Workplace Development

Digital technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics and automation are really changing the nature of work. This issue of VDC News focuses on the digital economy and is futures focused. It builds on an article in the last issue summarising a report from Deloittes. What did they do? NCVER has recently published a new report that […]

Mid-June saw the release of an issues paper on VET in schools to support its review. The review is aimed at finding ways to strengthen vocational pathways from school to employment for secondary school students. The review process The review involves an issues paper, focus groups with key stakeholders over 6 weeks, including a series

Deloitte released its most recent paper in its ‘Building the lucky country’ series. “it’s about augmentation, rather than automation or replacement. While jobs are changing in nature because of automation, they will not disappear altogether”. These papers are developed to prompt debate and conversations across business, industry associations, government and the media. Looking into future

Just over 47,600 were invited to complete the survey and nearly 11,300 did. Most (8,851) studied at private providers, 1,933 studied at TAFE and the majority of the remainder (320) through community education providers. It’s worth comparing these findings with those for domestic VET students too. Why they study Overall, most (68.3%) are studying for

In case you missed it federal portfolio responsibility for VET has switched from the Department of Education to the new Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business.  Meanwhile, Tanya Plibersek, has retained the education and training portfolio in the new shadow frontbench line-up. In the outer shadow ministry, Graham Perrett was appointed Shadow Assistant

The Victorian state budget was released on 27 May. The big winner is TAFE. Here is what the budget has in store for vocational education in Victoria over the next year. Rebuilding TAFE Last year’s budget included $172 million to make priority TAFE and pre-apprenticeship courses free, as we reported in May last year. This

Guess what’s back? NCVER released their long-awaited paper on Higher Apprenticeships in early April this year.There are a range of perspectives about them amongst stakeholders. Some hold traditional views about apprenticeships, while others have a broader perspective on how they could be modified and expanded. We’ve been here before Faithful readers of VDC News will

Following the federal coalition government’s re-election maybe it’s time to make some important decisions about the future of tertiary education? That’s what is being proposed in the most recent publication from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute anyway. Rethinking and revitalising tertiary education In this most recent of the Mitchell Institute’s papers, Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Peter Dawkins