The University of Western Sydney is creating closer ties with local training providers with Diploma Plus. The Diploma Plus pathways model was piloted in 2014 and 2015 by TAFE NSW South Western Sydney and Western Sydney Institutes, together with the University of ...

Finding out who is delivering foundation skills is important in order to ensure we develop a workforce capable of delivering these skills within classroom and workplace environments. “Foundation skills – which is language, literacy, numeracy, and employability skills – they ...

Meeting the needs of stakeholders formed the basis of a recent review of training organisations in New Zealand. Careerforce, that led the research project, is the Industry Training Organisation or ITO for the health and community support services sector in ...

Good, big data is the source of good decision-making in the future, Senator Simon Birmingham told delegates at a Sydney conference yesterday. Birmingham, the assistant minister for education and training, told NCVER’s No Frills conference at the University of Western Sydney ...

Changing the conversation about what successful careers can look like may be the key to solving Australia’s job skills gap, a national training conference has been told. Addressing delegates at the NCVER No Frills conference – hosted by the University ...

A few simple steps, not necessarily massive changes, are all it might take to improve the learning experience of students with disability, an expert has said. Nicole Ison, national disability co-ordination officer from the University of Western Sydney, spoke yesterday at ...

Big data’s potential to drive quality improvement across the VET sector while assisting in greater partnerships with universities and higher education providers was highlighted at a national conference in Sydney this morning. Addressing delegates at the NCVER No Frills conference ...

Bridging the perceived disconnect between universities and schools is the aim of a new Monash University program designed to better prepare teachers for the classroom. Justen O’Connor, senior lecturer for the faculty of education at Monash University, said there has ...

Online learning breaks down barriers to education giving people who may not have accessed higher education a chance to study off campus and at their own pace. This is according to David-Jack Fletcher, an online teacher at Swinburne Online, who ...

Technology is changing the way educational intuitions will deliver learning now and in the future, a technology leader in the tertiary education sector says. In an exclusive interview, Peter Nikoletatos, executive director and chief information officer at La Trobe University ...