Why some Aussies are turning their back on university for TAFE
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Leaving high school and entering university used to be the norm for Australians, but that is now beginning to change.
Fewer Aussies are now enrolling in university than any point in the last decade, with figures from the Federal Department of Education revealing university enrolments for domestic students sinking in both 2022 and 2023, after peaking in 2021.

Around 396,000 domestic students enrolled in university in 2023, the lowest rate in the last 10 years and a drop of 22 per cent compared to the enrolment numbers before the pandemic.

Could TAFE programs across Australia profit from falling enrolment numbers at Aussie universities?(TAFE NSW/Supplied)

“Teachers [at TAFE] definitely care about you more, feedback is more personalised,” she said.

“Some lecturers and tutors [at university] are very helpful and others kind of don’t care.

“It feels like teaching is teaching, and caring about students is secondary.”

TAFE NSW is actively recruiting women to enter their courses as it looks to fill skills shortages, and indicated future programs were in the pipeline.

“We deliver a range of programs and short courses designed to give high school students a taste of vocational education, encourage more women to consider careers in trades, and support people to upskill or reskill,” a TAFE NSW spokesperson told 9news.com.au.

Sydney’s course took one year and included work placement, which helped her get a full-time job at an engineering firm in Parramatta in Sydney’s west.

“I got industry experience at the same time as studying TAFE,” she said.

“TAFE gave me a more hands-on experience in terms of learning programs and things like that, whereas at uni, the onus is on you to learn the program.”

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