Australian College of Applied Education

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Australian College of Applied Education
Former names
Australian School of Tourism and Hotel Management
TypePrivate
Active1989–2017 (2017)
Parent institution
Careers Australia
Location
Perth
,
Western Australia
,
Australia

Coordinates: 31°57′00″S115°51′13″E / 31.9499°S 115.8537°E / -31.9499; 115.8537
CampusUrban
Website www.acae.edu.au

The Australian College of Applied Education (ACAE), previously the Australian School of Tourism and Hotel Management (ASTHM), Australia's first private hotel school, was established in 1989 in Perth. ACAE ran courses ranging from hospitality and cookery, to business, management and accounting. [1]

ACAE's parent Careers Australia generated hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funding for expensive training courses. Investigations by ABC television journalists revealed the company was targeting vulnerable students using door-to-door sales brokers offering "free" computers as inducements to enroll. When that sales tactic was banned by the Federal Government, Careers Australia moved to telemarketing, online competitions offering "free" iPads, and employment websites to obtain people's personal information without their knowledge. In April 2017 the Federal Government denied Careers Australia access to its vocational education scheme because of its poor track record, which included the company admitting to breaking consumer law. The business, including ACAE's Perth campus, was closed down on 25 May. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Australian College of Applied Education - ACAE". acae.edu.au. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. Smith, Sean (30 May 2017). "WA college under scrutiny before Careers Australia fall". The West Australian . Perth, WA. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. Smith, Sean (31 May 2017). "Careers Australia jobs go as students given bad news". The West Australian. Perth, WA. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  4. Atkin, Michael (25 May 2017). "Careers Australia goes into voluntary administration after being denied access to new VET scheme". ABC News. Retrieved 31 May 2017.