Workplace Development

Registrations are now open for the 2020 VDC Teaching & Learning Conference at the popular RACV Torquay Resort on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. The VDC has provided this leading an annual teaching and learning conference for the past 14 years establishing it as one of Australia’s leading teaching focussed events. The program delves […]

In late 2018, John Hattie and Arran Hamilton published a ‘White paper’ entitled “Education cargo cults must die”. An intriguing title; but what’s its message? What are the cargo cults? Hattie and Hamilton suggest that: “Cargo cults develop when organizations or individuals spend their meager resources on the wrong things, declare success and congratulate themselves

In the last issue we highlighted a new NCVER report that looked at VET courses delivered totally online. This article presents the other element of this report: what good online practice looks like. In our last exciting episode In the article in the last issue of VDC News: “Online delivery of VET: What’s the story”

In its latest VET-related Review by the Productivity Commission is concerned to make VET accessible, efficient and of high quality. The first stage in the process has produced an issues paper. The Review The Review “will assess progress made by governments against the NASWD [or the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development to its

Council of Australian Government (COAG) Skill Council meeting in November 2019 agreed on “an ambitious approach” to enhance Australian vocational education and training. The meeting was held in Brisbane and coincided with the national training awards. Ministers discussed a draft VET Reform Roadmap. We’ll feature more about this in VDC News when more details are

June/July last year saw Year13 and YouthSense conduct a national survey of Australian youth to understand how much young people understand of TAFE and VET. They also wanted to get a handle on their perceptions and pre-conceived ideas about these education pathways. Here’s what they found. Who did they survey? The report by Year 13

Online delivery is used extensively as part of the delivery approach for many VET qualifications. But, what is the story when it is the major or only form of delivery? A recent report from NCVER takes a look at this issue. The study The report,  authored by NCVER’s Tabatha Griffin and Mandy Mihelic, looks at

Jenny Macklin, the former federal Labor politician, will lead a review into VET in Victoria. The review is focused on developing a VET system that meets both industry and government’s needs, while supporting individual students to get what they need. The terms of reference are wide-ranging As the webpage for the review points out, its

This forum will feature keynote speakers, panels and the chance to discuss ways we can influence decisions so that women’s needs are the focus for policy around women’s careers and involvement in Adult and Vocational Education, not just economic concerns. This event his being hosted by VDC on Wednesday 22 April 2020, VET Development Centre,

The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) has inducted the first cohort of assessors, trainers and managers into the ITECA College of Vocational Education and Training Professionals. According to its press release, the establishment of the College “stemmed from the need to recognise individuals across the vocational education and training (VET) sector with a commitment