The VDC 2020 Professional Learning Program is now available. An extensive range of new and existing continuous PD opportunities are scheduled in the form of workshops, webinars, free thought leaders functions as well as industry symposiums for the ... Read More
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Save The Date – 2020 VDC Teaching & Learning Conference
SAVE THE DATE for the 2020 VDC Teaching & Learning Conference which will be held on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 May 2020 at the popular RACV Torquay Resort on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. The 2020 Conference program consists of highly ... Read More
Mackenzie Research Institute gets busy
We highlighted the new VET research institute set up at Holmesglen Institute in an earlier VDC News article. The Institute has released its first three reports. Bruce Mackenzie envisages a new tertiary education system In its first discussion ... Read More
Are skill sets becoming a big thing? Maybe not!
A recent paper from NCVER has looked at Skills Sets, and their take up and use. Many see them as the way forward, a sort of micro-credential, but are they booming? Maybe not? The context John Stanwick and Greta Siekmann have taken a hard look at ... Read More
The Royal Commission on aged care interim report has some training messages
The Royal Commission on aged care is laying the foundations for the fundamental reform and redesign of Australia’s aged care system. And guess what? Training is part of the solution. The interim report The 3-volume Interim Report, entitled ... Read More
Group Training Companies do good work for apprentices and trainees
We have always wondered whether being Group Training Organisations have been good for apprentices and trainees in terms of completion rates. A recent NCVER report has provided the answer. And it’s YES! The report In a report by Lisel O’Dwyer and ... Read More
CEO Message: VDC Celebrates World Teachers’ Day
I had the pleasure of hosting the VDC inaugural World Teachers Day luncheon on Friday 26 October at the RACV City Club, Melbourne. VDC has a special connection with educators, trainers and assessors in the VET Sector with thousands of ... Read More
AQF review: The final report is out now
The long-awaited report of the AQF review has just been released. The review panel, chaired by Professor Peter Noonan, “is recommending substantial reforms to the AQF” but with a staged approach. The AQF, maybe time for some change? The ... Read More
National Careers Institute launched and Training Ambassador appointed
The Federal Government has also appointed a Careers Ambassador – Scott Cam of ‘The Block’ fame. The National Careers Institute October has seen the Federal Government release a Background Paper on this new Institute, which was established following ... Read More
Who’s who in and around the VET sector?
This is a bit of a changing scene, especially lately, but here are a few of the key players, now and into the future. Let’s take a look at who is, and who will be, “who’s who in the VET zoo’. Principal Government bodies There are national bodies ... Read More
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