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- Getting technical: Victoria's attempts TAFE reforms
- The 'National Interest' interviews Matthew McGowan (Division Secretary, National Tertiary Education Union) and David Hetherington, (Executive Director, Per Capita) about the reforms in the Victorian TAFE system e.g. increasing fees; introducing HECS style loans; and opening vocational education to tender so there is competition between private providers and government funded TAFEs.
- Public domain: enclosing the commons of the mind
- The author introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent, and trademark laws. The book is available to download for free.
- Learning for jobs: OECD reviews of vocational education and training: Australia
- This review is part of the 'Learning for jobs', the OECD policy study of Vocational Education and Training (VET) which covers individual countries, and their strengths and challenges in meeting labour market needs. There are several recommendations including clarifying responsibility for VET; reforming fees; increasing choice of VET providers; providing a broader range of quality and outcome data ...
- Employability skills
- Swinburne TAFE has developed a website which defines employability skills as 'those that apply across a variety of job and life contexts'. There are a series of employability skill guides including communication, planning and organising, teamwork, problem-solving, technology, initiative and enterprise, self management, and learning. For teachers, it explains how to integrate employability skills i...
- Vocational education and training and people with a disability: Review of the research
- This paper provides a status report about VET participation, education and employment outcomes, and the costs and benefits of vocational education and training for people with a disability in Australia. It also highlights key issues and areas where future research is needed.
