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Selecting teaching practices based on evidence about how they work for learners. Established about a decade ago, Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has taken innovative, evidence-based approaches to social policy areas like housing and employment. One of SVA’s very useful endeavours has been to create and maintain a great reference for teachers – the Evidence for […]
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Business Council of Australia’s Chief Executive wants governments to put VET and higher education on an equal footing. Around May and June each year we sift through the give and take for VET in the Commonwealth and state/territory government Budgets. There are always surprises, like the Commonwealth’s announcement of two new programs, the Skilling Australians
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Australia’s WorldSkills team – the Skillaroos – will be finalised in July. In a few months’ time competitors and experts from 77 countries and regions will convene in Abu Dhabi for 44th WorldSkills Competition. From October 14-19, more than 1000 competitors will put their skills to the test in 50 skill categories ranging from bakery
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Effective partnerships between employers and RTOs benefits both parties. Interactions between employers and RTOs have changed markedly since the start of this century. A report released in March by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) charts the changes, and offers trainers and RTO managers excellent insights into the expectations employers hold today about
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The Regional Australia Institute is keeping the evidence flowing about educational attainment in Australia’s countryside. The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) was established in 2012. It’s a think tank devoted to generating analysis about the bush and practical policy ideas for the future of regional and remote communities. In late March RAI released a report, Human
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Canada’s Community Colleges throw light on new opportunities for VET providers to contribute to social and economic prosperity. Applied research is an intriguing prospect for Australia’s VET sector. It’s where small-scale innovation in products, services and business processes makes material reductions in costs, lifts revenue and engages customers. Applied research is also a test bed
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Bringing together a coherent provider strategy for effective online learning is a complex task. We juggle many factors in planning and implementing online environments that work for our learners, whether they study wholly online or in blended modes. The challenges multiply when we serve online learners who are unfamiliar with what tertiary education asks of
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The Closing the Gap Prime Minister’s Report 2017 charts significant increases since 2002 in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders holding certificate level qualifications. In 2008 the Council of Australian Governments adopted seven targets that sought to reduce disadvantages experienced by Indigenous Australians. But as the Prime Minister pointed out when tabling the
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We need change in what young people learn, and how they learn it. There is growing interest in extending the apprenticeship model to exploit its benefits for young people and industry. In 2016 VDC News carried two articles on this topic – Government-appointed Advisory Group asks for apprenticeship system reform (31 August 2016), and Growing
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Brendan is a qualified tradesman who has 20 years of experience and has operated his own business successfully for 10 years. Five years ago he decided to follow his passion and he became a trainer at his local TAFE. After some time he was earmarked as “management material” and started in his current role. Although,
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