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National Monday Update Issue:
1. Give credit where it's due: Student qualification transfer
2. New statistical resource taps into training history
1. Give credit where it's due: Student qualification transfer
Students’ request to use their vocational qualifications as credit towards a university qualification could be managed more effectively, say TAFE and university staff.
Crediting vocational education and training for learner mobility, published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), provides insight from TAFE and enterprise-based registered training organisations into credit transfer arrangements.
Click here for the report on Crediting vocational education and training for learner mobility
Click here for the Guide to credit transfer
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2. New statistical resource taps into training history
Over one million more students undertook publicly funded training in 2008 than in 1981, when 692 000 student were enrolled.
Covering 27 years, a new statistical resource released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) offers a one-stop shop for historical data and a timeline of important events in the VET sector.
Complemented with apprenticeship and traineeship data stretching back to 1963, the two sets of data tables allow users to gain an overview of training activity over nearly the last half century.
Historical time series of vocational education and training in Australia from 1981 is available from here
Historical time series of apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia from 1963 is available from here
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