Workplace Development

There have been a series of newspaper articles and other work focused on student issues and the wrestle for student numbers where there are demonstrable shortages of those seeking and obtaining both HE and VET qualifications. There is a particular focus in some quarters in getting young people to think trade as a post school […]

This paper is a Global Inventory of National and Regional Qualifications Frameworks which was developed by range of European agencies and published in late 2023. It’s been ‘jointly written by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Training Foundation (ETF), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and

Did you know that students can download their VET qualifications online at no cost? A USI VET transcript contains all VET qualifications in one verified document. Since 2015, anyone undertaking Nationally Recognised Training has been required to get a Unique Student Identifier (USI). Students can access an authenticated VET transcript through their USI account, which

It all started with the Disability Standards for Education 2005. The Department of Education, Skills and Employment undertook a review of this standard throughout 2020. This review process involved “consultation with national peak disability and education bodies” through various approaches, including webinars, focus groups, and questionnaires. “The Review [also] met with key national agencies, regulators,

A recent think piece by Dr Craig Fowler in ‘Future Campus’ has identified three key legs for the VET sector’s stool, and one he sees as particularly “wobbly.” Two of the legs are “clear economic and social objectives, and stable VET funding/financing” (Leg 1), and “quality and efficiency in risk-based VET sector governance and regulation”

EXCITING NEWS: NEW-LOOK VOCEDPLUS WEBSITE IS LIVE! The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) is thrilled to announce the revamped VOCEDplus website has just been released, offering a more enriching user experience. With more than 97,000 publications in the VOCEDplus database to explore, these exciting new features make it easier than ever to find quality

The report considers each of these in detail for the top 100 courses, with an additional focus on groups such as females, first nations people and those with a disability as well as highlighting those courses with the best and worst outcomes in each case. The summary below draws almost exclusively from text in the

A compilation ‘think piece’ by Hugh Guthrie Skills reforms, changes and – hopefully – improvements An overview of the proposed skills reform agenda can be found here, and there is also a VET reform roadmap. And, of course, VET funding reform is very much in the cross hairs of VET policy makers and key stakeholders

‘Skills intelligence’ is a term CEDEFOP has coined. It “helps translate megatrends and aspirations of key stakeholders at national, regional, local and sectoral level into labour market trends and skill needs [and] is essential for shaping feedback loops that effectively transmit labour market signals to education and training systems.” This is done because Shocks and

What the report card tells us The report’s key findings are that: The provider and course owner survey showed improved overall ratings of ASQA’s performance in 2022-23 over those in 2021-22 with outcomes being at the same level or improved. “Assessments of ASQA’s performance against its five strategic objectives reflected this overall positive trend,” although