NCVER’s ‘No frills’ conference, held in Adelaide in July, has been and gone. This year, the conference program was ‘The student journey: skilling for life’. Another article in this issue summarises the discussion paper released to coincide with the conference and featured in another of the articles in this edition of VDC News. The program …
International education is big business for Australian universities, English language and VET providers. ASQA’s latest strategic audit is concerned with protecting the quality of this market for the English language and VET providers it regulates. What are the problems? Australia’s reputation in on- and off-shore course provision in intensive English language (ELICOS) and VET courses …
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The Victorian TAFE Association commissioned KPMG a while ago to look at the value TAFE brings to that state. Now let’s have a look at what the answers KPMG has found for TAFE in Queensland. In the last exciting episode! KPMG’s report on Victorian TAFE, which was featured in VDC News in July last year, …
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Chief Commissioner and CEO Mark Paterson recently announced the release of the ASQA Regulatory Strategy 2019-21. Mr. Paterson described the Regulatory Strategy as a key element to its risk-based approach to regulation. The Strategy identifies ASQA’s regulatory priorities and the actions it will take to address systemic risks to …
CEO Message – ASQA Regulatory Strategy 2019-21 focuses on Trainer & Assessor Capability Read More »
FREE National Lunch Time Webinar (23rd August) As part of our Thought Leadership Series for 2019, VDC is pleased to present International Specialised Skills Institute (ISSI) fellowship recipient Jan Davis from Holmesglen Institute of TAFE. Jan will outline findings from a UK study tour and the subsequent pilot with the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. …
Declining apprenticeship numbers have been much in the news lately. But completion rates are an issue too as the latest NCVER figures tell us. Is there anything we can learn from Scotland? Maybe, but maybe we also know this stuff already! The latest apprenticeship figures NCVER has just released the latest data on apprentice and …
Completing an apprenticeship: Does Scotland have the answer? Read More »
Some people say good teaching is good teaching. Others argue that what is good practice can be more sector specific. Whatever the answer, what are the messages about good teaching and learning from one of the gurus: Melbourne University’s Professor John Hattie? John’s league table John Hattie has developed a way of synthesizing various influences …
Good teaching and learning: What really makes a difference? Read More »
In mid-2017 ASQA completed a review that looked at the issues created by unduly short training. NCVER recently released one of its latest reports, entitled: “Do course durations matter to training quality and outcomes?” which took another look at this issue. What ASQA reported ASQA’s 2017 review found that “concern about unduly short training is …
Our Watch, the national agency to prevent violence against women, has recently launched a new set of tools and resources to help workplaces prevent violence. The website outlines five standards that workplaces can strive to meet which are about having an internal culture and the right policies and leadership to support gender equality. Workplace Equality and …
