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TAFETalks: Webinar - The future of international education in Australia: what opportunities for TAFEs? (2022)

Webinar - Australian Government representatives and leading TAFE experts speak about opportunities in the international space based on the Australian Strategy for International Education 2021-2030 .

Degree Inflation: Undermining the value of higher education (2023)

The past 20 years have seen explosive growth in universities. At the same time, vocational education and training (VET) faced a tsunami of financial challenges and poorly implemented policies. As a result, VET is now stigmatised as a second-class education option, and employers demand university credentials for jobs that formerly did not require them.

Pressure to attend university: beyond narrow conceptions of pathways to a “good life” (2023)

This paper examines the post-school transitions of 22 Australian school leavers who were interviewed while at school between 2012 and 2017 and then again 1–5 years post-school.

ASQA Webinar - Consultation on full cost recovery (Youtube) - 3 December 2019

Presented by ASQA's David Miller, General Manager, Regulatory Support and Governance outlining the proposed changes to ASQA's fees and charges coming into effect from 1 July 2020.

Beyond the standard: motivators of high-performing RTOs (2023)

This research builds upon the work of Guthrie and Waters (2021, 2022) to interrogate what motivates such RTOs to pursue high performance. High performing RTOs were interviewed to explore their understanding of high performance and their motivations for pursuing high performance. This research adds a new perspective to discussions on RTO performance and highlights the varying ways in which providers self-assess performance.

Webinar Recording: A Guide to Marking Guides!

Recorded on the 14/10/2020, this 90-minute, highly interactive session, streams our VET Expert (John Dwyer) directly to you! Unpack the most critical components of marking guides and their importance as part of an assessment tool in this session.

Australian Government: University-Industry Collaboration in Teaching and Learning Review (2021)

The Review recommends seven short-term actions government, higher education providers and industry can take to promote greater collaboration across the sector.

SpringerOpen: Mature Australian VET markets: a data-driven case study of public policy implementation (2022)

This research makes novel use of large nationally consistent regulatory and enrolment data sets to provide evidence of successful public policy implementation that is approaching the end of the market life cycle. It is argued that policy success is not permanent and should be revisited in light of contemporary economic alternatives to guide future VET policy making.

CEDEFOP: Microcredentials for labour market education and training (2022)

This study examines the role of microcredentials in supporting learning for employment. The study collected information through an online survey among mostly European VET providers, national authorities, employee and employer organisations, in-depth country case studies and interviews, as well as Cedefop’s ReferNet network.

ASQA Fact Sheet: Using other parties to collect assessment evidence

This factsheet includes a definition of evidence, examples of forms of evidence, when and why might an assessor use other parties to collect evidence, what to consider when using evidence collected by other parties, and details of two case-studies.

Recognition of Prior Learning - An information source for RTO staff (est. 2006)

A Training Package Support Materials publication that can be used as an information source for staff on RPL

UNESCO-UNEVOC study on the trends shaping the - Future of TVET teaching (2020)

This study aimed to engage the international TVET community to: (i) improve the understanding of the implications of global disruptions; (ii) gather knowledge, insights, experiences; and (iii) highlight promising practices in preparing TVET teaching staff to deliver the skills needed in the 21st century and beyond.

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