New News
(plus other stuff we've kept 'cause it's still interesting)

June 2022

This site ceases to be updated. For over 4 years we've provided comprehensive VET sector updates at no cost to readers. This is the equivalent of one person's salary to do so. Without funding or remuneration of any kind for this service, the return on this investment can no longer warrant the expense to our business at this stage

January 2022

Landmark reforms to VET and industry engagement model progresses with Industry Clusters model

December 2021

A review of the Standards for RTOs 2015 is on the cards with a draft revised set of Standards due for release early 2022

July 2021

See the 'VET Information' page for an overview of resources related to the VET sector

3 Feb 2021

The Skills Education program for 2021 is being loaded - already a few great sessions to kick off the PD year!

25 Nov 2020

Skills Education is running a research project to understand the drivers, practices and preferences behind mandatory PD.  In you're in the VET sector and can spare 5 minutes to share your views, we'd love your input!  The shareable survey link is here: https://lnkd.in/gHtaU3t  

21 May 2020

Infection control Skill Sets approved for retail, food handling, and transport and logistics in a bid to support skilled workforces. Assessment materials for the Retail Skill Set available from Training Tools this week; food handling week beginning 25.5.20

14 May 2020

The temporary resource hub of COVID-19 support resources on this site has been retired. The VET PD Group team were one of the first to curate and collate relevant links in response to shut downs and nation-wide restrictions in late March 2020.  Many have expressed thanks for the handy site and we're pleased to have contributed some sort of community support mechanism throughout the pandemic 

March 2020

Skills Education Network is launched.  VET PD Group is hosting a series of community webinars.  Every time you choose a Skills Education session, your PD dollar supports the presenters who support skills educators; thank you!

8.1.20

Welcome to the new year! We've re-introduced the international VET news section of our reading links and highlighted in their own section, those reading articles which rely on subscription to various news services to view the content.

14.8.19

Validations Boot Camps have been launched.  These hand-on sessions are specifically designed to help RTOs and VET practitioner meet the validation compliance deadline coming for end of March 2020

10.6.19

Have you seen the curation of VET events from multiple providers?  See the Upcoming PD page for webinars, events and conferences to be held in the coming months.

17.4.19

Looking for quality and free PD opportunities?  See our new page designed to house such resources.

3.4.19

Strengthening Skills: Expert Review of Australia’s Vocational Education and Training System (The 'Joyce Report') released

27.3.19

11th hour reprieve for those not yet completed TAE upgrade - deadline extended until 1 July 2019

12.1.19

Special reader request has us introduce the latest for the weekly VET PD Group PD Reading Round Up.  If you'd like to get notification of the weekly release of PD Reading straight to your inbox, you can register for that here

5.12.18

On 28th November 2018, it was announced by Australian PM, Scott Morrison, that an independent review of the VET sector will be launched. VET PD Group has created a special page on our website to track progress of the report and mentions through the media.

12.7.18

VET Fast 5 - Michelle Charlton on Bad Press

27.6.18

Great resource released from ASQA on who's who in the VET zoo

Understanding Australia’s VET sector  

17.5.18

Slides from the 2018 ASQA Provider Briefings

9.5.18

VET in the Budget

Read the education analysis for the 2018 Federal Budget