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What leadership really is
What really is leadership? It is not simply telling people what to do. In today's…
Fee-free TAFE and VET places for South Australians – Ai Group comment
Industry has welcomed the announcement today by the Federal and South Australian governments of a…
Who pays and the relationship to online delivery?
The overall increase of online training has coincided with a substantial rise in the number…
India, Australia concur that ‘Afghanistan must not become terror hub’
India and Australia on Saturday, September 11, 2021, and expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan and hoped that its territory would not be used for terrorists’ activities and doesn’t…
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Principles of assessment
An easy way to learn them: "Life isn't fair, so you have to be flexible" "What's the point of being…
Edu Learning – Your door to professional development opportunities
We would love to have you join our professional development retainer agreement services or individual professional development opportunities through Edu…
The biggest threat to the education and training sector in Australia is bad regulation!
It is very important to evaluate the training and auditing systems to find out what is working and what is…
National Strategy for International Education 2025
Australia’s first National Strategy for International Education 2025 sets out a 10-year plan for developing Australia’s role as a global…
Message from the CEO (12 August 2022)
Message from the CEO This issue of the VET Sector is especially significant for us as our mother company Career…
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…
CAQA Recruitment – The current job vacancies
Resource writers CAQA Resources is looking for qualified instructional writers and subject matter experts to develop training materials for the community services and health services industries. If you are interested,…
Training and assessment in vocational education and training by unqualified trainers and assessors
It has been a huge concern in vocational education and training (VET)…
Australia faces one of the largest skills shortages of our time.
According to a study conducted by KellyOCG, a global outsourcing and consulting firm that specialises…
Message from General Manager (14 Dec 2021)
Message from General Manager All of life's pleasures are just temporary, so make use of…
Education services for overseas students: ESOS National Code – return to compliance
In March 2020, TEQSA and ASQA announced flexibility in regulatory arrangements regarding educational services for…
Your trainer and assessor files (Part 4 of 5)
In the last newsletter, we discussed the following: ASQA Guidelines on “industry currency.” How to…
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Resource Validation Services: Why outsourcing can be a great option
Following the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment (Governance and Other Matters) Bill 2020, ASQA has made a significant upgrade to the architecture of the vocational education and training…
How to make reasonable adjustment in summative assessments
The concept of ‘reasonable adjustment’ is important and must be considered. This means that the summative assessment process may be modified so that individual participants are not disadvantaged. For example,…
The Difference Between Compliance and Quality Assurance in the RTO space (Part 2)
When we look at the current Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015, the clauses relevant to Registered Training Organisations’ regulatory compliance, the reporting and governance practice, they all clearly underpin…
The major issues with current legislative and regulatory standards (Part 1)
We are starting a series of articles discussing what is broken or can be improved in the current legislative and regulatory standards. We will also talk about how there should…
‘It’s so hard’: how the pandemic upended young people’s career paths
Remote learning and its detrimental effect on their study have forced many teenagers to rethink tertiary education. Morgan Vella and his friends used to hold high ambitions for what life…