As the sector moves into the mid-year break, July provides a valuable opportunity to pause, reflect and refocus on your professional development. With Semester 1 complete and Semester 2 just ahead, now is the ideal time to revisit your ... Read More
In a recent appearance at Senate Estimates the CEO of ASQA, Saxon Rice, provided a new (and welcome) level of detail on the agency’s efforts to tackle serious integrity issues in the VET sector. She disclosed the following details: ASQA has ... Read More
Jobs and Skills Australia’s new Occupation Shortage Report: March quarter 2026 provides a useful, high-level labour market signal for VET providers based on employers’ recent recruitment experiences, rather than enrolment or training data alone. The ... Read More
The Productivity Commission has released new data for a number of indicators in its Report on Government Services. For VET there is lots of new data and quite a lot of it comes from the NCVER, which many VDC News readers will already be familiar ... Read More
For many years, success for public vocational education has largely focused on completions rates. While completions remain important, it tells only part of the story of what happens in your classrooms, workshops and simulated workplaces every ... Read More
Following the successful Semester 1 grant program for Victorian TAFEs, applications are now open for the Semester 2 round of the VDC Workforce Development Grants and will close 5pm Friday 17 July 2026. This round is designed to support Private ... Read More
The Better Manufacturing Apprenticeship Outcomes Report, produced by the Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance (MISA), was released in December 2025. The report drew national attention again recently when it was discussed by MISA CEO, Sharon ... Read More
Toni Jones, RMIT’s Lead, Education GenAI has authored an important article which serves as “A practical blueprint for embedding AI into your course design”. With the VET sector shortly to receive guidance on AI from ASQA, Jones encourages providers ... Read More
A new report Place-based and culturally responsive VET for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners examines how VET can better support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners by bringing together two different but related approaches: ... Read More
Kahoot! is proud to support the 2026 VET National Teaching & Learning Conference as Major Sponsor and Digital Partner. This year’s conference theme — Healthy Workplaces. Thriving Teachers. Positive Outcomes. — speaks directly to the challenges ... Read More
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