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June 2023
June Newsletter
Addressing Australia’s skill gaps?
This short article published by the Institute for Learning and Performance (ILP) Asia Pacific provides a few tips on how organisations can ensure their employees possess the necessary skills when faced with changes in their staff’s job roles. The ... Read More
Good employment outcomes for onshore international completers
NCVER’s data shows “a positive trend in employment for international onshore vocational education and training (VET) graduates in 2022, compared with 2021 … In mid-2022, 83.0% of international onshore VET qualification completers were employed after ... Read More
Is the value of higher ed degrees being diluted?
This is the assertion of an analysis paper published by the Centre for Independent Studies and authored by Steven Schwartz. It points to the significant student growth in unis over the last 20 years where, at the same time, VET has endured a number ... Read More
VET National Teaching & Learning Conference – Program
The VET National Teaching & Learning Conference 2023, From Competence to Excellence, to be held on August 17 & 18 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, promises to be the biggest in-person VDC conference. Tickets are selling ... Read More
Delivering lifelong learning: A European perspective
This 168-page research report from CEDEFOP focuses on the ways both initial (IVET) and continuing (CVET) components of the VET system “interact to support the learning of adults, so facilitating lifelong and life-wide learning” across a range of ... Read More
Semester 2 Professional Learning Program Launch
The VDC National Professional Learning Program for Semester 2 is now available providing an extensive range of new and existing professional development opportunities ranging from Workshops, Webinars, eLearns, VET Chats and free Thought Leaders ... Read More
NCVER ‘No Frills’!
There are only 7 weeks to go until NCVER’s annual National VET Research Conference ‘No Frills’ so if you haven’t registered, now is the time! ‘No Frills’ will provide an exciting opportunity for those working in the tertiary education sector to ... Read More
The impact of COVID on VET
There has been a fair bit of research and other work done on this topic, understandably. This report from NCVER is the latest, drawing on and summarising a lot of it. It suggests that “COVID-19 has significantly reorganised the business practices of ... Read More
Using machine learning for projecting completion rates for VET programs?
This technical paper from NCVER is an exploratory analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of using machine learning approaches to calculate projected VET completion rates and compares this with the current approach NCVER uses. Why is this ... Read More