What now? What next? Insights into Australia's tertiary education sector

Rocco Guarnaccia: Understanding the private VET sector

• Claire Field • Episode 124

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In this episode of the podcast Dr Rocco Guarnaccia joins Claire to discuss his research on commercial, for-profit, providers. He shares his insights into which RTOs are likely to thrive and which will struggle as the sector continues to change.

Rocco's thesis is available at: https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/items/5de8508e-cc37-49f3-ace6-dcd7e8512dd5

The government media release on 'ghost colleges'/lapsed providers: https://ministers.dewr.gov.au/giles/over-150-ghost-colleges-axed

Claire's analysis of the data on 'ghost colleges' (lapsed providers):
https://clairefield.com.au/the-list-of-144-of-the-150-ghost-colleges-including-more-schools-the-nsw-taxi-council-ausgrid-and-more/

ASQA's actions to revoke thousands of VET qualifications:
https://www.asqa.gov.au/information-former-students-cancelled-providers

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