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Permission to teach VET: Enabling a vicious circle that maintains the low status of VET education (2024)

This paper discusses the Vocational Major which was introduced in Victoria, Australia in 2023 to raise the status of Vocational Education and Training (VET). To address demand for qualified VET teachers in secondary schools, VET trainers without a teaching qualification are granted permission to teach VET.

Apprenticeships: The problem of attractiveness and the hindrance of heterogeneity (2023)

This paper examines a question posed in 2019 in the International Journal on Training and Development: ‘How do we solve a problem like apprenticeship?’ Data sources covering a substantial number of countries are used to present findings on, and analyse, initiatives that have been implemented or that have been considered, and then to develop some analytical constructs to help address the question.

ASQA: Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2021

ASQA website link to the Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2021.

Fragmentation & Photo-Ops The Failures of Australian Skills Policy Through COVID (2022)

Report argues that Australia’s VET system once provided well-established and dependable education-to-jobs pathways, but a combination of policy vandalism and fiscal mismanagement plunged the VET system into a lasting and multidimensional crisis.

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.

Webinar Recording: The Student Support Spectrum

Recorded on the 27/4/2023 this session focused on engaging different learner types with a specific focus on international (ESL) students, students with language literacy and numeracy (LLN) needs, and students with additional learning or behavioral needs.

ASQA: ASQA's approach to compliance

ASQA link to consultation and outcome materials, including a webinar, related to the Rapid Review of ASQA’s Regulatory Practices and Processes (the Review)

Webinar Recording: Changes in the VET Sector and What They Mean to Me as a Manager

Recorded on 17/07/2023 this webinar explored the current status of VET Reform, the changes in training package development and assurance functions, and looked at what help you need to be aware of, and ready for implementation.

OECD: The potential of online learning for adults: Early lessons from the COVID-19 crisis (2020)

This brief discusses the potential of online learning to increase adult learning opportunities and identifies some key issues that the crisis has highlighted. Addressing these issues could contribute to expanding online learning provision in the post-crisis period and to making it more inclusive.

Webinar Recording: Implementing the Rules of Evidence: Issues and how to avoid them

Recorded on the 30/1/2023 this webinar looked at Clause 1.8 (assessment) being one of the most problematic compliance issues at audit, and it helped attendees bring back the fundamentals and remember how important the Rules of Evidence are.

Supporting responsible AI: discussion paper (2024)

This discussion paper focuses on governance mechanisms to ensure AI is developed and used safely and responsibly in Australia. These mechanisms can include regulations, standards, tools, frameworks, principles and business practices.

An Evidence-Based Discussion Paper on VET Disability Education Delivery (2020)

This paper focused on the delivery of education within the VET sector, specifically the Certificate III in Individual Support and Certificate IV in Disability. It sought to explore numerous avenues in order to build a picture of the state of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector in terms of the delivery of education and the implementation of this education into work-ready skills.

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