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The NT Government facilitated an information session for NT RTOs as to the current state of play in respect on apprenticeships and opportunities for future funding opportunities.
The session also provided information on current NT and related federal programs, as well as an interesting analysis of... Read more |
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There are still places available and time to register for a half-day workshop conducted by Marilyn Harvey. Marilyn is the principal consultant for Velocityworx, specialising in organisational improvement within the VET sector and has coached and mentored RTO personnel for over a decade and has a str... 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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All RTO staff and practitioners are set to benefit from a half-day workshop conducted by a true veteran of the VET sector, Marilyn Harvey. Marilyn is the principal consultant for Velocityworx, specialising in organisational improvement within the VET sector and has coached and mentored RTO personnel... Read more |
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Yes, yet another survey but one that will be fundamental in order for the NT Department of Business to understand what is required to support your RTO in attracting, supporting and growing your practitioner capacity and organisational sustainability.
An important aspect of workforce development is... 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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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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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) consultation and briefing session at the Darwin Convention Centre last Thursday was well attended by local business people and attracted a strong education and training contingent.
Departmental officials provided an overview of the strategies in... 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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Proceedings of the Productivity Commission's roundtable held in October 2012 were released last week. The Commission brought together a group of experts to discuss the role of evaluation in Indigenous policy.
Participants included
representatives of Indigenous organisations (such as Jo... 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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With the federal election campaign now less than five months away all parties – not to mention Mr Palmer’s resurrection of the United Australia Party – it’s hard to avoid the politicians that have graced the Territory over the past few weeks.
PM Julia Gillard was briefly in... Read more |
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The latest figures from AEI make for interesting if not somewhat depressing reading. As a few more billions of potential dollars of international student investment manages to avoid our shores, International enrolments in Australia continue to drop, with an 8.4% decline in HE, 13.9% in VET, an... 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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The National Council for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has released a report that examines the pathways Indigenous students in the Northern Territory take between VET and higher education.
The study explores the perspectives of students studying at higher-level VET and higher education qual... 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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Many thanks to those of you who have contacted me during the week with some feedback on the recent VET Reform Forums hosted by the NT Government. The fact that 100% of all respondents found the day of value speaks volume for the interest in the reforms and I commend the Department of Busines... Read more |
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RTO delegates from throughout the Territory gathered last week in Alice Springs and Darwin to be informed on the current reforms that will impact on all VET providers.
These two one-day sessions were well supported, with approximately 40 delegates in the Alice while the original Darwin venue had to... 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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VET Reforms forums. Demand for places at the Alice Springs and Darwin forums this week have exceeded expectations and the Darwin venue has had to be changed to accommodate the extra numbers. Please note that it will now be held in Reflections at the Holiday Inn Esplanade. If you haven&rs... 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 members would appreciate, the Last week has been quite tumultuous in so many ways. Interesting times indeed.
As we prepare for the current suite of VET reforms, it is evident from recent National Skills Standards Council and Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency considerations that the... 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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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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A broad ranging review of the standards for the regulation of VET, focusing on issues of quality, has been undertaken by the National Skills Standards Council.
The National Skills Standards Council (NSSC) has released its Position Paper: Improving VET – the case for a new system. The pa... Read more |
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One of my favourite sayings is that change is the only constant. Some people embrace change, some fear it, some roll it with but as we have witnessed last week, change is unvoidable.
In the previous edition of NMU I mentioned the NT shuffle as a ministerial revamp. As we have witnessed,&n... Read more |
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ACPET congratulates Adam Giles on his election by the Country Liberals as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory last week.
Mr Giles is not only the first indigenous chief minister of the Northern Territory but the first indigenous head of government in Australia. He was elected to the Alice Sp... Read more |
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To help your RTO use the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) to address students’ language and literacy needs, you are invited to participate in a free workshop on 18 April in Darwin.
The workshop will be an important professional development opportunity for members
to improv... Read more |
