Workplace Development

December 2017 saw the third annual Australian Council of Deans of Education Vocational Education Group (ACDEVEG) conference held at TAFE Queensland’s Southbank Campus in Brisbane. Three keynotes and 16 papers were presented over the one and half day program. Its theme was “Driving the Future Quality of VET Teaching in Australia”. Here are some of […]

We are very excited to have secured Wendy Perry as the MC for the upcoming 2018 VDC Teaching & Learning Conference at the RACV Torquay Resort on 6 and 7 September 2018.  Wendy Perry is a highly regarded VET educator, entrepreneur, innovator, leader, mentor, speaker and writer, with a drive for being at the forefront

We are very excited to have secured Wendy Perry as the MC for the upcoming 2018 VDC Teaching & Learning Conference at the RACV Torquay Resort on 6 and 7 September 2018.  Wendy Perry is a highly regarded VET educator, entrepreneur, innovator, leader, mentor, speaker and writer, with a drive for being at the forefront

Where are the new job openings likely to be? Which industries and occupations are likely to be involved? A new report by Chandra Shah and Janine Dixon explores these questions, but it is also useful to read it alongside Australia’s skill shortage list. Job openings are created when industries or occupations expand. However, existing workers

There is considerable policy attention on disadvantage, and disadvantaged groups. It includes Indigenous Australians, people with a disability, those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people who are unemployed or learners with low prior educational attainments. This article follows up on the “Disability and disadvantage in focus: What VET and others can do to

TALE aims to provide a forum for scholars and practitioners to share their knowledge and experience in engineering and technology education, as well as in technology-enabled educational innovation. This year’s Conference theme, Engineering Next-Generation Learning, adopts a future-facing perspective. The Conference is for both academics and practitioners with a stream that will be devoted specifically

The recent Victorian state budget for 2018-2019 has stressed the need to invest in the vocational education and training to ensure Victoria’s workforce is able to meet the demands of an expanding economy and jobs market. Details can be found in chapter 3 of the budget papers. While the Victorian workforce is already more highly

The Treasurer’s budget speech did not focus at all on education and training. But its focus on welfare, essential services and infrastructure spending will have clear implications for training and the VET sector. VET, and TAFE in particular, did get a run in Labor’s budget reply though. The government’s plan for the sector is described

A new apprenticeship system – the Long-term Apprenticeship Model – has been in place in the UK since May 2017. It is ‘employer led’ and aims to increase employer investment and participation in training, as well as the quality of apprenticeships. READ MORE A report by Cambridge Econometrics and FGB was commissioned to evaluate the