Workplace Development

Welcome to ACCE! Find out about the range of careers services available OECD Recognises Best Practice Australian Career Service The Australian Centre for Career Education (ACCE) has just been recognised for its Jobs Victoria Career Counsellors service in the 2022 OECD report, Strengthening Career Guidance for Mid-Career Adults in Australia, Getting Skills Right. “Victoria stands […]

The Albanese government is planning for a new body, Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA). It will be one of its top three priorities when the new federal parliament first meets next month. The Prime Minister has already talked a bit about this proposed body. It’s described as “a national partnership to drive VET education and

In this recently published paper in the British Journal of Sociology of Education, Leesa Wheelahan and her colleagues take a hard look at an obsession with skills in post-secondary education and in the policy discourse. The paper has two aims: (1) “to analyse the nature of 21st century skills as the latest incarnation of the

Two new draft Units of Competency for the TAE Training Package are now out for public review. The units relate to the delivery of training under supervision (TAEDEL415) while the other, TAEDEL416, is focused on the needs of younger learners. The Education Industry Reference Committee (IRC) recently agreed to the development of these two new

Well, this is what a new 4-page briefing note from CEDEFOP, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training is suggesting. Why a lifejacket? Because potentially VET can provide support for young people not in employment, education, or training (or NEETs as they are known) to keep them afloat. This was particularly obvious during

VDC is honoured to have secured Keynote Speaker Li Cunxin AO for the VDC Teaching & Learning Conference (online 17 & 18 Nov 2022). Li Cunxin’s journey is simply remarkable, his story is a living example of overcoming adversity and achieving excellence in life. He was born into utter poverty in Mao’s Communist China, at

With the announcement of his new ministerial line up, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed ministers to the key portfolios covering education, skills and training. Jason Clare has been appointed Minister for Education while Brendan O’Connor will be the Minister for Skills and Training. His skills and training portfolio will be part of the new Department

New federal ministers have been announced and the Department of Education, Skills and Employment has been split up by the new federal Labor Government. Knotty problems challenge the VET system at present, however, as an opinion piece1by Dr Craig Fowler in Campus Review suggests. The two ‘knots’ he highlights are a new National Agreement for

Welcome to Pop Education! Pop’s aim is to disrupt traditional learning approaches and create exceptional online and blended education experiences for learners across VET, Higher Education, corporate, industry, government and the community sectors. Whilst Pop as an entity has been operating for five years, our team have worked together in the industry for decades and