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Regulation Report - 1 July - 31 December 2023 (2024)

The report presents information collected by ASQA through our work as the national regulator of Australia’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector.

Webinar Recording: NVPDW: Leading Assessment Validation Activities

Recorded on 19/11/2021 and forming part of Velg Training's National VET PD Week this webinar provided specific advice for developing more successful assessment validation activities.

ASQA - Video - Assessing Under Simulation - SISFFIT003 Instruct Fitness Programs

This video has been developed by the national VET regulator to support providers in deciding how to best structure practical assessment under simulation.

ASQA: Recording changes to training and assessment strategies for small to medium-sized RTOs

The information in this guide has been developed by Audit Express and has been provided to ASQA for the benefit of information sharing within the VET sector.

Training Accreditation Council Regulatory Framework

The Training Accreditation Council (TAC) operates within an agreed national Vocational Education and Training (VET) regulatory framework defined in a set of standards and policies.

Government-funded students and courses - January to June 2023

This publication provides a summary of data relating to students, programs, subjects, and training providers in Australia’s government-funded vocational education and training (VET) system.

NCVER: Nationally agreed nominal hours

These nationally agreed hours data have been agreed to by all States and Territories for use in national reporting of VET data only. NCVER sources the nominal hours externally or via state and territory submissions to the National VET Provider Collection.

NCVER: Adding value to competency based training (2022)

This research examines the strengths and weaknesses of competency-based training as it is currently applied to the Australian VET system and whether there is cause to consider a broader approach to defining and describing competence and hence considering how best teaching and learning in VET is delivered and assessed.

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.

Building Future-Ready Vocational Education and Training Systems (2023)

Structural changes highlight the need to re-engineer certain parts of VET systems in some countries to make them more resilient and ensure they can make the most of the opportunities ongoing changes present. This report zooms in on four key dimensions of future-ready VET systems.

ASQA: Reminder when choosing a training provider

A reminder from ASQA to check training.gov.au as the National Register on VET in Australia for registered providers and training products.

NCVER: Podcast - Training packages: meeting student needs? (2019)

Vocational Voices S3, Episode 1 - Competency based training (CBT) is the model of curriculum at the heart of the VET system and for some it’s a shorthand way of referring to the system of VET training packages, but critics are arguing that the VET sector’s reliance upon training packages is failing to meet the real-world needs of students and industry due to how they define and therefore teach competency. Steve Davis discusses this topic with NCVER Managing Director Simon Walker and TAFE Directors Australia CEO Craig Robertson.

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