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VDC is working in partnership with the International Specialised Skills Institute (ISS Institute) to provide the Australian VET Sustainability Fellowship for Vocational Education & Training. VDC is funding the Australian VET Sustainability ... Read More

If you haven’t heard of us by now, we specialise in designing and developing beautiful, blended courseware for educational providers of all sectors across the nation. With a talented team of assessment, curriculum, and storyboard designers and ... Read More

A subscriber only article in the Australian Financial Review in early March this year highlights the issues that a tight labour market and skills shortages are having on the fundamental skills people need to be effective workers and learners. Let’s ... Read More

Singapore’s Institute of Adult Learning (IAL) conducts an ongoing series of adult educator and provider surveys. They’re pretty extensive and detailed. Starting in 2017 with the TAE 1 survey, they are now analysing the most recent TAE 2 survey, but ... Read More

This recent report from NCVER, authored by Tabatha Griffin and Upekha Andrahannadi, looks into how the training sector could better meet the needs of those in regional, rural and remote Australia. As they point out, this delivery is not easy because ... Read More

An interesting research note from Singapore’s Institute of Adult Learning (IAL) looks at 7 enablers of an innovative learning culture. While it might be focused on enterprises, it could equally be applied to building an innovative learning culture in ... Read More

FROM COMPETENCE TO EXCELLENCE - 17 & 18 August The VET National Teaching & Learning Conference 2023 to be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre promises to be the biggest in-person VDC conference. Over 2 days there will be ... Read More

Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) released its discussion paper on foundation skills. It’s a national study on adult literacy, numeracy (LLN) and digital literacy skills. Both LLN and digital skills are hot topics, especially as recent articles in the ... Read More

This paper authored by Helen Bound and Arthur Chia from Singapore’s Institute of Adult Learning (IAL) sets out 6 principles of learning design. Its aim is “to assist adult educators in thinking about how to design learning holistically, so that doing ... Read More

‘National Online Forum open to TAFE, RTO and Community providers connecting leading experts from the Australian Electrical industry experiencing skills shortages and VET Educators skilling the workforce.’ Following the outstanding success of the ... Read More