South Australia launches review of VET in schools
Mid-June saw the release of an issues paper on VET in schools to support its review. The review is aimed at finding ways to strengthen vocational pathways from school to employment for secondary school students. The review process The review … Read More
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Human skills: the real future need of workers?
Deloitte released its most recent paper in its ‘Building the lucky country’ series. “it’s about augmentation, rather than automation or replacement. While jobs are changing in nature because of automation, they will not disappear altogether”. These … Read More
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How are international students doing?
Just over 47,600 were invited to complete the survey and nearly 11,300 did. Most (8,851) studied at private providers, 1,933 studied at TAFE and the majority of the remainder (320) through community education providers. It’s worth comparing these … Read More
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New shadow ministry announced
In case you missed it federal portfolio responsibility for VET has switched from the Department of Education to the new Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Meanwhile, Tanya Plibersek, has retained the education and training … Read More
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The 2019-20 Victorian Budget: What’s in it for VET?
The Victorian state budget was released on 27 May. The big winner is TAFE. Here is what the budget has in store for vocational education in Victoria over the next year. Rebuilding TAFE Last year’s budget included $172 million to make priority … Read More
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Higher apprenticeships: a never-ending story?
Guess what’s back? NCVER released their long-awaited paper on Higher Apprenticeships in early April this year.There are a range of perspectives about them amongst stakeholders. Some hold traditional views about apprenticeships, while others have a … Read More
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Rethinking Australian tertiary education?
Following the federal coalition government’s re-election maybe it’s time to make some important decisions about the future of tertiary education? That’s what is being proposed in the most recent publication from Victoria University’s Mitchell … Read More
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CEO MESSAGE
July - Dec 2019 VDC Professional Learning Program Now Released The July - Dec 2019 VDC Professional Learning Program is offering an extensive range of continuous PD opportunities for the VET workforce through one hour webinars, half and full day … Read More
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VDC 2019 Teaching & Learning Conference Highlights
On behalf of the VDC, I would like to extend our thanks to all that attended the VDC Teaching & Learning conference on 16 & 17 May. Those that were in attendance at the RACV Torquay Resort on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria would no doubt … Read More
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Is small beautiful? The role and function of small VET providers
The VET system in Australia is made up of a diverse range of students and provider types. NCVER just released a report looking at small VET providers: those with 100 students or less. What did they look at? Korbel and Osborne report that: “A … Read More
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