Are you an early bird? The VET National Teaching & Learning Conference to be held in-person on the 14 & 15 of August at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre is ramping up and tickets are limited - Register now to get the Early ... Read More
Two new funding grants have been announced which, although focussed on supporting Learn Locals (ACE providers) in Victoria to manage change, actually reinforce the need for all VET providers to be thinking about how to successfully deal with ... Read More
VDC News readers will be aware that the revised Standards for RTOs were agreed by the Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers for VET (the Skills and Workforce Ministerial Council) in late 2024. Since then ASQA and the Department of Employment ... Read More
The Australian Qualifications Framework has been updated to add a new qualification at AQF Level 7 – a vocational degree which will sit alongside traditional higher education undergraduate degrees. The aim is to “increase advanced skill training ... Read More
It seems difficult to imagine, but it is now five years (18 March 2020) since COVID restrictions were imposed in Australia which included a ban on “non-essential indoor gatherings of 100 people or more”, and shortly afterwards a lot of VET teaching ... Read More
VDC is delighted to introduce eSkilled as the Premium Partner of the VET AI Symposium. eSkilled is Australia's only complete RTO management and training delivery solution! Easily deliver the best training with a robust student and learning management ... Read More
In-person SOLD OUT – online registration still available. The VDC is excited to bring to you the 2025 VET AI Symposium, to be held next Tuesday 18 March. This leading event aims to bring together industry leaders, educators, executives, and AI ... Read More
Australia is not the only place considering how to improve pathways between vocational and higher education – this is also an issue Europe is grappling with. What we call “tertiary harmonisation”, the European Centre for the Development of VET ... Read More
The NCVER has released the latest VET statistics – Government-funded students and courses – January – September 2024 and the data is good news on many fronts. There has been a 4% increase in government-funded students since 2023 and a 13% increase ... Read More
A recent report from Dr Tom Karmel, former Managing Director of the NCVER and now member of the Advisory Board of Holmesglen Institute’s Mackenzie Research Institute. It is in that capacity that Dr Karmel has recently completed a discussion paper ... Read More
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