In Focus As the Acting CEO it is important for me to ensure all member services continue to be provided in accordance with members’ wishes. We received over 390 responses to our member survey and you made some very clear suggestions for improvement even though there was a 90% satisfaction rate with ACPET’s overall performance. There has been a lot going on with all the end of financial year activities and our Auditors being in the office. I have been extremely pleased with the support I have received from all the ACPET staff.... Read more National ACPET's LLN Capable project - working towards our VET sector show case: Employease On 14 - 15 August, … [Read more...]
Policy Online in line for internet award
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17 July 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Policy Online has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2014 Australian and New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIA). ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......… Policy Online has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2014 Australian and New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIA). Policy Online is a database and alert service that provides free access to full text research reports, papers, statistics and other resources essential for public policy development and implementation in Australia and New Zealand. Since being founded as a small project at Swinburne University of Technology in 2002, Policy Online has become an essential resource … [Read more...]
ACPET National Monday Update | #559 | 23 June 2014
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In Focus USI Bill passes and Assistant Minister Sussan Ley to also address National Skills Summit Edition 559, 23 Jun The final program will be issued tomorrow but in the meantime we’ve re-jigged the ballroom set-up at the Realm Hotel to squeeze another 16 seats in – so if you want to be there – register now. Student Identifiers Bill 2014 - the introduction of the USI In other news last week, members should be aware that the Student Identifiers Bill 2014 has passed, allowing for the introduction of the Unique Student Identifier from 1 January 2015. The legislation is supported by ACPET as it will ensure students have ready access to a permanent record of their learning, … [Read more...]
The Scan | #154 | 13 June 2014
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TEQSA "gardening leave" confirmed 13 June 2014 | It has been confirmed at Senate Estimates that chief higher education regulator Carol Nicoll has taken indefinite leave and her future is tied to legislation that would restructure the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. A Bill introduced in late February by education minister Christopher Pyne would spill the positions of TEQSA’s five commissioners, splitting the roles of chief commissioner and chief executive both of which are currently vested in the person of Dr Nicoll. It would also strip away the agency’s broader role in quality assessment.....[ MORE ]…. VET susidy cuts in Queensland 13 June 2014 | The … [Read more...]
Protecting our knowledge infrastructure
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13 June 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Swinburne’s Vice-Chancellor, Linda Kristjanson unpacks the consequences of the biggest changes to higher education in decades. She says that the greatest hazard is that proposed changes to higher education policy are being driven back-to-front, propelled by budget imperatives, rather than looking at what a coherent, future-oriented suite of higher education policies would deliver. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… There is something incongruous about the idea that we can only have a higher education system which is the “best in the world” by reducing core public funding. Australian higher education is … [Read more...]
NCVER News June 2014
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How to develop good research questions What's your problem? Refining your research question Interested in finding out how to develop good research questions to make your project a success? This is one of five pre-conference workshops at the 23rd National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills' on 9 - 11 July 2014, Melbourne. Other workshops include: * Getting to know the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth: research, data and resources * Preserving our research: the archival role of VOCEDplus * Rolling the dice: tips for successful research funding proposals * Accessing NCVER Portal for VET research and statistics. Find out more and register … [Read more...]
TDA Newsletter 9 June 2014
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Red tape slashed for training packages The Minister for Industry Ian Macfarlane has taken the knife to regulation of training packages, making it easier to implement minor changes and removing fees for simple alterations. From July 1, when a training package qualification is changed, but the vocational outcome remains the same, training providers will no longer need to apply to their regulator or pay a fee to update their registration. The Minister described it as the “first in a series” of changes to reduce red tape in the vocational education and training (VET) sector. “This is a common sense approach developed as a direct result of listening to industry and training providers and … [Read more...]
ACPET National Monday Update Edition 557, 9 June 2014
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In Focus Great news for VET and a tussle in higher education... As members will have seen from ACPET's comments on Friday on our social media platforms - we are as pleased as our RTO members with news that from 1 July ASQA will automatically update scope of registration for equivalent training package products and not charge fees for these administrative changes. Details have been sent by ASQA to all RTOs it registers. In case you missed it, the information is on the ASQA website. ... Read more National ACPET's Health Check offer for members As part of members’ renewal for 2014/15, ACPET is offering a $500 discount on any of its Health Check services … [Read more...]
The Scan Early Edition – # 151 – 27 May 2014
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___________________________________________________________________________________________ Fees to double: NTEU 27 May 2014 | Analysis by the National Tertiary Education Union of the impact increased university fees predicts that degrees such as engineering, law and dentistry could cost over $100,000, and medicine could rise to as much as $180,000. On average, the cost of degrees will more than double. Higher fees when combined with the new market-determined interest rate, will take more than twice as long to pay back for some degrees. For graduates that take time out from the workforce to care for family members, HELP debts might not be paid off until they reach their late … [Read more...]
ACPET National Monday Update Edition 555, 26 May
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In Focus National Skills Summit and other updates t is with great pleasure that I can advise members and stakeholders that Minister Macfarlane has agreed to give his first headline address to the VET sector at next month’s ACPET-ACCI National Skills Summit. We are still finalising the program but make sure you keep the 25th June free in your diary to enable you to join us in Canberra for the day and hear directly from the Minister on his plans for VET (including we anticipate an outline of the government’s thinking on de-regulation/proportionate regulation for RTOs). We’ll have details to you shortly.... Read more National Introducing ACPET's Quality Help … [Read more...]
