will be held in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia over the next three weeks. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said he was hosting the community consultations following an independent evaluation of AMEP. “The consultations will help ensure…
The Coalition Government will invest an extra $14.5 million in 2015-16 to help refugees learn English so they have a better chance of supporting themselves through work. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said the extra funding will help up to 2700 people being provided with Temporary Protection Visas (TPV) take part…
Subject: (SA TAFE Job Cuts) E&OE… LEON BYNER: Simon what’s the latest from you? What do you know? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Leon I’m very concerned at what is an incredibly erratic policy from the State Government, that some years back they dramatically increased their training budget, they’ve now dramatically decreased their training budget. Years ago they…
Subject: (GST; Bronwyn Bishop) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: With me now from Adelaide, Liberal front bencher, the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham, and from Brisbane, Labor’s Graham Perrett; gentlemen, good morning to you. Senator Birmingham, to you first of all, the Treasurer and the Prime Minister have said for some time that the states…if there’s…
Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham will conclude his visit to South Korea today—the first from an Australian education minister since 1997. Senator Birmingham said strengthening education and training ties with his South Korean counterparts and industry representatives had been a key focus of his visit. “Education-related travel services is one Australia’s top…
Expressions of interest are being invited from organisations to operate as skills service organisations as part of an overhaul of Australian qualifications. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said that skills service organisations will play a crucial role in ensuring training delivers the competencies that jobs will require in the future. “The…
Subject: (International Education) E&OE… FRAN KELLY: Simon Birmingham is the Assistant Minister for Education and Training, he was in China earlier this week, he’s currently in South Korea, Minister, welcome to RN Breakfast. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Fran and good morning to your listeners. FRAN KELLY: Simon Birmingham, in China 30,000,000 people are undertaking vocational…
Subject: (Strengthening education ties between Australia and South Korea) E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you. Your English is much better than my Korean and I won’t try anymore, but thank you very much distinguished leaders of education and training here in Korea for welcoming me and the delegation from Australia, from our embassy, from our institute…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Ms Lau thank you for your warm words of welcome and for the display of welcoming hospitality we've received on arriving here at the Shanghai Pharmaceutical School. Australia is incredibly proud of our vocational education in training system, it delivers highly skilled workers for our economy, it gives them nationally recognised qualifications that…
Australia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen collaboration on quality assurance, and will work to develop a further agreement to boost vocational education and training (VET) skills collaboration. Speaking from Huawei’s Research and Development facility in Beijing Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said the agreement signed between…