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Guided by a distinct lack of services available for education providers, combined with a drive to start up a successful business, Sarah Phillips and her brother Alex Phillips created Pop Education. Sarah brought many years of education industry expertise and knowledge and along with Alex’s multimedia and digital development skills, the sister and brother duo […]
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The South Australian Government has commissioned another review of TAFE SA “to develop a roadmap for its future.” Work is starting on the review this month. The review is being overseen by Associate Professor Jennie Rea from Victoria University and supported by an expert advisory group comprising of representatives drawn from industry, the Australian Education
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The McKell Institute has just released a report entitled “Working, learning: Better supporting Victorian apprentices on the job.” Apprenticeships are a key part of Australia’s skills development system, but – according to the McKell report – a skills deficit is being created by low training rates in key occupations in the technicians and trades and
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In the last year the Australian labour market has tightened, and more occupations than ever before are in skill shortage, and with employers receiving fewer suitable applicants per vacancy. In 2022 the occupations in shortage rose to 286. It was 153 in 2021. There are clear increases in the shortages of community and personal service
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“Hats off’ to all to teachers this World Teachers’ Day! It’s a day to celebrate how teachers are transforming education, rethinking the way ahead for the profession and Greening the VET Sector for Sustainability. VDC is running its free annual World Teachers’ Day event on Friday 28th October – A webinar all about Greening the
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The main game for Australia in the view of the fifth interim report of the Productivity Commission’s (PC’s) look into Australia’s productivity is to boost productivity with a good education system. This report, “5-year Productivity Inquiry: From learning to growth”, and its related media release, points out “high-quality school and tertiary education systems are vital
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The VET Development Centre (VDC) is the proud sponsor of this year’s WAVE National Forum. Focusing on the role of adult and vocational education in empowering women and supporting gender equality, the WAVE National Forum will be held right here at the VDC office, Level 8, 379 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 on Friday 21
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They say time flies when you are having fun – and it really does! From a conceptual idea between Sarah and Alex to celebrating our 6th birthday, Pop Education has grown into a company of 14 amazing staff plus 7 amazing regular contractors and we are so proud of our work, our reputation and the
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Have you booked your place yet? The 2022 VDC Teaching & Learning Conference is almost here! With this year’s theme, Re-Emerging, we’re going to celebrate how our sector overcame the many challenges of the past two years. The 2022 Conference aims to empower teachers and trainers from public, private and community providers with key take-away
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CCA held its conference over two days in mid-September in Sydney. Conference MC Chemène Simson provided her take on the event’s 5 ‘takeaways’ after two intense days of presentations. VDC’s own virtual conference will be here sooner than we think, in mid-November. Chemène’s takeaways In an article on CCA’s website Chemène highlighted what she termed
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