An imperfect case for a new VET system
By John Mitchell | 6th May, 2013 | Analysis, News, VET, |
High hopes for an improved VET quality framework remain unfulfilled. By John Mitchell The initial hopes raised by VET policy papers sometimes fade a little after a second reading. This is the case with regard to the position paper recently More..
By John Mitchell | 6th May, 2013 | Analysis, News, VET, |
High hopes for an improved VET quality framework remain unfulfilled. By John Mitchell The initial hopes raised by VET policy papers sometimes fade a little after a second reading. This is the case with regard to the position paper recently More..
Stop short-changing regional areas
By Dr Peter Whitley | 15th April, 2013 | News, VET, |
VET in regional Victoria has been particularly hard-hit by policy changes. By Dr Peter Whitley Regional Australia is the home and workplace for approximately 29 per cent of the Australian population, with people in the bush contributing very positively to More..
By Dr Peter Whitley | 15th April, 2013 | News, VET, |
VET in regional Victoria has been particularly hard-hit by policy changes. By Dr Peter Whitley Regional Australia is the home and workplace for approximately 29 per cent of the Australian population, with people in the bush contributing very positively to More..
Macro view is needed in analysis
By Dr John Mitchell | 8th April, 2013 | Analysis, News, VET, | Policymakers need to consider how much value TAFEs add to industry. By Dr John Mitchell The director of a TAFE institute said to me recently that the problem with policymakers in Australia is that they focus solely on the cost More..
By Dr John Mitchell | 8th April, 2013 | Analysis, News, VET, | Policymakers need to consider how much value TAFEs add to industry. By Dr John Mitchell The director of a TAFE institute said to me recently that the problem with policymakers in Australia is that they focus solely on the cost More..
Flexibility key to survival
By Michael O’Loughlin | 18th February, 2013 | VET, | For public providers to compete with private operators they will have to adopt new teaching methods and embrace online tools In addition, the traditional champions of VET (industry organisations and local enterprises) seem to have gone remarkably quiet. I think More..
By Michael O’Loughlin | 18th February, 2013 | VET, | For public providers to compete with private operators they will have to adopt new teaching methods and embrace online tools In addition, the traditional champions of VET (industry organisations and local enterprises) seem to have gone remarkably quiet. I think More..
Luring workers away from the coast
By Llandis Barratt-Pugh | 18th February, 2013 | VET, | The training for people who work in remote areas needs to focus on lifestyle issues as well as skills. When I was developing a research proposal in 2011 focusing on skill shortages, I phoned a research colleague in Melbourne, who More..
By Llandis Barratt-Pugh | 18th February, 2013 | VET, | The training for people who work in remote areas needs to focus on lifestyle issues as well as skills. When I was developing a research proposal in 2011 focusing on skill shortages, I phoned a research colleague in Melbourne, who More..
Cuts hit ‘at risk’ students
By John Mitchell | 4th February, 2013 | Top Stories, VET, |
A Brotherhood of St Laurence study has found disengaged youth could be left behind by recent changes to vocational training. There is an old saying that you can judge a society by how well it looks after the most disadvantaged More..
By John Mitchell | 4th February, 2013 | Top Stories, VET, |
A Brotherhood of St Laurence study has found disengaged youth could be left behind by recent changes to vocational training. There is an old saying that you can judge a society by how well it looks after the most disadvantaged More..
Tertiary pathways through partnerships
By Pam Christie | 17th December, 2012 | VET, |
There is significant evidence to indicate that the effort and cost in negotiating and managing articulation arrangements is not matched by the numbers of students making the transition from VET to university. With the commencement in July this year of More..
By Pam Christie | 17th December, 2012 | VET, |
There is significant evidence to indicate that the effort and cost in negotiating and managing articulation arrangements is not matched by the numbers of students making the transition from VET to university. With the commencement in July this year of More..
Internet helps refugee students
By Marcia Devlin | 10th December, 2012 | Comment, | The success of the Open Universities Australia scheme has been shown by four graduates who live on the troubled Thai-Burma border. Mexican-American comedian Louis C. K. writes and performs skits about “white people problems” where he parodies the ways in More..
By Marcia Devlin | 10th December, 2012 | Comment, | The success of the Open Universities Australia scheme has been shown by four graduates who live on the troubled Thai-Burma border. Mexican-American comedian Louis C. K. writes and performs skits about “white people problems” where he parodies the ways in More..
Rich & poor, a training divide
By Peter Kell | 10th December, 2012 | VET, |
One risk of dismantling public TAFEs is to increase the need for Australia to use the global mobile workforce. The globe is increasingly being divided between high-performing economies with an ability to withstand economic shocks and low-performing countries that lack More..
By Peter Kell | 10th December, 2012 | VET, |
One risk of dismantling public TAFEs is to increase the need for Australia to use the global mobile workforce. The globe is increasingly being divided between high-performing economies with an ability to withstand economic shocks and low-performing countries that lack More..
Time running out to save TAFE
By Pat Forward | 10th December, 2012 | VET, | The federal government must withhold funding from those states that continue to destroy their vocational education and training. This was a grim year for the TAFE system in Australia. Decades of investment in public vocational education are being trashed by More..
By Pat Forward | 10th December, 2012 | VET, | The federal government must withhold funding from those states that continue to destroy their vocational education and training. This was a grim year for the TAFE system in Australia. Decades of investment in public vocational education are being trashed by More..
Wrap-around model suits more
By Peter Roberts | 10th December, 2012 | News, VET, |
To improve higher certificate completion rates it is sometimes important to offer help with some basic skills, such as language and numeracy The region our institute serves in south-west Sydney has an over-representation of people who are disadvantaged. According to More..
By Peter Roberts | 10th December, 2012 | News, VET, |
To improve higher certificate completion rates it is sometimes important to offer help with some basic skills, such as language and numeracy The region our institute serves in south-west Sydney has an over-representation of people who are disadvantaged. According to More..
Queensland rethinks TAFE closures, sales
By Campus Review | 10th December, 2012 | News, VET, |
The Queensland government has backed away from plans to close 38 of its 82 TAFE campuses under reforms to the revamp the state’s vocational education and training sector. But it still wants to sell 13 sites and will transfer 12 More..
By Campus Review | 10th December, 2012 | News, VET, |
The Queensland government has backed away from plans to close 38 of its 82 TAFE campuses under reforms to the revamp the state’s vocational education and training sector. But it still wants to sell 13 sites and will transfer 12 More..
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