iTWire Wednesday, 28 April 2021 10:43 AIIA Skillls Hub courses now top 3,000 Featured
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has grown the number of education courses it offers through its Skils Hub to over 3,000 in partnership with education institutions.
The AIIA says courses on Skills Hub are made available by Microsoft, IBM and AWS and with long held skills shortages in Australia’s ICT sector, the Skills Hub is one measure to help improve the supply of skilled Australian workers.
“With long held skills shortages in Australia’s ICT sector, the Skills Hub is one measure to help improve the supply of skilled Australian workers as well as mapping employee skills to career pathways and relevant training courses,” the AIIA says.
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Queensland electricity heavyweights were among discussions about the acceleration of the state’s clean energy future on the first day of the Energy Futures Summit at Central Queensland University in Gladstone.
Energy companies Stanwell, CleanCo and Powerlink took part in three frank panel discussions, alongside unions, educators, environment groups and Traditional Owners about the transition away from coal fired power.
Renewable job creation and the retraining of a fossil-fuel skilled workforce were also on the agenda at the Energy Futures Summit. Next Economy CEO Dr Amanda Cahill hosting the Energy Futures Summit at Central Queensland University Gladstone Campus. Picture: Photopia Studio
The University of Newcastle, which is offering a 20% discount, has told Guardian Australia that its scheme led to a higher than expected rate of enrolments and accepted offers.
This year, UQ’s international student enrolments rose to record levels – and enrolments from China rose 50% on 2020 levels despite widespread reports that students had been told by the Chinese government to avoid Australia.
As of semester 1, 2021, UQ had 17,956 international student enrolments, up from 16,612 in semester 1, 2019, before the pandemic, and well above 14,882 recorded in semester 1, 2020.
Chinese student enrolments rose to 11,265, up from 7,466 last year, and up from 8,995 in 2019.
The university has been offering international students a 12.5% rebate to enrol in a course and study online while still in their “home country”, with the aim to come to Australia when possible.