Negative views of VET both as a system and a post-school option need to be turned around. Long standing VET researcher Stephen Billett believes more can be done to improve the image of VET-related work. Stephen is in good company An article he wrote for ‘The Conversation’ suggests that parents, schools and young people have …
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Aged care is in the spotlight, with a Royal Commission just starting. But aged care has been in the spotlight for some time in relation to abuse and the quality of patient care. The aged care workforce has been a focus too. What’s coming? The Royal Commission began its hearings in Adelaide in February 2019. …
This is a question that has been asked in the press for some time now. The answer is yes in some fields and no in others! Some areas certainly are undersupplied. Too many university graduates in the wrong occupations? A university degree is often sold as the most rewarding option for young people in particular, …
2019 VDC Thought Leadership Series presents an opportunity for VET professionals – including executives, managers, coordinators and practitioners – to engage with industry consultants, education experts and academic researchers about VET sector’s cutting-edge topics and beyond. The Series showcases the latest in academic research paired with industry and practical advice from the VET Sector and …
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The Foundation for Young Australians new report “The New Work Reality” follows the journeys of 14,000 young people over ten years, from the age of 15 to 25. This is what they found. What has the report found? As we know all too well, the nature of work is changing, as are the types of …
NCVER’s VOCEDplus team are developing a new resource for VET practitioners, which is planned for release later this year. This resource is aimed at supporting practitioners in their teaching and learning practice and research by providing a single online access point for content available in VOCEDplus, as well as links to a range of other …
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Are you designing your online courses with compliance and audits in mind? If not, there’s a lot of reasons why you should be Online courses have unique compliance requirements, and you can save many headaches by incorporating compliance from the start. In this entertaining lunchtime webinar scheduled for 13 March 2019, Presenter Anni Yaringa shares …
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Each year NCVER releases the results of its annual Student Outcomes Survey. It reports on those students who undertook government-subsidised training as well as those who undertook training on a fee-for-service basis. This publication reports on those completing in 2017. About the survey The survey covers nearly 207,000 students. Of these, nearly 144,000 were graduates, …
