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Why unis and vocational colleges are key to Australia’s temporary migration challenge (2023)

The number of temporary migrants in Australia is booming after falls during the pandemic. Of this group, current and former international students are the largest component.

Integrating Volume of Learning in an Accredited Course

This links explains how to calculate the Volume of Learning and how to determine the level of supervised and unsupervised training hours

ASQA: Video - The Benefits of Validation

Did you know there are four ways effective assessment validation could help your provider? Watch this short video which outlines the four in greater detail and explains what they might mean for you and your students.

NCVER: VET for secondary school students: a research synthesis (2022)

This paper focuses on reasons for choosing and participating in VET programs delivered in schools; models of delivery; quality of delivery; and outcomes, both short and medium-term, from these programs. Current knowledge gaps are identified with areas for further research suggested.

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 .

Australian Government: Inquiry into national security risks affecting the Australian higher education and research sector (2022)

This inquiry was broad in its scope as it discussed all national security risks present in the higher education and research sector.

VET and the changing labour market (2023)

An analysis of the changing labour market and the impact on the VET sector.

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.

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.

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.

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