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Warning: This post contains jargon!  It is for people with an interest in the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.  Read at your own risk! What survey!? In September I invited various TAE providers to complete a survey.  The survey asked respondents about their hopes and dreams...

Two days of outstanding presentations and discussions at Community Colleges Australia's national conference has left me feeling energised and optimistic about changes that are starting to happen in ACE and VET.  I was the conference MC and appreciated my front-row seat to all the insightful presentations...

Q: Where's an LLN specialist when you need one? A: At Velg Training’s National VET Conference in November! This year, LLN guru Jo Medlin and I get to chat about all things LLN and VET. In our conversation, we will answer some of the burning questions VET practitioners have about...

What a year we had in 2021! We continued to work online - sometimes live, sometimes not.  And we sometimes got to meet people in person, giving up our much-loved trackie daks for 'hard pants' - this year's term for slacks that are less comfortable than...

'Skills Urgency' is the title of the Australian Industry Group’s most recent report on the skill needs of Australian employees.  The report aims to prompt discussion about big changes the AIG suggests are needed to build employee skills in Australia.  The AIG states that: “A cocktail...

Live, online classes are here to stay As we emerge from isolation and return to 'normal', many in the adult education profession have debated what will the new 'normal' look like. There is no doubt that our new normal will include more live, online classes.  And why...

This is my first post of 2019. It is long overdue, but the fact is, I simply haven't had the time to write before now.  This is because, since January, much of my time has been spent training and assessing TAE upgrades. The deadline for completing the...

September 2018 was another good month for conferences - I attended (and presented at) Velg Training's National VET Conference (#2018NVC).   This year I was lucky enough to work with not one, but three experts in the area of foundation skills.  I have come to realise that...