Workplace Development

This recent report authored by Bridgit Wybrow from NCVER focuses on the provision of student support services. It investigates “the influence of student support service offerings on students’ choice of training provider.” It also looks at how this service provision compares with “other drivers of student choice, for example, course cost, delivery mode and travel […]

The VET Development Centre is the proud sponsor of the Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award at the Annual Victorian Training Awards, a sponsorship that VDC has been involved in since the mid-2000s. Held on Friday 18 August at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, winners of the 69th Annual Victorian Training Awards were announced at

Two reviews have recently been conducted on TAFE SA, one: TAFE SA Roadmap for the future, commissioned by the SA’s Minister for Education, Training and Skills, Blair Boyer and the other though the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)  into the possibility of impropriety, fraud and corruption. These, and preceding reviews, were highlighted in an earlier

New data from National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) tells us that the number of students in government funded training fell 4.3% to about 1.196 million in 2022. While the number of students enrolled in nationally recognised VET also decreased by 5.1% over the year, those enrolled in non-nationally recognised training increased by 3.5%.

In late 2022 Skills Ministers recommitted to the substantial reform of the framework for VET qualifications. To push this along a tripartite Qualification Reform Design Group has been set up to draft new rules for the development of units of competency and qualifications that reflect the differing needs of industry. This group will comprise “members

All but one of the ten new Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs) are now officially up and running after the announcement of a further five was made recently. The JSCs are tripartite, industry-led organisations that will address the country’s skills and workforce needs. “JSCs will identify skills and workforce needs for their sectors, map career

An article in an earlier issue of VDC News provokes thought leadership in an RTO and the importance of being a transformational leader at a time like this. So, let’s focus on what are the key characteristics of transformational leaders. Looking back A while ago, Victor Callan from the University of Queensland thought about the

The Journal of Vocational Education has issued a call for a special edition that explores the social role of colleges in international perspectives. The role of universities and schools has been well theorised, but less so the role of colleges. When they are theorised at all, they are often cast in residual terms, as doing