VDC News
October Edition
Edition 19 - 2024 | 9 October 2024
A Blueprint for building a sustainable…
The Australian Government, in collaboration with states and territories, has released the VET Workforce Blueprint to help grow Australia’s VET workforce. It has been informed by expert advice from the VET Workforce Blueprint Steering Group and through consultations with VET sector stakeholders.
The VET Development Centre was highlighted as a case study for professional learning in the sector.
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National Skills Plan released…
Governments have released a National Skills Plan which, according to its associated Factsheet, “outlines [the] shared vision for the vocational education and training (VET) system.”
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Working group on higher apprenticeships…
As reported elsewhere in this issue, Skills Ministers have agreed to establish a working group to consider issues relating to higher apprenticeships. The working group will provide a final report by mid next year.
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Latest NCVER total VET students and…
NCVER recently released a report on the latest total VET students and courses data. It found that, for 2023, 5.1 million students were enrolled in nationally recognised VET. This was up nearly 11% from 2022. Moreover:
“An estimated 27% of the Australian resident population aged 15 to 64 years participated in nationally recognised VET.” In addition, over the five-year period from 2019 to 2023, students enrolled in nationally recognised VET increased by around 20%.
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Insights from the latest Skills and…
This communique from ministers was released on 20 September last. In it, they launched the inaugural National Skills Plan. VDC News highlights this plan in another article in this issue. But there were a number of other matters discussed too.
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Upcoming Professional Development
September Edition
Edition 18 - 2024 | 18 September 2024
What’s Industry’s role in VET?
This is the second paper published under AVETRA’s banner. It was authored by Erica Smith and Paschal Somers from Federation University. It, like others in the series, is funded by the Victorian Skills Authority and aims to translate findings and evidence from existing research into critical policy facing outputs. We highlighted the first, which was focused on student voices, in the last issue of VDC News.
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Highlighting the VET Development Centre…
This fellowship report was authored by Peter Schreiner from TAFE NSW. In 2023, Peter was honoured with the inaugural Australian VET Sustainability Fellowship for Vocational Education & Training, enabling him the opportunity to travel abroad to research new skills and best practice. The fellowship: a partnership between VDC and the International Specialised Skills Institute (ISSI), explored Australian initiatives aimed at decarbonising energy generation, and “investigated local and international energy storage technologies and associated job roles and skills within the manufacturing supply chain.”
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Problems and solutions in VET workforce…
In his presentation at the recent VDC VET National Teaching & Learning Conference, veteran VET researcher Dr Justin Brown from Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has taken an historical look at VET workforce planning and development reflected in a wide range of government reports beginning with the Tregillis report of 1969 and ending with recent federal government papers foreshadowing the forthcoming VET Workforce Blueprint.
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Registrations now open – 10th…
Registration is now open for the 2024 ACDEVEG Conference, “Making a Difference: Elevating the Role of VET Teachers”. This is the 10th conference of the Australian Council of Deans of Education Vocational Education Group.
The conference includes
- Keynote speaker Dr Selena Chan (Ara Institute of Canterbury/Te Pūkenga, New Zealand)
- Panel of VET institutional leaders discussing the importance of VET teachers
- Over 20 workshops and research-based presentations
The final report of the NSW VET review…
VDC News included articles about this review in the past, particularly when the interim report was released in April this year. The final report is now out, and full details of the whole review can be found here.
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