Workplace Development

Tickets to the 2024 Victorian Training Awards are selling fast – secure your tickets now to avoid disappointment. VDC is the proud sponsor of the Victorian Teacher / Trainer of the Year Award. This prestigious event will take place on Friday, 30 August at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. This year marks the awards’ […]

A new working paper from the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and the European Commission has just been released. You can access it here. Looking at EU guidelines for the development and writing of short, learning-outcomes-based descriptions of qualifications | VDC

A new Care and Support TAFE Centre of Excellence is to be established in Cairns. According to DEWR’s, website, “The Australian and Queensland governments are jointly investing $35 million to establish this Centre to “deliver critical higher-level skills training to grow and sustain Australia’s essential health care and support services. It will focus on exploring

NCVER recently released its annual statistics publication: ‘Government-funded students and courses 2023.’ It “provides a summary of data relating to students, programs, subjects and training providers in Australia’s government-funded vocational education and training (VET) system, defined as all Commonwealth and state or territory government-funded training delivered by technical and further education (TAFE) institutes, other government

The 2024 VET National Teaching & Learning Conference is now only 2 weeks away and there are only a handful of tickets still available! Don’t miss out – Register today. Let’s introduce Keynote Speaker: Dr Lauren Burns OAM, PhD, Olympic Champion, Performance & Lifestyle Consultant. Lauren will be delivering a powerful and engaging, presentation on

Each year NCVER publishes a paper as a prelude to its annual No frills conference. The conference itself, this year held in Perth, has come and gone. This year’s paper, authored by Joanne Waugh and entitled ‘VET partnerships powering a dynamic workforce’ focuses  (according to NCVER’s media release) on addressing workforce demands and equipping the

In today’s fast-paced world, the art of conversation is evolving rapidly, especially within the realm of education. Seth Says is at the forefront of this transformation, poised to revolutionise practical soft skills training through AI-driven interactive personas. By integrating SethCo AI personas into courseware, learners can engage in realistic conversations, practicing essential communication skills in

A number of TAFE Centres of Excellence are being progressively established. As the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations paper on them points out, they will be nationally networked to “help deliver a skilled workforce for strategically important industries to meet national challenges.” This process will fast track the establishment of up to six new

The Final Report of the Australian Universities Accord found that Australia’s tertiary education system lacks the coordinated, future-focused and evidence-based decision-making capacity necessary for Australia’s future success. The federal government has committed to establishing the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) “as a steward of the tertiary education system” that will bring direction, cohesion and stability

This strategic review has 5 key focus areas, including how well it’s performing in helping the take-up and completion of apprenticeships, how the apprenticeship system can best support high-quality apprenticeships and how well it’s encouraging apprenticeship take up by women, First Nations people, people with disability and those in regional, rural and remote communities. Apprenticeship