Edition 427, 29 August 2011

The Future of International Education in the Asia Pacific

Darwin played host to visiting international delegates from the Asia Pacific region, ACPET members, government and key stakeholders at the Asia Pacific International Education Forum Darwin Gateway event last Monday.

National

What's on around the country?

In Focus 29 August 2011

What a great series of conference events we enjoyed last week – thank you to all of ACPET’s stakeholders who made each event such a success.

Australian Capital Territory

Training and Tertiary Education September Forum

The next Training and Tertiary Education Forum will be held on Monday 26 September 2011.

FREE e-learning professional development (e-pd) opportunities

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework provides the vocational education and training (VET) system with the essential e-learning infrastructure and expertise needed to respond to the challenges of a modern economy and the training needs of Australian businesses and workers.

ELT International Student Barometer 2011

English Australia, with funding support from the Australian government through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) is coordinating a project

National Workforce development Fund

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’ (DEEWR) National Workforce Development Fund (the Fund) applications are now open.

New South Wales

Jihad v Jobs - Ron Bruder - international business lunch opportunity - this Wednesday

This is a one off opportunity for you to engage with Ron Bruder, an international industry leader, recently named in Time Magazine world’s top 100 most influential people.

Austrade's Malaysian education market update - webinar briefing TODAY 11.30am

NSW members are invited to join Austrade’s Education Managers in Kuala Lumpur, Padmini Pillai and Amy Gonsalviz, for a webinar briefing TODAY at 11.30am on recent developments in the education market in Malaysia.

To Be or not to be a Higher Education Provider - September 7

If you are considering becoming a non self-accrediting higher education institution then this workshop will help guide you through the maze.

Meeting the challenges of competency based assessment

This is the second in a series of 6 workshops designed for VET practitioners around the Standards for NVR registered training organisations, assessment and compliance.

Flexible Learning E-Assessment workshops

E-assessment is being used increasingly across the Australian VET sector. National benchmarking surveys conducted by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework show that 45% of RTOs are using e-assessment.

Small Business opportunities for the Newcastle Hunter region

The NSW Department of State and Regional Development has released the Small Business September (SBS) issue with events and activities for the Hunter region.

Queensland

Environmentally sustainable work practices

Under the green skills agenda, sustainable work practices have become a mandatory requirement in all pre-vocational and apprenticeship training.

South Australia

ACPET PD - Training and Assessment Series: Assessment Validation for RTOs: Compliance wtih AQTF validation requirements - 31 August

This is the second workshop of the ACPET Community of Practice in Validation for VET practitioners involved in training and assessment, for the following industry areas:

ACPET PD - Compliance Series: VET - AQTF Compliance for Admin Staff - 5 September

This workshop is for administrative staff involved in the paper work and record keeping associated with compliance in education and training, who need an overall understanding of the VET regulatory environment. This is NOT a high level workshop on broad policy issues.

ACPET PD - Business Series: Succeeding in the International Marketplace - 13 September

This session is designed to bring VET business owners, managers and practitioners up to speed with the many changes in the legislative, policy and programming areas of international education.

Help support disaster-affected students by becoming a ACPET National Disaster Scholarship Scheme sponsor

The Australian Council for Private Education and Training’s (ACPET) National Disaster Scholarship Scheme provides training assistance to individuals affected by major natural disasters that have occurred in Australia.

ACPET SA Professional Development and Events Calendar 2011

ACPET SA is proud to present its 2011 Professional Development and Events calendar, tailor-made for the private education and training sector in South Australia.

SA News

DFEEST: Building Capability: Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) Foundation Skills For the Future

Inaugural SA Governor’s International Student Awards – Apply by 31 August

Training.gov.au has now gone live replacing the former NTIS system
And more...

SA Events

31 August - SAWAN networking and sharing event

1 September - Innovate SA - The Economic Benefit from Sustainable Business: Managing Risk (& Opportunity)

13 September - National e-Assessment Roadshow in Adelaide

And more...

Tasmania

ACPET Sponsors 2011 Tasmanian Training Provider of the Year Award – Congratulations to Work and Training Ltd

ACPET was proud to sponsor the prestigious Tasmanian Training Provider of the Year Award once again in 2011.

ACPET Member, MEGT Institute, Wins Three Prestigious Tasmanian Training Awards

At the recent 2011 Tasmanian Training Awards, MEGT Institute won three prestigious Awards:

Victoria

VIC and TAS Executive Officer Meets with Professor Ernest, the United Republic of Tanzania

Recently, ACPET’s national office was visited by Professor Ernest, Advisor for the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, The United Republic of Tanzania.

ACER Conference- Measuring and Improving Student Engagement and Experiences

In late November, ACER has organized a Conference for Higher Education providers in Melbourne.

Austrade’s Central Europe Market Briefing Session

Austrade Melbourne will be hosting a Central Europe market briefing on 26 September 2011 presented by Austrade Country Manager for the Czech Republic.

Western Institute of Technology – Staff and students hit the slopes!

On a dark and cold Saturday morning, 6 August 2011, the staff and students from Western Institute of Technology gathered at 6am to begin the journey to Mount Buller for their fun winter adventure!

AQTF Compliance for Admin Staff

Vet Compliance Series

VET Fee Help

Business Support Series - Breakfast

Using Media Effectively for CEO’s and Managers-Breakfast (FREE BOOK)

Business Support series- Breakfast

Building a Business Around the Brand (FREE BOOK)

Business Support series

Western Australia

ACPET WA strengthening local relationships

As part of building ACPET WA’s links with relevant local organisations, Trevor McCrystal, Executive Officer, recently met Marian Fulker, Chief Executive Officer of the Committee for Perth.

WA members have a say

The WA ACPET office is conducting a survey of the WA membership and invites feedback from all our independent providers of education and training.

Calls for expression of interest to WA Members to host a WA ACPET Committee meeting

The ACPET WA Committee invites all interested members to express an interest in hosting the venue for one of our bimonthly meetings.

New centre to boost training and workforce growth in the South-West

Training and workforce opportunities for Aboriginal people throughout the South-West will improve through the provision of a new centre to increase workforce participation.

National Monday Update

In Focus

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