Workplace Development

Free for Victorian Skills First providers, the DET Family Violence Programs are now available as part of a suite of quality initiatives under Victorian Government’s Building from Strength, the 10 Year Industry Plan for Family Violence Prevention and Response. These programs are designed for teachers, trainers and assessors interested in delivering Family Violence related courses. […]

NCVER has just released its research messages for 2020. What does it cover? There are the key messages for the range of projects they undertook last year. These include key research areas such as: The structures and systems for skilling and learning, Teaching and learning, and The impact of vocational education and training You can

Help us to help you strengthen the community! Over the coming months Mental Health Victoria’s workforce development team will be taking a deep dive into mental health support for Victoria’s community. MHV is inviting you to have your say, please take a moment to complete the baseline scoping exercise (it should only take about six

This new report from NCVER shows that regionally-based community Ed providers deliver more foundation skills training than other training providers in regional areas. This training can have a significant impact on an individual’s social and human capital, including improving students’ levels of self-confidence and feelings of self-worth as well as developing important soft skills. Good

It’s always interesting to look at completion rates for different qualification types and student groups. The latest publication from NCVER VET qualification completion rates 2018, released in December 2020, is the first one looking at completions under total VET activity. It’s about actual and projected completion rates too NCVER’s publication, VET qualification completion rates 2018,

The Semester 1 Free Victorian Government Skills First Professional Learning Program is now available. The program includes a range of one-hour webinars and three-hour virtual workshops to improve the knowledge, skills and practice of VET teachers, trainers and assessors. The VDC is also building on the experience and feedback from training providers and is developing

ACDEVEG is the Australian Council of Deans of Education’s vocational education group.The sixth annual ACDEVEG conference was held online in December 2020, with over 70 attendees. The theme was ‘VET teacher development around the world’ and the event included three international keynote speakers. The focus is teacher training and professional development ACDEVEG “helps to build

“Professionalising the aged care workforce through changes to education, training, wages, labour conditions and career progression.” The recently released 5-volume final report of the Aged Care Royal Commission is sweeping in its scope. Education and training for those working in aged care is among the many things that need to be addressed and fixed. What

The results of the NCVER 2020 student outcomes survey convey the message is that completing a qualification is important. Of those students who did, 56% had a better employment status after training. Their satisfaction levels were also very high at 88%. COVID has had its effects too. It’s a big survey! During the survey around

How are universities and TAFEs re-imagining teaching, research, administration and campus design in a more digital world and post COVID? The report’s authors, Vector Consulting, suggest that there will be profound and transformative changes. The report This independent study, commissioned by Cisco and Optus, is entitled The Tipping Point for Digitisation of Education and Campuses.