Applications close 11 February 2025 As part of the Victorian Workforce Development initiative targeting organisational capability, VDC has developed the Workforce Development Grant opportunity for operational innovation and workforce capability ... Read More
January 2025
January Newsletter
Assessments for the Future of Work
New research published in the Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education by researchers at the University of Guelph-Humber in Canada shines a light on the changes VET providers will need to make to their assessment practices – not simply to ... Read More
Generative AI and VET – what should you be doing?
The release of Chat GPT in November 2022 did not just change the options available to students needing ‘help’ with their homework. ChatGPT, and the subsequent release of other Large Language Models and other forms of generative AI (GenAI), such as ... Read More
National Foundation Skills Strategy
In December 2024, Skills Ministers released the new National Foundation Skills Strategy 2025-2035 which is designed to “enhance the lives of people who struggle every day to read and write, do maths or use computers.” The intention is that through ... Read More
Register Now – The VET AI Symposium
The VET Development Centre is excited to bring to you ‘The VET AI Symposium’, to be held Tuesday 18 March, in-person at VDC in Melbourne and online nationally via Zoom. This leading event, themed “Harnessing AI for Transformative Vocational ... Read More
Revised Standards for Registered Training Organisations
You would have to be living (or working) under a rock to not know that the Standards for RTOs have been re-written and re-organised into three categories: Outcome Standards Compliance Requirements (including the Fit and Proper Person ... Read More
Government Plans – Helping your RTO plan for the future
In 2023 the Australian government, States and Territories agreed to a new National Skills Agreement. It contains commitments to a number of important initiatives which are currently being rolled out across the sector, such as the TAFE Centres of ... Read More
New Year, New PD, New Ghostwriter!
Welcome back to VDC News! This year, VDC is celebrating 20 years of professional learning and as a leader in professional development for the VET sector workforce, VDC remains committed to providing high-quality, relevant programs that benefit not ... Read More