November 2021

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A new issues register has been developed by Skills for Australia and is available on their website. This register is a living, breathing document that will be updated every month or so. There is also an associated feedback survey on the issues raised in the register or other issues that might occur to VDC News

On 2 November 2021, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) turned 40! It started life in 1981 as the TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, with an initial staff of around 11 and a focus on research and development, including the development of national core curricula. The Centre has put out a

A newly released paper from NCVER authored by Kristen Osborne summarises the trends in workplace-based delivery of subjects for VET students. It also seeks to identify the factors that affect outcomes, and “attempts to quantify the positive effects of workplace-based delivery.” How prevalent is workplace delivery? The paper used administrative data from the National VET

This article highlights a 2014 paper by Britain’s Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) focused on what makes for outstanding teaching, learning and assessment. None of these messages in this article are surprising or, in fact, new! In the last issue we looked at a paper prepared by Ofsted published in