Applications are now open for the 2025 Victorian Workforce Development Grants As part of the Victorian Workforce Development initiative targeting organisational capability, VDC has developed the Workforce Development Grant opportunity for ... Read More
A couple of papers have emerged in Europe in the last little while. Both are from Cedefop – the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training. The first is a research paper published in December 2023. Another, released early this year, ... Read More
This new research insight paper published under the auspices of AVETRA and the Victorian Skills Authority (VSA) focuses on TAFE’s Centres of Excellence. It was authored by a team drawn from Monash University and Chisholm Institute’s Higher Education ... Read More
Mentoring is a very important process for initial support and ongoing development of the VET workforce and particularly its teachers and trainers. Qooper has developed a blog, entitled: The Ultimate Guide to Structuring An Effective Mentorship ... Read More
Recent publications and work have made me think about the nature of competency in Australian VET, and perhaps why it needs rethinking. The concept of competency goes back a fair way of course, and there is literature going back to the late 1980s and ... Read More
“Whether you teach a trade or service, this course will enhance your VET teaching practice”. Box Hill Institute’s Graduate Certificate in Adult and Vocational Education (GCV01) is an AQF Level 8 course designed for current VET teachers who want to ... Read More
An article a while ago in Campus Review looked at the ‘Paid to Learn’ program run by TAFE NSW that was paying mid-career tradies to train as TAFE teachers. It pays industry experts to complete their Certificate IV TAE over 14 weeks and has “has ... Read More
This new report from NCVER presents the latest data on completion rates for VET qualifications shows that completion rates are ‘holding steady.’ It reports that “completion rates after four years, for nationally recognised VET qualifications ... Read More
The OECD’s Education at a Glance 2024 aims to be a definitive guide to the state of education around the world. It has a related press release. There is also a country note focused on Australia. The ‘At a glance’ describes “the output of ... Read More
A Campus Review article published in August last notes that Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) is working to develop a National Skills Taxonomy (NST) to enable a more flexible and responsive skills system. I’m grateful to be able to promote and ... Read More
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