Hear about international qualification approaches
Thursday 30 April 2015, 2.30pm-3.30pm AEST
Join us for an informative webinar that focuses on selected international approaches to the development, approval, maintenance and quality assurance of VET qualifications. NCVER's Dr Josie Misko will identify common themes, including the development of national hierarchical qualification frameworks and formal systems for outcomes-based quality assurance, and government-endorsed qualification development and approval. Nicholas Huntington from Ako Aotearoa – the National Centre for Tertiary Education Excellence in New Zealand - will also join us to discuss the New Zealand approach to qualifications review and removal. Register now for Qualifications: an international approach.
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Focus on… apprenticeship completions
Latest figures show apprentice and trainee completions in Australia fell by 20.4% in the 12 months ending 30 September 2014. VOCEDplus has a number of reports that provide valuable information about apprentices and trainees including:
- Australian vocational education and training statistics: completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees 2011
- Australian vocational education and training statistics: the likelihood of completing a VET qualification 2008-11
- The effect of a mentoring program on Indigenous apprenticeship completion in Queensland
- The role of ‘culture’ in apprenticeship completions
- Understanding the non-completion of apprentices
Vote now and tell us which aspect of the apprenticeship experience you think is most critical to improving completions.