Foundation Skills Training Package ? endorsement delayed but content available for early viewing | Australian Council for Private Education and Training Monday, November 12 2012 Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA) has now completed the new Foundation Skills Training Package (FSK12), which is aimed at individuals entering or re-entering the workforce, or changing jobsapprentices, trainees or entry-level employees, andpeople outside the workforce, such as school students undertaking VET studies or ‘second chance’ learners. IBSA has not been able to submit FSK12 to the NSSC for endorsement, as the new streamlined Training Package development standards are still not finally determined. IBSA is not yet able to indicate when it will get the go-ahead to submit the Training Package. In the meantime, and given widespread enthusiasm across the VET workforce for this product, IBSA is making available all FSK12 content on the basis that it is very close to completion and stakeholders would be keen to see the nearly finished products. Foundation Training Package content includes:
2UE - Homepage Looking Back at 2011: Retrospectives and Ideas for Teaching With Them Updated | Jan. 1, 2012 We love a good year-end retrospective, and this week we’ve been rounding up the 2011 crop, from The Times and from around the Web. Following our list of links, we’ve posted some ideas for using them — in or out of the classroom. Retrospectives From The Learning Network 2011 in Rhyme and Headlines: The ‘Year in Rap’ and Our Annual News Quiz Students Opinion Question | What Will You Remember Most From 2011? Times Overviews 2011: The Year in Pictures Magazine | The Lives They Lived and The Music They Made Photo Quilt | The Lives They Loved Readers submit photographs and stories about someone close to them who died this year. TimesCast | 2011: The Year in Media (Video) Well | The Most Popular Health Topics of 2011 2011 Scrapbook | Memories From the Year in Sports Bits Blog | 2011: The Year in Memes Books | The 10 Best Books of 2011 and 100 Notable Books of 2010 Film | 2011 Favorites of A.O. Opinion | Gail Collins and David Brooks: The Year in Review — And Next Year in Preview 1. 2.
TomDispatch Training organisations - Department of Education, Training and Employment Home > Training organisations Centre for Training MaterialsIncludes the product catalogue for materials for sale through the centre, mapping guides, accredited course updates, new resources and contact details. Certificate 3 GuaranteeInformation for registered training organisations on the Certificate 3 Guarantee, including details on the application process to become a preferred supplier and other policy documents. DETConnectDETConnect is a secure site that connects industry partners with a number of departmental services via a single login to access secure information. Disability supportIncludes information about the Vocational Education and Training Disability Support Service and guidelines for making reasonable adjustment for learners with a disability. Employment skills development programsInformation about employment skills development programs. Other funded programsDetails about other funded programs currently provided in Queensland.
Murdoch Makes Fresh Apology Over Hacking Scandal Rebekah Brooks, the News Corp. executive removed last week amid the U.K. phone-hacking scandal, was arrested by police as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch made a fresh apology in national newspapers. Brooks, 43, attended a London police station voluntarily by pre-arranged appointment, her spokesman David Wilson said today in a phone interview. Police said in an e-mailed statement they arrested a 43-year-old woman on suspicion of corruption and conspiring to intercept communications. The escalating crisis around the News of the World has within two weeks forced the closure of the 168-year-old tabloid and the resignation of executives including Brooks, CEO of the News International U.K. publishing unit, and its former Chairman Les Hinton. Murdoch last week withdrew a 7.8 billion pound ($12.6 billion) bid for full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc amid opposition from U.K. politicians. News Corp. News Corp. Close Open Photographer: Jonathan Fickies/Bloomberg U.S.
VET Standards Following on from its November 2012 decision to mandate reporting of VET activity for all RTOs, the Standing Council on Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment (SCOTESE), on 7 June 2013, endorsed the standards and policy to underpin the implementation of the new reporting requirements from 1 January 2014. The standards for RTOs (both the Data Provision Requirements as part of the NVR VET Quality Framework, and the Australian Quality Training Framework) have been amended to reflect SCOTESE’s decision to introduce enhanced reporting requirements for RTOs. The amended standards and underpinning policy are now available, with all RTOs required to comply with the new standards from 1 January 2014. The National VET Provider Collection Data Requirements Policy outlines the requirements on all RTOs in collecting and reporting their nationally recognised training to the National VET Provider Collection managed by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research.
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