Workplace Development

A recent publication from NCVER released in mid-November 2020 takes a look at this issue, because work-based learning is a key component of vocational education. It found that work-based education can lead to better employment outcomes for students and provide employers with workers who have relevant skill sets. However, costs to employers are often a […]

In November 2020, South Australia’s Training and Skills Commission released a report summarising findings of their consultation on micro-credentials. The Commission is now welcoming applications for new micro-credentials from industry and their tertiary education partners. What the consultations found The report suggests that micro-credentials need to be accredited and, where possible, aligned with the Australian

The VET Development Centre is proud to announce that Kevin Nunn, teacher at TAFE Gippsland, has won the VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award at the 2020 Australian Training Awards, announced on 20 November. Kevin’s work has helped make TAFE Gippsland a leading provider for forestry management and timber training. When TAFE Gippsland began forming

Vice-Chancellors of Australia’s six dual sector institutions offer “suggestions for a more coherent tertiary education system” and suggest some policy settings that might help that. It was prepared in response to the interim report by the Productivity Commission on the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development. What do they suggest? First, the Vice-Chancellors’ paper

We all know that coronavirus has had a devastating effect, particularly on the international student market. This latest report from the Mitchell Institute’s Peter Hurley brings things up to date. What’s been happening? In our last issue described work by Jen Walsh and Hugh Guthrie on international students using homestay. Peter Hurley’s work entitled: “International

Like the VET sector’s student outcomes survey, higher education gathers data through the student experience survey run the Social Research Centre. It reports on experiences of both university and non-university higher ed. students. The big news is that small is beautiful. The survey The QILT survey program includes not only this latest one on the

Over the summer, sit back, relax, focus on your wellness and wellbeing by joining us in an exciting new range of sessions, from Unleashing Superheroes to Leading with Wellness Front of Mind to ISO Fatigue. Each sessions is 45 minutes, interactive virtual discussion with an opportunity for questions. Each session is only $25. To find

A free online research-based event, Monday 16th November 2020, 6pm-8pm AEDT. Please support Ballarat’s thirteenth annual OctoberVET event, mounted by Fed Uni’s VET research group RAVE – Researching Adult and Vocational Education. SPEAKERS & TOPICS Young people and the COVID-19 labour market: Insights from ‘PISA 2018’ Anthony Mann, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The

On Friday 30 October, VDC held a celebration of the importance of VET teachers in helping to change lives. The first speaker was Huong Dang who zoomed in from Hanoi, Vietnam to share her very moving story of her education journey. Huong was born in a small village in Vietnam and always wanted to become

The New South Wales Department of Education has released its policy statement on the state’s adult and community education sector. It followed a review in 2019. This 5-page document points to the long history of adult education in all its forms in Australia. However, the present NSW ACE sector is made up of approximately 250