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Leadership within education is always a challenge, but in the rapidly changing technology landscape we now work in, it seems even more daunting. I've collected some interesting reflections on educational leadership here. Enjoy!
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Some trends for Australian HE and VET: Learning to be agile for 2023

Professor Michael Sankey from Charles Darwin University examines some of the emerging trends that will influence the Higher Education and Vocational Education sectors over the next while, but particularly in 2023.
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'How is this possible?': The pensioner saddled with a $75,000 tax debt

'How is this possible?': The pensioner saddled with a $75,000 tax debt | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
David Reeves was duped into an expensive student loan - and the time for victims to have such loans cancelled is running out.
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Governments challenged to shake up 'Byzantine' vocational education system

Governments challenged to shake up 'Byzantine' vocational education system | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
A Productivity Commission report has found the skills sector is "underperforming, excessively complicated and suffers from ad hoc policy approaches".
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Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)

Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is the national regulator for Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector.
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Vocational education starved of funding as demand for skills soars

Vocational education starved of funding as demand for skills soars | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Government investment in vocational education and training has slumped to its lowest level in a decade, despite anticipated growth in employment in the sector.
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ACCC wins record $26m penalty against bankrupt education provider Empower

ACCC wins record $26m penalty against bankrupt education provider Empower | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
The ACCC is unlikely to pocket its record penalty against a defunct training college, but it says its Federal Court win is important for the message it sends and because the debts of affected students will be cancelled.
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Indigenous art centres that sustain remote communities are at risk. The VET sector can help

Indigenous art centres that sustain remote communities are at risk. The VET sector can help | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Most Indigenous art works are produced in around 90 Indigenous art centres located in very remote regions. But there are staff and management issues, which can be solved by better VET programs.
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Skills education needs action, not more talk

Skills education needs action, not more talk | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
A flawed vocational training system is letting down Australia at a critical time for skills. Two University of Melbourne experts have a simple plan to fix it.
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The vocational education sector needs a plan and action, not more talk

We already have all the research reports, reviews and inquiries we need to make reform to the VET sector happen. What we need is proactive leadership and action.
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Vocational education and training sector is still missing out on government funding: report

Vocational education and training sector is still missing out on government funding: report | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
New analysis of education expenditure shows spending on the vocational education and training sector has declined while other sectors have experienced growth.
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Why exploitation and corruption continue to dog Australia's VET sector

Why exploitation and corruption continue to dog Australia's VET sector | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
VET certification standards differ greatly from university. Students qualify for diplomas with no set course length, assignments, or campus contact.
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More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers

More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
New research shows private VET providers are ill-equipped to tackle the learning needs of vulnerable young people, who are increasingly being enrolled onto these training courses.
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VET Knowledge Bank - Glossary of VET - VOCEDplus, the international tertiary education and research database

This glossary is a compilation of Australian vocational education and training (VET) terms and acronyms. It includes both current and historical terms, concepts, acronyms and other abbreviations found in Australian VET research, policy and data.

Information about policy initiatives and programs, government departments, COAG Ministerial Councils and their committees and advisory bodies, and organisations and resources previously available in the glossary can now be accessed from within other sections of the VET Knowledge Bank.
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Young African migrants are pushed into uni, but more find success and happiness in vocational training

Young African migrants are pushed into uni, but more find success and happiness in vocational training | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Many African parents push their children to go to university regardless of their preparedness or interest. But more find happiness and success in VET.
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Most young people who do VET after school are in full-time work by the age of 25

Most young people who do VET after school are in full-time work by the age of 25 | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
There are five transitions young people aged 16-25 make between school and employment. Most involve some vocational education and training. Some involve university and others no education at all.
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VET student outcomes 2019

VET student outcomes 2019 | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
VET student outcomes 2019 presents information on the outcomes of students who completed their vocational education and training (VET) in Australia during 2018. The figures are derived from the National Student Outcomes Survey, which is an annual survey of students who were awarded a qualification (graduates), or who completed at least one subject and left the VET system without obtaining a qualification (subject completers). Summary information is presented on students’ reason for training, employment outcomes, satisfaction with training and further study outcomes. Data on the main reason for not continuing with the training are available for subject completers.
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VET FEE-HELP unfair debt wiped under redress scheme after vocational college collapse

VET FEE-HELP unfair debt wiped under redress scheme after vocational college collapse | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
When Bianca Hackett's training college collapsed she was left with no diploma and thousands of dollars in debt. Finally she has some redress.
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research Informing and influencing the Australian VET sector

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Informing and influencing the Australian VET sector
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VET needs support to rebuild its role in getting disadvantaged groups into education and work

VET’s role in employable skill development is critical. But we also need to strongly support the role VET plays in getting disadvantaged groups into education and work.
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We need to change negative views of the jobs VET serves to make it a good post-school option

Many young Australians and their parents don't consider VET as a potential post-school pathway, even if it might be more suitable for them than university.
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A new national set of priorities for VET would make great social and economic sense

VET needs a new set of priorities and operating principles that are fit for the future.
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Helping early school leavers

Helping early school leavers | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
New University of Melbourne research identifies how to better support early school leavers through the VET system.
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Vocational loans hit list revealed: jewellery making, fitness coaching to lose support

Vocational loans hit list revealed: jewellery making, fitness coaching to lose support | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Almost 500 diplomas - including in fitness coaching, fashion styling and transpersonal art therapy - are set to be stripped of access to government subsidie
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