The Federal Budget 2020-21: Support to take on and keep apprentices and trainees
The recent Budget and VET? It’s mostly all about support for apprentices and trainees as we highlight the treasurer’s speech and a number of the budget papers. But there are other things there too. First, the federal government has established … Read More
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Focusing on Industry Engagement
The 2020 VDC Virtual Teaching & Learning Conference focuses on an area within the VET sector that is often seen as challenging, Engagement. VDC has listened to your feedback and designed highly interactive virtual workshops on engaging with … Read More
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A skills-led reboot for Australia post COVID?
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) suggest that, pre-COVID-19, “Australia was already in a prolonged productivity slump.” They believe that’s set to worsen unless the nation upskills – and fast! What’s happened? Their paper, “Where next for skills? … Read More
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Rationalising VET’s qualifications?
Is there an argument for rationalising the number of VET qualifications? This recent publication from NCVER looks at international approaches to this process and asks what can we learn from this. There are a lot of qualifications at present A … Read More
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New VOCED Landmark report released
Griffith University’s Steven Hodge has authored a paper that provides an overview of training and assessment issues covered in the VET sector’s landmark reports highlighted on VOCEDPlus. Beginning with Kangan, he works through the three pivotal … Read More
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WAVE’s interactive OctoberVET webinar
Join Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE) for an interactive OctoberVET webinar focusing on gender, disability, VET and careers. Thursday 29 October 2020 1.30pm to 3:30pm (AEDT) Speakers include: Dr Lizzie Knight – Victoria … Read More
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2020 Victorian International Education Awards
The Victorian International Education Awards (VIEA) are an initiative of the Victorian Government to support the international education sector and raise awareness of the sector’s benefits to the broader community. Applications are now open until … Read More
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VET in schools numbers up in 2019
VET in Schools for 2019 shows there were 17 100 school-based apprentices and trainees and 218 700 students undertaking other VET in Schools programs, a total of 235 800 in all. Overall, this number is up 2.2% on 2018, but school-based apprentices … Read More
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A new normal for youth post COVID-19?
This latest paper from Skillsroad suggests that the current challenges young people are facing may start “building a better and more resilient future.” Why might they be suggesting that it could be an opportunity not a threat? Around 5,500 15 to … Read More
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WA review of skills, training and workforce development
This was ‘an urgent review,’ in response to COVID-19. It reported to the WA Government in June this year and made a total of 41 recommendations for them to consider. The review process The review was conducted by Anne Driscoll, the Director … Read More
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