VDC News

The VDC 2023 Professional Learning Program for Semester 1 is now available. With an extensive range of new and existing professional development opportunities ranging from Workshops, Webinars, VET Chats and free Thought Leaders sessions. Click here ... Read More

Complimenting another article  on  regional and remote issues in this edition of VDC News (Highlighting VET in regional and remote Australia) are a couple of pieces of work that look, first, at the support services available to tertiary students in ... Read More

In mid-January 2023 ASQA released the final report for the Strategic Review of Online Learning in the VET sector. Online became a more important delivery approach during the pandemic, with many providers rapidly shifting offerings to embrace its ... Read More

In December last year NCVER’s student outcomes survey reported that VET studies had improved employment outcomes for VET graduates and others undertaking VET programs. As the report found, “in 2022, 65.0% of qualification completers had an ... Read More

This very recent and comprehensive report from Jobs and Skills Australia “examines the provision of - and access to - vocational education and training (VET) in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia.” It is really worth a read if that’s your ... Read More

Following a referral from the Minister for Skills and Training, the Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training began an inquiry into the perceptions and status of vocational education and ... Read More

The new Jobs and Skills Councils (previously called "Industry Clusters") were announced recently. As of 1 January 2023, they became the key organisations responsible for driving industry engagement and identifying workforce and training solutions in ... Read More

Federal, state and territory governments have opened a consultation process on the proposed new model of VET qualifications that is being publicly canvassed. There is an online survey that covers 14 questions on areas such as training product ... Read More

In a publication released last year the AISC reflects on its years in operation from 2015 to 2022 and what it sees as opportunities for the future now we are moving to ‘Industry Clusters’. The AISC was established “to provide advice on the ... Read More

Towards the end of last year NCVER released a paper which sought to look at the strengths and weaknesses of CBT as it is currently applied to the Australian VET system. Authored by Josie Misko and Michelle Circelli and entitled ‘Adding value to ... Read More