July 2018

Changes in the world of work, such as automation and the digital revolution, are rapidly changing what people will do and how they will do is. This is challenging the nature and mix of skills that individuals in Australia need to gain employment as well as maintain their employability now and in the future. This

The AQF was established in 1995, and last reviewed between 2009 and 2011. This year the Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, has appointed an expert panel of six, chaired by Professor Peter Noonan to review it again. The review’s website can be found here. The review will involve broad public

A recent article by Linda Simon in John Menadue’s ‘Pearls and Irritations’ highlighted the falls in government-funded student numbers in TAFE. She examined why this might be so using the most recent NCVER data released in 2018. But maybe the problem is wider and longer standing than that as the NCVER’s timeseries data from 1981

In 2017 Canberra-based academic Valerie Braithwaite was asked to review the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act (the NVETR Act) of 2011. This act “underpins the operations of the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).” The report, submitted at the end of January 2018 has now been considered by the Commonwealth. It makes 23 recommendations.

KPMG were commissioned by the Victorian TAFE Association “to undertake an analysis of the contribution of TAFEs to Victoria’s prosperity.” They found that “Victorian TAFEs are uniquely placed to position their students to take advantage of substantial disruption being caused by technological and structural changes in the economy.” The report presents a series of infographics

Late April saw this conference held at the VET Development Centre in Melbourne’s CBD. Thursday’s sessions were a series of workshops. Friday offered a keynote, 19 papers and two further workshops at the end of the day. The papers and workshops covered a wide range of topics: from conducting research and institutional developing research capacity

Victorians looking to upskill or start work in the disability sector will now have access to a new TAFE course to help them find a job or go on to study courses eligible under the Victorian State Government’s Free TAFE initiative. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney today visited The Gordon’s East Geelong campus

The 2018 ACDEVEG conference will be held in Melbourne on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 December at CQ University Melbourne Campus. The call for papers and workshop proposals is here, together with the templates for proposals for research papers and workshops. The closing date is 30 July. Papers and workshops proposals must relate to VET teaching/training, or VET teacher qualifications/professional