Southern Free Times - 15th May 2014

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“There are some things you can only learn by being on-site and hands-on,” she said. Ms Latham is inviting residents from Warwick and surrounding areas to visit the Warwick TAFE campus on Thursday, May 15, for a support lunch. “All the hospitality students will IT’S ALL ABOUT SAVING WATER

“Dalby TAFE, which has fewer students, receives a lot more funding but Warwick is being left behind - we need to take action.” Ms Latham, who has a 22-yearold son also enrolled at Warwick TAFE, said it was absurd to think students could complete all their course requirements online.

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WARWICK TAFE student, Kathy Latham, balances her day between her four children and studying a hospitality course at Warwick TAFE, to improve her employment prospects. But Ms Latham, 44, says she is worried about the future of the Warwick TAFE campus and fears the cutbacks in government subsidies could close the campus by the end of the year. She said Warwick and Stanthorpe residents were having the “wool pulled over their eyes” and that the campuses were in the government’s firing line. “I recently read in the Free Times (May 8, page 3) that there had been ‘no redundancies in the past three months’ at the (Warwick) TAFE, according to TAFE director Trevor Schwenke,” she said. “This is just not true. I have witnessed several redundancies including four employees paid out or laid off last Thursday, May 8, including one teacher and a head chef.” Ms Latham said the rumours spreading across the town about the TAFE’s uncertain future were adding fuel to the fire and greater transparency was needed to ensure student confidence. She called on members of the community to rally behind efforts to save the TAFE and stop the shift of courses online. “The community needs to be standing up for our TAFE campuses or risk having them shut down,” she said.

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