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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.

ASQA - Glossary

The following terms, definitions and acronyms are used in the VET sector in Australia and by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).

ASQA: Webinar - Course Owner and Developer briefing webcast, May 2018

ASQA link to webinar on course accreditation, including: Introduction to course accreditation; Course accreditation in review; Regulatory update; Compliance with VET Accredited Course Design Standards

Australian Government: VSL Program Improvement Provider consultation November 2022

VET Student Loans Improvement provider consultation – November 2022. Submissions to the VSL Improvement Consultation Paper are encouraged by 18 November 2022.

Podcasts: What now? What next? Insights into Australia's tertiary education sector (site link)

Claire Field talks with leaders and experts from within the Australian tertiary education sector, including VET and across the global ed-tech sector

ASQA: Pathways and Perspectives (site link)

ASQA Pathways and Perspectives shares data, insights and important stories about the vocational education and training (VET) sector with the community.

ASQA: A co-designed working model for self-assurance

ASQA has released a report on the outcomes of the third phase of research to co-design with the VET sector, a working model for self-assurance.

ASQA - Video - Mandatory Workplace Assessment - CHCCCS23 Support Independence and Wellbeing

This video has been provided by the national VET regulator to support provides in deciding how best to structure practical assessment in the workplace.

Australian Government: Effectiveness of Planning and Implementation of Reform by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (2021)

The audit objective was to examine the effectiveness of ASQA’s planning and implementation of reform to the regulation of the VET sector.

SpringerOpen: Understanding fully online teaching in vocational education (2020)

The purpose of this small study was to contribute an understanding of pedagogy within the combined yet potentially disparate teaching contexts of online education and VET in Australia.

Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence and Vocational Occupations and Skills: What are the needs for training Teachers and Trainers? (2020)

The paper seeks to explore the impact AI and automation have on vocational occupations and skills and to examine what that means for teachers and trainers in VET.

Skilling Australia’s current and future workforce (2023)

Skilling Australia’s current and future workforce is the theme for the 32nd National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Research Conference ‘No Frills.’

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