Workplace Development

Old news, but the USI has now been extended to cover the whole tertiary education system. This means that the USI now applies to the higher education sector as well as VET. The legislation Information about the Student Identifiers Amendment (Higher Education) Bill 2019 can be found here. This site contains information about the final […]

Are you motivated to advance the interests of your fellow training providers and to develop the broader VET sector? The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has implemented a significantly broader educative approach and is improving its regulatory practice in line with recent regulatory reform. ASQA has now launched an Expression of Interest (EOI) for membership of

NEW WEBINAR RECORDINGS The VDC has recently added a new extensive range of pre-recorded webinar sessions that are available on the VDC website here (Professional Development / Webinar Recordings) 24 new topics in a PowerPoint accompanied with presentation audio recording format are now available in the areas of: Assessment Essentials Quality, Compliance and Auditing Mapping

NCVER has just released its long-awaited report on the VET workforce. For the first time we have a much clearer idea about the size and nature of the Australian VET workforce. It’s been a long time coming In their paper published by L H Martin Institute in 2018 and entitled  “How can VET teacher education

This latest paper from Year13, ‘After the ATAR III’, looks at the roles of passion and purpose in connecting young people to meaningful education and employment. Both of these attributes are important for young people transitioning out of high school, they suggest. Moving on from the decision-making processes After the ATAR III collates nearly 4,700

The Skills Senior Officials Network has released a discussion paper on micro-credentials. This is the latest in a number of articles and reports about them. The story so far Previous VDC News editions have featured items about micro-credentials. In September 2018 Are micro-credentials a way to go bro? looked at New Zealand work. The review

New research from NCVER looks at data on trends in training activity and completions. It also provides details on the application of incentives as well as highlighting international apprenticeship models and practice. A big program of apprenticeship research! The most recent research from NCVER is part of a larger research program which is “investigating training

There has been a lot of talk about the impacts of technology on work and the workforce: the fears, opportunities, the good and bad. In this report from the Australian Computer Society (ACS), we focus on the impacts on education and training. Change is a coming! As the ASC notes: “The Technology Impacts on the

The Skills Senior Officials Group has released a consultation draft for a VET Reform Roadmap. It “outlines the intended direction and major components of reform”, noting it’s a ‘working document’ and not yet agreed by governments. The draft ‘Roadmap’ In 2019, COAG agreed a vision for VET which sees it enabling the sector to be

The Victorian Skills for Victoria’s Going economy Review has released its issues paper, and it’s well worth a read. While In New South Wales a Review on the VET Sector is headed David Gonski AC and Professor Peter Shergold AC, and its report is due in July this year. The Macklin Review issues paper In