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It’s hard to miss the story in the mass media that the Australian retail industry is in bad shape. The tales of woe are relentless: sudden increase in online purchases from overseas providers, mass closures of local bookshop chains, supermarket ...

Will VET and higher education ever agree on a definition of quality, John Mitchell asks. The VET and higher education sectors are entering an exciting but uncertain phase, as both sectors begin to focus on a previously elusive goal, defining ...

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Over half a billion bucks is riding on workforce development plans, so the race is on to learn how to prepare and write such plans, and convincing ones at that. By John Mitchell. Absorbing Skills Australia, the National Workforce and ...

The fostering of novice researchers in VET is critical, says John Mitchell. A lack of quality research bedevils VET, leaving it at risk of being further damaged by poor policy decisions and mass media beat-ups. Two recent examples are the ...

To assist industry with workforce development plans, vocational educators need to get their own house in order, writes John Mitchell. The recent reports by Skills Australia and the Productivity Commission acknowledged the role of VET in assisting industries with workforce ...

Australian students want better income support, but the government doesn’t want to spend any more money. HECS for living costs could meet both objectives, according to new modelling. The federal government could entice as many as half a million more ...

The commission's report on the VET workforce is of mixed quality, says John Mitchell. The Productivity Commission‘s recent report on the VET workforce is a major piece of work containing both strengths and weaknesses. It is a pity there are ...

Do VET teachers need more than a Certificate IV qualification, asks John Mitchell. When researching the VET sector over the last year, the Productivity Commission expressed interest in whether there was a proven link between teacher qualifications and student outcomes. ...

Providers could collect the reasons for non-completions, suggests John Mitchell. Does it matter how completion rates for full VET qualifications are counted? Yes it does, because the government wants to publish VET completion rates on the forthcoming MySkills website. Yes ...