FED: VET needs an image overhaul

By EducationHQ News Team
Published November 18, 2010

Carpentry CANBERRA - The vocational education and training (VET) sector desperately needs an image overhaul, after a new report revealed that many ...

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FED: VET needs an image overhaul

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