NCVER News #367

Students, disability services staff and teachers are all important in identifying support needs, developing support plans and negotiating how learning can be reasonably adjusted to meet an individual’s needs. However these viewpoints differ, highlighting the need for greater collaboration to provide relevant and effective learning supports.

The research found that best practice for supporting students with disabilities involves: 

•    strengthening teacher knowledge about ways to adapt tasks and spaces to support individual students; 

•    recognising and respecting difference in student needs; 

•    establishing inclusive curriculum design and practice across the educational institution to assist students who don’t wish to disclose their disability or illness.

For more information:
Supporting tertiary students with disabilities: individualised and institution-level approaches in practice

Good Practice Guide: supporting students with disability or mental illness in tertiary education

Did you know that subjects and keywords are assigned to all entries in VOCEDplus to help you find relevant resources more easily? The VOCEDplus team, in its aim to keep pace with new developments in the vocational education and training (VET) sector, has recently reviewed and updated the list of terms to ensure that terminology used reflects the current state of the sector. Consequently, there are now 52 broad subjects and 620 narrower keywords. New keywords include:

•    Displaced worker

•    Green skills

•    Internship

•    Skill sets

•    Work integrated learning

To view the complete list of subjects and keywords, refer to the updated Guide to subjects and keywords. For more information on how to search using subjects and keywords, refer to the VOCEDplus user guide and the FAQs on searching available under Help.

NCVER will shortly release three related papers, exploring jurisdictional approaches to implementing student entitlements to vocational skills training, a key reform initiative within the National Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform (NPASR) of 2012-2016. The first being a description of the recent evolution of a national training system, the second a detailed description and analysis on the manner in which student entitlements have been implemented by states and territories, and thirdly, the reflective opinions of informed experts on these issues.

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Videos are now available to watch online:

• National Research Forum – When one door closes: VET’s role in re-skilling displaced workers
• Webinar – TVA data: a more comprehensive picture