The VET system’s panacea

A culture of continuous improvement is least effective in the most needy, writes Anita Roberts.

Who wants to talk about continuous improvement? Within VET, and probably elsewhere, it is difficult to use the term without accompanying grimaces and eye-rolling. It seems that all components of the VET system are being continuously improved. The steady adoption of various technologies enables more and more public information to be seen as a work in progress. Wiki sites, print-on-demand services, automatic updates and version notifications all support and encourage continual change. A cynic may view the current mania for continuous improvement as an acceptance that nothing ever need be...