It’s time for our country to reckon with itself on the deeply held value of education. Is it education that we value? Or is it the credential that results from certain types of education?
We Don’t Value Education. We Value The Credential.
Labor to create Jobs and Skills agency if it wins election in 2022
The Federal Election is still more than 18 months away, but Labor Leader Anthony Albanese sent a clear pitch to locals last week: an elected Labor will invest in skill shortages in the west. Mr Albanese attended the Lendlease Skilling & Employment Centre in St Marys last Thursday, alongside Senator Tony Sheldon to acknowledge that training and jobs are critical to Australia’s economic recovery.
With over 300,000 young people left in limbo by COVID, we need a job cadet program
Australia should create a national job cadet program to help young people into work, according to a report released today by the Mitchell Institute.
Advanced apprenticeships will boost skills for future jobs, but not in time to counter COVID impacts
The Australian government has released a series of manufacturing industry policies in the lead-up to the October 6 budget. Yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke about a A$1.5 billion strategy to strengthen Australian manufacturing and supply chains. Last week, Education Minister Dan Tehan announced a A$7.2 million extension of advanced apprenticeship pilot programs across the country to teach students the high-level, specialist knowledge and skills they’ll need for industry jobs of the future.
Want to build skills and inclusivity? It’s all about peer power
In order to recover and rebuild after record losses and unemployment, businesses need to reskill and upskill their staff. Skills such as adaptability, agility, communications and more are at the top of the list of needs, in addition to some technical skills that can help companies boost their operations with a newly remote workforce.
BHP investing A$800M in jobs, METS
BHP has announced it will invest nearly A$800 million over the next five years in Australian jobs and the mining, equipment, technology and services (METS) sector.
Business to be given driving seat in skills education
The federal government is likely to announce changes to the way training packages are put together to try to give business the driving seat in course development and get workers skilled more quickly, says education analyst Claire Field.
India and Australia further Strengthens their Partnership on Skilling Agenda
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship(MSDE) and High Commission of Australia holds meeting for Cooperation in Vocational Education and Training. In an endeavor to support Vocational Education and Training (VET) in India and Australia, the Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dr. MahendraNath Pandey and Mr. Barry O’Farrell, Australian High Commissioner, today participatedin a virtual meeting to operationalize & implementCooperation in VET to promote development of occupational standards in priority industry sectors.
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UK Prime Minister says young people need new skills to compete as Covid-19 has accelerated changes in economy
Boris Johnson has promised to end the “pointless, nonsensical gulf” between university and vocational education, in what he called a “radical” shakeup of funding for post-18 education.
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Investing in the agricultural sector and skills of the future
A recent KPMG and Skills Impact report highlighted the existing and future agricultural workforce would need develop new skills to remain competitive globally.