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The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) provides its members with timely and insightful updates on the issues facing independent providers in the higher education, vocational education and training sectors. A selection of key articles circulated to members can be found below.

If you’re an employee of an ITECA member you can have updates such as these emailed directly to your desk. Simply join one of the ITECA Sector Interest Groups and news items on the issues relevant to you will be sent directly to your email account:

A key member benefit, and the reason many providers across the higher education and tertiary education sectors join, is the information that’s provided by ITECA. From changes to the regulatory environment through to the latest data on student enrolments, ITECA provides members with timely updates.

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06/07/2026

How Australia is losing at international education

"Australia’s international education sector should be a global powerhouse, but there is instead a story of squandered promise," writes Felix Pirie, CEO of the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA).

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6/07/2026 12:00:00 AM

01/07/2026

Government Delivers Unwelcome Visa Fee Surprise

The Australian Government has imposed immediate and substantial increases to Visa Application Charges across key categories, including Subclass 500 (Student) visas, without consultation with the international education sector.

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1/07/2026 12:00:00 AM

23/06/2026

Australia's Apprentice and Trainee Pipeline Continues to Shrink at a Critical Time

New data points to a concerning decline in commencements at a critical time for Australia's workforce. A shrinking pipeline risks creating significant workforce gaps across multiple sectors.

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23/06/2026 12:00:00 AM

23/06/2026

National Update — The Tertiary Education System; Distorted Regulation and Investment Decisions

Australia’s tertiary education system has the capacity and capability to be genuinely world leading

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23/06/2026 12:00:00 AM

28/05/2026

Nominations Open for the 2026 NSW International Education Awards

The Australian Government has taken out its bent regulatory stick by effectively banning innovation from international education.

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28/05/2026 12:00:00 AM

18/05/2026

National Update - Free isn’t really free. It costs us all and delivers not that much

With all the focus being on tax, it might have seemed that last week’s Federal Budget some important issues slipped through with limited attention. One of these was the Victorian Auditor-General’s 2026 Report on Free TAFE.

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18/05/2026 12:00:00 AM

12/05/2026

National Update - When two speeds put us into reverse

Welcome to Budget Week 2026! Possibly a bit boring for some, but there is a weird sense of anticipation about what is going to happen and what policy initiatives will be announced.

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12/05/2026 12:00:00 AM

27/04/2026

ITECA National Update - Relying on Business in Time of Greater Uncertainty

Independent skills training and higher education providers from across Australia have told a clear story: they are operating in an economic and business environment that is uncertain and unreliable.

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27/04/2026 12:00:00 AM

29/01/2026

NCVER workshops on Strengthening teaching capability in diverse learning environments

NCVER is running a series of research workshops for VET educators and professionals

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29/01/2026 11:39:00 AM

22/12/2025

The Tertiary Education Wrap 2025

It can’t be sugar-coated; 2025 has been a tough year for the independent tertiary education sector. Apologies that this is lengthier than usual.

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22/12/2025 12:00:00 AM

Further Information

To find out more about issues facing the ITECA members, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ITECAust or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ITECAust.  Alternatively, send an email to [email protected] or telephone 1300 421 017.