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The VET Sector News- May 2022
Griffith TAFE is encouraging those seeking new jobs to get in touch about upcoming courses Griffith TAFE is encouraging those looking for new opportunities to come in and have a chat about possible futures and enrolment for semester two, just in time for National Careers Week. National Careers Week this year comes on May 16, […]
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Griffith TAFE is encouraging those seeking new jobs to get in touch about upcoming courses
Griffith TAFE is encouraging those looking for new opportunities to come in and have a chat about possible futures and enrolment for semester two, just in time for National Careers Week. National Careers Week this year comes on May 16, just after a new report revealed 24 per cent of workers are actively pursuing new […]
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TAFE eyes new debt collector to chase students
TAFE SA is searching for a new debt collection agency to recover more than $200,000 a month in unpaid fees by tracking down students, visiting their homes and making “phone demands” to pay up. TAFE SA has released a tender calling for expressions of interest for the provision of “Debt Recovery Services” from an “external […]
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The value of volunteering: volunteering in education and productivity at work
The Education and Employers charity has been supporting people from the world of work to volunteer in schools and colleges since 2009, publishing peer-reviewed research on the benefits for young people’s confidence, career aspirations, attainment and employment outcomes. This latest research reveals the ‘mirror benefits’ for volunteers, drawing on a survey of 1,026 volunteers, detailed […]
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Teaching digital skills: implications for VET educators – good practice guide
The rise of Industry 4.0 and the digital economy has highlighted the need for the general workforce to hold digital skills. But what are the implications for vocational education and training (VET) educators in ensuring the workforce is appropriately skilled? This guide highlights the implications for VET educators of the increasing need to include digital […]
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Incorporating digital skills into VET delivery: good practice guide
Given its ties to industry, vocational education and training (VET) has a crucial role in ensuring the workforce possesses the skills for responding to Industry 4.0, with advanced technologies now entering workplaces and transforming how businesses operate. This good practice guide is intended to provide advice on incorporating digital skills into VET delivery for VET […]
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Skilling the Australian workforce for the digital economy
This study explored the current digital skills demand and supply situation in Australia’s workforce. The research investigated the skills impact of digitalisation on two industry sectors—transport and logistics, and public safety and correctional services—as well as the wider workforce. The research culminated in a proposed Australian workplace digital skills framework to help identify digital skills […]
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Why Universities Should Prioritize Student Success in IT Decision-Making
Students make up the backbone of every higher education institution. These inquisitive minds are the reason colleges and universities exist in the first place, so it stands to reason that the institution’s decisions should be made with the goal of supporting learners and their diverse needs. This philosophy should extend to the IT department. Every […]
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Industry welcomes Labor’s commitment to hospitality skills training
Australia’s Labor Party has announced a $48 million tourism and travel package which includes a $10 million injection in training and skills development for the hospitality and accommodation sectors. Industry groups the Accommodation Association, Australian Hotels Association and Tourism Accommodation Australia, who have long called for additional funding for training, have welcomed the commitment. “As […]
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Without foreign students and workers, retail sector calls for pensioners to fill staffing gaps
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has called on new government policy to unlock pensioner participation in a sector that is facing its tightest labour market in half a century, exacerbated by a lower inflow of international students and working holiday makers. The peak retail body is supporting calls to allow employment income to be exempt […]
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International students are still being routinely exploited
Over the decade leading up to COVID, the exploitation of international students became systemic across the Australian economy. Multiple reports bemoaned the rampant wage theft from international students, especially from migrant employers of the same nationality. For example, the 2016 Senate Committee report, A National Disgrace: The Exploitation of Temporary Work Visa Holders, noted that […]
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Major milestone for fee-free training in NSW
NSW is enjoying a fee-free training boom with more than 200,000 enrolments recorded under JobTrainer, a program helping people get skilled for in-demand jobs. Premier Dominic Perrottet said the NSW Government’s strong economic management means we can deliver programs such as JobTrainer to equip people with the skills they need to get their first job, […]
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How Chinese young people embrace vocational education
China has attached great importance to the development of vocational education in recent years. Find out how Chinese young people embrace skills training at vocational schools. For more information, please click here.
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Training the key to skills shortage
THE automotive industry is facing the most serious skills shortage in its history, ravaged by diminished apprentice intake, COVID and business contraction. In its manifesto that highlighted the needs of industry from a new federal government, the Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC) said there was a skilled labour deficit of 31,143 positions across the […]
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Students “in limbo” during two-year wait for Australia visas
These students say they are “in limbo” as Australia’s Department of Home Affairs, which oversees immigration, refuses to provide a clear timeline of when students can expect to hear the outcome of their applications. Alokita, an Indian student, received an offer to study aerospace engineering at UNSW Canberra in September 2020 and was due to […]
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What are the challenges facing Australia’s medical workforce crisis?
The health and welfare workforces deliver various services through Australia’s private and public organisations. However, there is an imbalance in the system as the extent of services delivered is way lesser than what is actually needed, primarily due to workforce crisis. The accurate picture of the healthcare workforce crisis in Australia was revealed during the […]
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Vocational education: Change negative mindset
There is a narrative that has been around for a while tagging technical/vocational education as a last resort after one fails to advance in formal education. The other was that it’s the cheaper option if one failed to raise the tuition for instance to finish high school or to join university or if one had […]
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NZ brings forward reopening to students, changes post-study work rights
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that from July 31st all visitors will be able to enter the country, and that international students will be able to apply for visas. She said the reopening was part of a package of measures to support economic recovery and to fill labour shortages in the country. Working holiday visas […]
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London universities plan “leading” international strategy
“Where London leads; I have no doubt the rest of the country will follow,” was the message from Chris Skidmore, former minister of state for universities, speaking to representatives from 25 of London’s higher education institutions at a roundtable event in Westminster this week. The event, organised by London Higher and Oxford International Education Group, […]
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VET Sector News- April 2022
Experts to support ASQA regulatory efforts, strategic vision The government has established a new national advisory council to support the best practice regulation of Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector. Peter Costantini will chair the new council, comprised of members professor Valerie Braithwaite, Renee Hindmarsh, Dr Grant Klinkum, Adrienne Nieuwenhuis, Neil Quarmby, and Dr […]
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