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The ACPET National Conference is being held in Adelaide this year on 29-30 August at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
ACPET's national conference is the largest gathering of private and not-for-profit educators and trainers in Australia and provides a fantastic opportunity for networking an... Read more |
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Awards fostering excellence and innovation
The 2013 ACPET Awards for Excellence recognise the outstanding contribution made by individuals and organisations in private education and training in the tertiary sector, as well as outstanding industry initiatives.
The awards celebrate the great contrib... Read more |
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The ACPET National Conference is being held in Adelaide this year on 29-30 August at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
ACPET's national conference is the largest gathering of private and not-for-profit educators and trainers in Australia and provides a fantastic opportunity for networking an... Read more |
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ACPET VET and higher education members who have university partnership arrangements that support study outcomes for disadvantaged learners, may have the opportunity to expand their offerings through new partnership projects under the latest tranche of funding within the Higher Education Participatio... Read more |
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My Skills is the website that has been designed to connect students and employers with training organisations that best suit their needs.
Along with every other RTO in Australia, you should by now have received a unique URL from the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Resea... Read more |
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International students are inspiring....
The Council of International Students Australia (CISA) is looking for nominations for their Student of the Year Awards 2013.
The CISA International Student of the Year award is about recognising the significant contribution international students make... Read more |
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What are new Training Package standards?
What will this mean for my RTO?
A must-attend session for all RTO staff! You cannot afford not to know.
In late 2012, the COAG Standing Council on Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment endorsed new Standards for Training Packages for immedi... Read more |
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Opportunties still exist for enterprises to access funding to support the development of their workforce through targeted upskilling.
Three million dollars is currently available under the National Workforce Development fund, which will be allocated to organistions for upskilling of their workforce... Read more |
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Members have the opportunity to apply for funding to support their students' LLN skills development and which will assist in developing their organisational capacity around LLN.
$2 million has become available under the Workplace, English, Language and Literacy (WELL) program for the devel... Read more |
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What are new Training Package standards?
What will this mean for my RTO?
A must-attend session for all RTO staff! You cannot afford not to know.
In late 2012, the COAG Standing Council on Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment endorsed new Standards for Training Packages for immedi... Read more |
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Submissions were due last week in response to the Cost Recovery Impact Statement (CRIS) on proposed ASQA fees and charges from 1 July 2013. The new fees and charges have been proposed in line with COAG's 2009 agreement to establish ASQA as a cost-recovery agency.
Many ACPET members nationally c... Read more |
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What are new Training Package standards?
What will this mean for my RTO?
A must-attend session for all RTO staff! You cannot afford not to know.
In late 2012, the COAG Standing Council on Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment endorsed new Standards for Training Packages for immedi... Read more |
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Applications are now open for the 2013 Sustainability Champions Scholarship Program.
VET practitioners and Educators are invited to apply for the Vocational Graduate Certificate Education and Training for Sustainability (VGC ETfS) offered through the National Centre for Sustainability, Swinburne... Read more |
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As of next Tuesday 2 April the ACPET ACT office will be located in new premises in Deakin.
ACPET has been able to secure newly renovated offices in the Universities Australia building that better meet its, and its members', needs. For example, members will be able to more easily find park... Read more |
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Applications are now open for the 2013 Sustainability Champions Scholarship Program.
VET practitioners and Educators are invited to apply for the Vocational Graduate Certificate Education and Training for Sustainability (VGC ETfS) offered through the National Centre for Sustainability, Swinburne... Read more |
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Come to this ACPET member only event and hear ACPET's CEO Claire Field present an analysis of the position paper recently released by the National Skills Standards Council (NSSC) on the Review of Standards for the regulation of VET.
Members of our partner association in the ACT, Association of... Read more |
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In this series of member only information sessions, Claire Field, ACPET’s CEO is presenting a summary of the proposed NSSC changes to the national quality framework (NVR and AQTF Standards) as well as the proposed ASQA fees for 2014. Claire will also be providing an analysis of these chan... Read more |
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Applications are now open for the 2013 Sustainability Champions Scholarship Program.
VET practitioners and Educators are invited to apply for the Vocational Graduate Certificate Education and Training for Sustainability (VGC ETfS) offered through the National Centre for Sustainability, Swinburne... Read more |
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Applications are now open for the 2013 Sustainability Champions Scholarship Program.
VET practitioners and Educators are invited to apply for the Vocational Graduate Certificate Education and Training for Sustainability (VGC ETfS) offered through the National Centre for Sustainability, Swinburne... Read more |
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Key issues you need to be aware of in relation to your RTO are the changes being proposed to the VET Standards, as well as changes to Training Package Standards. See below for details on two important new workshops to help you understand these changes and have your say.
In addition ACPET is also of... Read more |
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Thanks to those members who provided input into our professional development planning for the ACT. We have heard the areas you are keen to focus on and are responding to your needs by introducing specific sessions on ASQA audit requirements over the next few months.
Next Monday 4 March Phil C... Read more |
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With ASQA finding serious non-compliances in how RTOs meet their access and equity obligations, this workshop series will help your RTO in ensuring you're compliant and you're able to meet your learners Language, Literacy and Numeracy needs.
ACPET's unique professional development progr... Read more |
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Last Tuesday ACPET and APTS members, ACPET CEO Claire Field, government officials and other sectoral stakeholders gathered to celebrate ACPET and APTS’ partnership agreement at the ACPET ACT office.
The ACT Association of Providers of Training Services (APTS) is also a member-based organisati... Read more |
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Dear members
Pleast note that all applications for RFP for the ACT Independent Industry Validation of RTO Assessment Practices Pilot Program close 22 February (Friday) 2013.
For more information please visit ACT government Education and Training website.... Read more |
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Our smaller RTOs may be interested to know that the Australian Small Business Commissioner’s first newsletter is now available online.
The new Australian Small Business Commissioner Mr Mark Brennan commenced in his role on 2 January 2013. Mark’s role is to provide advocacy and repr... Read more |
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As an organisation delivering VET or Higher Education qualifications - or both - under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), you will need to fully understand and properly implement the recent changes to qualifications types and other AQF revisions. This will assist you to make ne... Read more |
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With recent technical changes to the Standards for NVR Registered Trianing Organiations Data Provision Requirements and the Standards for VET Accredited Courses, the summary below outlines what your RTO should know about these recently legislated changes, activated in Febru... Read more |
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National Skills Week 2013, now launching its third big annual program, has proven an excellent forum for RTOs to promote their high quality education and training programs, training-to-work success and the huge diversity of careers opportunities available.
This year’s National Skills week tak... Read more |
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To support members in developing LLN capacity, ACPET has partnered with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Through this partnership, members can access ACER’s Core Skills Profile for Adults (CSPA), a robust, easy-to-use LLN diagnostic e-tool. This tool automatically genera... Read more |
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The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has just released Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation in vocational education and training: new perspectives.
Based on new evidence, this study discusses the links between cultural identity and current participation in educat... Read more |
