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Newsletter: March 2006
International Industry Skills – Innovation Benchmark MissionTDA will lead a dedicated Industry – TAFE Mission to review innovation strategies and workforce participation best practice in October. The International Skills Mission will tour Singapore ITEs, new platforms of innovation and industry linkages in the UK, and include an Experts Group Roundtable - hosted by the Ministry of Education, Finland. Dates for the 14-day tour are 7-22 October, and positions will be apportioned on a first-in-first-served basis! Please register with TDA asap Fiona.Maxwell@tda.edu.au A special Delegate Mission Kit will be circulated to interested registrations. The outcome of the International Industry Skills – Innovation Mapping Mission will be prepared as a detailed report toward the COAG Reference on Skilling, and a Benchmark Report delivered to the TDA Convention in Adelaide in November 2006. TDA Submissions on Higher EducationA detailed submission has been made to the Higher Education Protocols Review by TAFE Directors Australia. The submission argued that TAFE colleges and institutes require more flexibility to improve client education service, and outcomes for students. A copy of the submission is posted on the http://www.tda.edu.au/Submissions.htm National Audit on New ApprenticeshipsThe Australian National Audit Office has invited TAFE Directors Australia to comment on its current review of New Apprenticeships. The TDA Executive will meet ANAO in coming weeks. TDA Members are invited to submit any comments by 9th June 2006 please. Direct comments to Martin.Riordan@tda.edu.au Chongging China is ISC Delegate Visit to AustraliaAustralia’s TAFE sector support for the China Chongging Province ACCVETP project has shown new dividends. A special Chongging delegation toured Australia in May, led by Team Leader Antoine Barnaart. A special guest was Zhang Zhao-wen, Assistant Inspector, Ministry of Education, China. Presentations were made by Martin Riordan (TDA), senior DEST and AEI executives, and ISC leadership on the benefits and workings of the Australian ISC system, and how TAFE related to ISCs. Congratulations to Antoine Barnaart on his leadership of the group, with positive reports of the Australian tour. [A special report on the Chongging Project is included in the TDA Annual Report, released in May – http://www.tda.edu.au/AnnualReports.htm] Australia China Free Trade AgreementVirginia Simmons - CEO Chisholm Institute, has kindly compiled a
report
Annual General Meeting & Publication of Annual ReportTAFE Directors Australia hosted its AGM at Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Melbourne, on Friday 5th May 2006. The TDA Annual Report for 2005 was formally released, and is being posted direct to Members. http://www.tda.edu.au/AnnualReports.htm 'One Stop Shop' to the VTE SectorA Ministerial Company is being established to provide a ‘one stop shop’
to the VTE Sector. The New Company will provide access to VTE products and
services including learning resources and support materials, copyright
licence agreements, as well as providing administrative services to peak
industry bodies. (ATP
Media Release
Royce Standish has been appointed to the position of General Manager Quality & Recognition with the New Ministerial Company. Royce's primary responsibility will be to support the National Quality Council. Land Care Tender ConsortiumRecently a consortia of 4 TAFE colleges spanning Victoria, Qld and Western Australia recently submitted a joint response to tender calling for the delivery of accredited training to Landcare coordinators across the nation by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The consortium consisting of:
Collaborated via teleconferencing and email in developing the tender response the consortium experienced a new opportunity for Tafe Institutes to work collaboratively together. Whilst the consortium are yet to hear if they have been successful in their tender response, the benefits of developing professional networks with colleagues from Tafe Institutes across Australia was as beneficial to the consortia as the opportunity to respond to the DAFF tender itself. Education & Training Journal - Call for papersPapers are now being sought for inclusion in the Education & Training Journal. The Journal gives specific consideration to the role of young people in the labour market, looking at how the transition from school/college to employment unfolds. Submissions can be email to e&t@emeraldinsight.com or via the JADE submission system. As a guide articles should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length. It is the Journal's intention to strike a sound balance between theory and practice. For more information on the journal email the editor, Rick Holden at e&t@emeraldinsight.com or visit the journal homepage at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/et.htm. Industry Skills Council Forum - Overview of ActivitiesISC Forum Final 19 May 06
( AusIndustry's Information PackageAusIndustry is the Australian Government’s business program delivery division in the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources. AusIndustry delivers a range of more than 30 business products, including innovation grants, tax and duty concessions, small business services, and support for industry competitiveness worth nearly $2 billion each year to about 10,000 small and large businesses. AusIndustry has designed an Information package which includes programs that tertiary institutes (including TAFEs) can apply for. This information is accessible through the AusIndustry website by typing in 'TAFE' in the search engine; www.ausindustry.gov.au Further details can be found in the fact sheets provided on these programs or by contacting the AusIndustry Hotline on 13 28 46 or hotline@ausindustry.gov.au. Diary NoteThe 1st Australia-China Symposium on Science, Technology and Education -
12-13 August 2006 (University of New South Wales, Sydney). For
further
information ( HGAC Consultative Workshop - 8 June, Melbourne http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about/committees/hgac/index.htm |
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from recent meetings in China involving DFAT and Senior China Trade
Authorities.