This phase 1 report details:

• how sustainability is covered in MSA qualifications
• work MSA will undertake to better support skills for sustainability in manufacturing and automotive

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A report assessing the effectiveness of the traineeship model for young people has been released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research…read more

IBSA’s environment scan (Escan) gathers annual industry advice on the skills and workforce development needs of businesses in IBSA’s six industry sectors. Following validation by the Sector Advisory Committees and approval by the IBSA Board, Escan 2010 was submitted to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations at the end of February. Escan 2010 is a detailed, evidence-driven report, which presents qualitative and quantitative analysis of skills in demand data and information.

Escan 2010 identified:

• skills and workforce development priorities for IBSA’s six industry sectors
• priorities for Training Package continuous improvement activities, and
• apparent and emerging skills issues at the sector and cross sectoral levels.

The Escan 2010 overview and sector specific reports are available at www.ibsa.org.au/news-and-projects/environment-scan.

The report on Lean Skills across all the IBSA Training Packages is now available on the IBSA website. Lean has been successfully implemented in manufacturing industries for the last 25 years, but only recently have organisations begun using Lean office as a business operating philosophy and key productivity factor, to streamline and eliminate waste from administrative processes, improve quality and achieve bottom line savings. For more information please contact Maria Deak.

The report can be found at: http://www.ibsa.org.au/Portals/ibsa.org.au/docs/reports/Scoping_Lean_Skills_Final_Report_190110.pdf

The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has released a publication on the outcomes for students who completed their vocational education and training (VET) under the Productivity Places Program (PPP) during 2008.

The report collected information about the level and type of training students undertook, further study patterns, whether they achieved their main reason for undertaking training and how relevant the training was to their current job.

To view the full report visit www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2220.html

Service Skills Australia (SSA) has published a scoping report outlining its vision for a nationwide workforce development strategy for the sport and recreation sector, and is calling for industry feedback.

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Second regional Horizon Report predicts six areas of emerging technologies that will impact on education in Australia over the next 5 years:

Mobile devices, private clouds, open content, virtual worlds, location-based learning and smart objects and devices.

Launched September 25th in Brisbane at the Emerging Technologies and Education Symposium.

Help shape the national VET research agenda

If you are interested in putting your ideas forward on the national VET research priorities, then the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) wants to hear from you. This discussion paper, and the deliberations it aims to prompt, identifies a number of key themes related to priorities for future research. The deadline for submissions is Friday 18 December 2009

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Across OECD countries, governments are seeking policies to make education more effective while searching for additional resources to meet the increasing demand for education.

The 2009 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ performance. It provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators on the performance of education systems and represents the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally.

The indicators look at who participates in education, what is spent on it, how education systems operate and the results achieved. The latter includes indicators on a wide range of outcomes, from comparisons of students’ performance in key subject areas to the impact of education on earnings and on adults’ chances of employment. New material in this edition includes:

The ExcelTM spreadsheets used to create the tables and charts in this book are available via the StatLinks printed in this book.

Findings | New material
Data | How to obtain this publication
News releases and press material | Country notes
Videos | Multilingual summaries
Previous editions of Education at a Glance
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Skills Australia’s position paper ‘Foundations for the Future: Proposals for the Governance, Architecture and Market Design of the National Training System’ has been released, reporting findings and recommendations for a new governance framework for the National Training System.

The paper involved an extensive review and consultations across all jurisdictions and engagement with key stakeholders, the paper supporting a more aligned and streamlined governance model for an integrated tertiary sector.

Download a copy of the report: Foundations for the Future: Proposals for the Governance, Architecture and Market Design of the National Training System’