Workplace Development

Delivering Skills for Today and Tomorrow aims to reposition Australia’s VET sector to meet our future skills needs. The site helps link you to a lot of the big picture stuff, so it’s worth a look. What’s there? First, it looks at some of the things the federal government is doing in the VET space. […]

The VDC is pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) funded Victorian VET Teacher Professional Learning Program and Learn Local Professional Learning Program for 2020. The learning outcomes of all sessions are now aligned to Teaching, Assessment, Systems and Compliance, and Industry, Community and Collaboration domains

Following the success of the first VDC VET Chat Series, VDC has engaged a new range of experts to facilitate a weekly 30-minute VET Chat where you can take your questions straight to the subject matter experts. The VET Chats create an online platform to collaborate, inspire thinking and share ideas and resources. This series can

This work from NCVER focuses on how the proportion of workers with vocational education and training (VET) qualifications has changed since 2006. The workforce is now more educated, but are their skills being used well? A changing dynamic? A new report from NCVER’s Lisel O’Dwyer and Ian White is entitled “The dynamics of qualifications: implications

In the last issue of VDC News, we highlighted the long-awaited survey of the VET teaching workforce. This time, Erica Smith takes a look at it from other perspectives: career development, working conditions, qualifications and professional development. The paper In a paper entitled ‘The VET teaching workforce in Australia’ commissioned by the Korea Research Institute

A while ago a discussion paper was released to help shape the new National Skills Commission. Consultation is over and the bill to establish it is going through parliament as we write.  What is the Commission going to look like? The National Skills Commission has an interim Chair Adam Boyton was appointed interim National Skills

Education agents play an important role within Australia’s international education sector, and especially in ELICOS. In 2018, they were involved in around 75 per cent of all overseas student enrolments. A overview report released by the Commonwealth Department of Education in late 2019 shows that, in 2018, “there were 6,878 active agencies and 19,413 agents

The VDC is pleased to announce that the Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) funded Skills First Professional Learning Program for 2020 is commencing from 11 June 2020. This program is free to all employees of Victorian TAFE and RTOs and Learn Local organisations contracted under Skills First. An exciting and innovative series of

The Federal Government commissioned a ‘rapid review’ of ASQA’s governance, culture and regulatory practices. The review made 24 recommendations and “has provided the necessary evidence to inform improvements that enhance ASQA’s regulatory approach and continue to strengthen its capacity to engage with the VET sector.” All recommendations have been accepted. Proposed changes to ASQA’s regulatory

The Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth, or LSAY, follows young peoples’ transitions from compulsory schooling to post-school education and into employment from the ages of 15 to 25. The paper highlights the insights and sometimes surprising findings of 25 years of research. The themes covered The paper, which can be found on the LSAY website