Let’s take a look at the projected completion rates for those commencing their VET studies in 2017. Overall, the completion rate is about 49%, but it does vary. The good news is that projected completion rates have been increasing over time. Taking a look at the rates The NCVER report, VET qualification completion rates 2017 …
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The National Skills Commission (NSC) has just published its first report. A snapshot in time explores the impact COVID-19 has had on Australia’s labour market and what the NSC believes needs to be done about it. It sees challenges and difficult times ahead, but also opportunities. What’s happening? The NSC is using data to try …
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VDC was once again a proud sponsor of the NCVER No Frills conference, that was held virtually for the first time from 7 to 10 July. For the last few years, NCVER has celebrated the conference by publishing a paper related to that year’s conference theme. This year, the paper looks at workforce readiness. Workforce …
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One of the many things that are good about ‘our ABC’ is that they take a look at issues like this. You can access their report ‘Generation COVID’ and look at its messages. Many things are personal, but education and jobs are in there too. Thoughts, fears and hopes for the COVID 19 generation COVID …
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The Disability Standards for Education 2005 help make sure students with a disability in Australia can access and participate in education on the same basis as students without a disability. What is happening? The Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment is undertaking a review of the standards through an extensive community consultation process. …
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April saw the publication of the first major review of the whole NSW school curriculum since 1989. It was led by Geoff Masters from the Australian Council for Educational Research. Entitled ‘Nurturing wonder and igniting passion’, it aims “to ensure the curriculum equips students to contribute to Australian society in the 21st century”. What they …
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Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) involves assessing someone’s relevant prior learning and existing skills to grant them formal recognition. But, RPL has limited use, with less than 5% of all successful subject results granted through RPL and less than 3% of all students successfully completed any subjects using it. Why? The report Kristen Osborne and …
May and June 2020 saw the release of a couple of papers focussed on apprenticeships during COVID and as we, hopefully, move beyond the pandemic. The papers The first of the papers, published by the National Australian Apprenticeship Association (NAAA) entitled ‘Apprenticeships and the Recovery’, “explores both the impact the looming recession will have on …
The VOCEDplus special collections provide quick access to sets of related research and resources in the VOCEDplus repository that VDC News readers may find useful. So, what’s there? Recently the VOCED team reorganised and revamped this resource to focus on a series of collections in 6 broad areas. The first is Key research and policy …
The VDC Professional Learning Program for Semester 2 is now available, offering the highly popular weekly VDC VET chats, industry focused sessions and professional learning sessions under seven relevant topic areas for VET Practitioners and emerging leaders. All sessions are conducted online in an interactive virtual format ranging from 30 minute VET Chats, one hour …
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