February 2022

What are Australia’s skills shortages?

The National Skills Commission published its state of Australian skills report in early December 2021. It found that Australia’s workforce is changing as “the labour market responds to big forces like an ongoing shift to services and higher skilled jobs, advances in technology and growing automation.” These shifts emphasise the importance of effective further education

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Mentoring in VET teacher training

Mentoring is one of the professional development features proposed in the consultation draft of an Australian VET workforce quality strategy as it is seen “to be effective for supporting and improving the confidence and skills of trainers and assessors, particularly new entrants.” How do you do mentoring well, though? This practical guide was developed by

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