WAVE is involved in VET, adult and community education, and work-related education and training. Providing advice, submissions and advocacy on behalf of our members.
 WAVE promotes social justice and equity in and through organisations, policies and practices, including through presentations at relevant conferences.
 WAVE is involved in VET, adult and community education, and work-related education and training. Providing advice, submissions and advocacy on behalf of our members.
 WAVE promotes social justice and equity in and through organisations, policies and practices, including through presentations at relevant conferences.

About WAVE

WAVE is a national network of women involved in VET, adult education and the broad field of work-related education and training. WAVE provides seminars & workshops, research, policy advocacy and advice, as well as networking on an international, national and state basis. We are supported within each state by local representation that in turn contributes collaboratively to national events and governance. WAVE was formed in 1985, the first and only national and autonomous non-government organisation for Australian women in the adult, community and vocational education and training sector. For the first 14 years we called ourselves the Network of Women in Further Education (NOW in FE).

WAVE acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work and their elders past and present. We recognise First Nations Australians as the Custodians of these unceded lands and waters and acknowledge that First Nations Australians hold more than 60,000 years of wisdom, connection and caring for country. We are grateful for their contributions to educational, cultural and spiritual practices.

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Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE) and the Equality Rights Alliance (ERA have called on the new national workforce and training agency Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) to ensure that equity is at the heart of Australia’s education and training system. In a joint submission to the Australian Government the organisations also urge JSA to ensure that that system is centred on the lived experience of all users and that the agency works hard to be available and visible in the community....

March 7, 2023

Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE) and the Equality Rights Alliance (ERA have called on the new national workforce and training agency Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) to ensure that equity is at the heart of Australia’s education and training system. In a joint submission to the Australian Government the organisations also urge JSA to ensure that that system is centred on the lived experience of all users and that the agency works hard to be available and visible in the community....

February 21, 2023

WAVE joins with key voices in industry, research institutes and think tanks, the community sector and TAFE in calling for root and branch reform of the VET and adult education systems....

February 10, 2023

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SO little movement in these enrolment patterns over the last two decades, despite all the investments in and publicity about girls & women studying & working more in STEM /'non traditional' areas. Do we need new ways of approaching this (almost) global trend?Girls are under-represented among the highest STEM performers.A gap in awareness of gender biases among parents and teachers yields unequal chances for academic success for girls and boys, and unequal outcomes in the labour market: fal.cn/3wvaX#OECDgender ... See MoreSee Less

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