Edition 11 - 2024 | 19 June 2024
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Read MoreThis latest report from NCVER authored by Bridgit Wibrow, Michelle Hall and Tabatha Griffin looks at how the student journey works, not only for those who complete qualifications and those who don’t. It’s resulted in two publications: The student journey: The many faces of and completion and non-completion in VET and Mapping the student journey: the many faces of completion and non-completion in VET authored by Michelle Hall.
Read MoreWith the rise in importance of recognising non-formal and informal learning here in Australia, particularly amongst employers, it’s useful to highlight what the thinking is in Europe. Recently CEDEFOP has published one of its overview papers on this topic.
Read MoreQueensland recently released its skills strategy for 2024 to 2028. Entitled Good Jobs, Great Training, it aims to set “the direction for the state’s training system to support the state’s growing and changing workforce over the next 5 years” in its 24 pages. They also published a 12 page summary paper.
Read MoreSkills Ministers met in Sydney on 24 May, and released a communique covering a wide range of topics. These included discussing “Australia’s inaugural National Skills Plan under the National Skills Agreement and the draft Vocational Education and Training (VET) Workforce Blueprint.”
Read MoreEdition 10 - 2024 | 5 June 2024
A think piece by Hugh Guthrie
‘Unlocking the potential of VET’ is the title of the advice piece from the Qualifications Reform Design Group to Skills Ministers. They proposed three purposes for VET qualifications:
Read MoreMark McCrindle’s organisation, McCrindle Research, has recently completed a piece of work for the Victorian TAFE Association titled ‘The TAFE Value and Perception Challenge’. It aims to provide insights “into the perception challenges facing TAFE in Victoria, the present opportunities to build on its rich history and its significant impacts in equipping the Victorian workforce.”
Read MoreA recent ‘Insight’ article in Future Campus by Stephen Matchett examines the use of using digital badges in universities. However, his article cautions that they complement but do not replace marks. This article has been drawn on extensively here.
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