Reviewing tertiary education in the UK
In previous issues we have looked at possible changes to tertiary education in Australia. What has the recent review of post-18 education in the UK released in May this year say needs to change there? Why look at this? Simply because so much of … Read More
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Swinburne report highlights workforce needs for a digital future
Another article in this issue looks at a recently published NCVER report on digital skills “and the capacity of the VET system to effectively meet this growing need.” In this article we focus on digital technologies again through the latest report … Read More
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Skilling for the digital economy
Digital technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics and automation are really changing the nature of work. This issue of VDC News focuses on the digital economy and is futures focused. It builds on an article in the last issue summarising … Read More
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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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