Workplace Development

The long-awaited report of the AQF review has just been released. The review panel, chaired by Professor Peter Noonan, “is recommending substantial reforms to the AQF” but with a staged approach. The AQF, maybe time for some change? The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) has been a critical part of the Australian education and training system. […]

The Federal Government has also appointed a Careers Ambassador – Scott Cam of ‘The Block’ fame. The National Careers Institute October has seen the Federal Government release a Background Paper on this new Institute, which was established following the Joyce Review. Its purposes are to reduce help improve the ways students make education choices based

This is a bit of a changing scene, especially lately, but here are a few of the key players, now and into the future. Let’s take a look at who is, and who will be, “who’s who in the VET zoo’. Principal Government bodies There are national bodies because VET is a national system, albeit

Some are saying that Australian VET and post-secondary education more generally are awash with reviews. Here are a couple of new ones. The Victorian Review Jenny Macklin, a former minister in the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments, will lead a wide-ranging 12-month review. You can find some information about it, including its terms of reference,

The Conference is being held at Charles Sturt University Convention Centre Boorooma Campus, Wagga Wagga, on Monday 9 December and Tuesday 10 December 2019. Keynote Speaker, Professor Kevin Orr, will be presenting, Vocational knowledge and social justice: Putting pedagogy in its place. Professor Kevin Orr is a Professor of Work and Learning and Associate Dean (Teaching

A new and handpicked stakeholder committee has been established to help drive the Commonwealth Government in its agenda of VET reform. Minister Cash announced its formation in late September. The membership includes a lot of old and experienced faces. The Committee will meet monthly until June 2023 and has been established to ensure that “stakeholder

Two outcomes of the Joyce Review were recommendations to establish a National Skills Commission and to pilot new Skills Organisations in two key industries: human services care and digital technology. Here’s what’s been happening since. Introducing the National Skills Organisation The National Skills Organisation, to be launched in July 2020, will provide leadership for the

September 2019 saw the release of a report from the Victorian Auditor General examining the efficiency of enrolment processes for government-subsidised training at four Technical and Further Education Institutes (TAFEs) and one dual sector university. It also looked at the Department of Education and Training’s oversight of and support provided to TAFEs to meet their

The latest of NCVER’s ‘Vocational voice’ podcast is worth a listen. It can be found here. CBT and training packages underpin the VET system. However, “critics are arguing that the VET sector’s reliance upon training packages is failing to meet the real-world needs of students and industry due to how they define and therefore teach