Workplace Development

VDC was once again a proud sponsor of the NCVER No Frills conference, that was held virtually for the first time from 7 to 10 July. For the last few years, NCVER has celebrated the conference by publishing a paper related to that year’s conference theme. This year, the paper looks at workforce readiness. Workforce […]

One of the many things that are good about ‘our ABC’ is that they take a look at issues like this. You can access their report ‘Generation COVID’ and look at its messages. Many things are personal, but education and jobs are in there too. Thoughts, fears and hopes for the COVID 19 generation COVID

The Disability Standards for Education 2005 help make sure students with a disability in Australia can access and participate in education on the same basis as students without a disability. What is happening?  The Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment is undertaking a review of the standards through an extensive community consultation process.

April saw the publication of the first major review of the whole NSW school curriculum since 1989. It was led by Geoff Masters from the Australian Council for Educational Research. Entitled ‘Nurturing wonder and igniting passion’, it aims “to ensure the curriculum equips students to contribute to Australian society in the 21st century”. What they

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) involves assessing someone’s relevant prior learning and existing skills to grant them formal recognition. But, RPL has limited use, with less than 5% of all successful subject results granted through RPL and less than 3% of all students successfully completed any subjects using it. Why? The report Kristen Osborne and

May and June 2020 saw the release of a couple of papers focussed on apprenticeships during COVID and as we, hopefully, move beyond the pandemic. The papers The first of the papers, published by the National Australian Apprenticeship Association (NAAA) entitled ‘Apprenticeships and the Recovery’, “explores both the impact the looming recession will have on

The VOCEDplus special collections provide quick access to sets of related research and resources in the VOCEDplus repository that VDC News readers may find useful. So, what’s there? Recently the VOCED team reorganised and revamped this resource to focus on a series of collections in 6 broad areas. The first is Key research and policy

The VDC Professional Learning Program for Semester 2 is now available, offering the highly popular weekly VDC VET chats, industry focused sessions and professional learning sessions under seven relevant topic areas for VET Practitioners and emerging leaders. All sessions are conducted online in an interactive virtual format ranging from 30 minute VET Chats, one hour

NCVER has just released two good practice guides looking at how best to teach digital skills in VET programs. The first is focused on VET educators, the second on incorporating these skills in VET delivery. In late 2019 NCVER convened a forum to look at digital skills Those attending this forum included “representatives from skills

There is a lot going on in the VET in schools’ space around the country. In Victoria VCAL is being reviewed. In South Australia they have taken a look at their VET in schools offerings too. The revisions they propose look really interesting. VET for school students in South Australia ’revisioned’ The South Australian Department