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April 1, 2020Department updates Labour Market Information Portal
The Australian labour market is changing rapidly as the COVID-19 situation continues to develop. We have begun publishing research and analysis on labour market conditions to ensure you have the information you need to understand the effects that COVID-19 is having on the labour market, and to explore how jobs may be changing. Three sections […]
March 30, 2020
Education responses to covid-19: Embracing digital learning and online collaboration – OECD
With the spread of the covid-19, countries are implementing emergency plans to slow down and limit the spread of the virus – and prepare for a possible longer term disruption of school and university attendance. Every week of school closure will imply a massive loss in the development of human capital with significant long-term economic […]
March 27, 2020
Preparing Our Students for the Real World: The Education Shift Our Children and Future Demand
“Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.” — Joseph Campbell Prepared by the National Center for College and Career Transitions in the USA, this thought […]
The role of parents in providing careers guidance and how they can be better supported
International evidence report – now available There is much evidence on the role of parents and carers in supporting the career and education decisions of their children. It is recognised that parents/carers are not confident in the advice and support they provide as they lack understanding of the various pathways and the labour market. The […]
Redraw the Balance film recreated after original gets over 100 million views
Four years after its launch, the two-minute film ‘Redraw the Balance’ which provocatively captures how young children define career opportunities as male and female continues to generate interest. A version has just been created in Denmark. Filmed in Helsingør near Copenhagen, a class of 6-year-old students is asked to draw a picture of a captain […]
