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December 2, 2016Higher Education Standards Panel on Improving the Transparency of Higher Education Admissions.
Higher Education Standards Panel on Improving the Transparency of Higher Education Admissions have released their final report. In February 2016, Minister Birmingham asked the Higher Education Standards Panel to advise him on options to improve the transparency of higher education student admissions, while minimising regulatory burden. On 6 April 2016 a consultation paper Higher Education Standards Panel […]
November 24, 2016
FYA Releases “The New Work Mindset” report
The New Work Mindset analysed more than 2.7 million job advertisements to reveal 7 new job clusters in the Australian economy where the required skills are closely related and more portable than previously thought. When a person trains for or works in one job, they acquire skills for 13 other jobs. FYA CEO, Jan Owen […]
November 2, 2016
National Survey into Career Development Services in Australian Schools
The Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) welcomes your participation in this important survey into career development services in Australian schools. CICA is the National Peak Body for the Career Industry and advocates the benefits of quality career development in schools and the need for schools to provide and appropriately resource professional career development practitioners. […]
October 4, 2016
Foundation Skills Assessment Tool Released
The Department of Education and Training has released an interactive online Foundation Skills Assessment Tool (FSAT) to identify and measure an individual’s foundation skill levels (English language, literacy and numeracy skills as well as employability skills). The registration manual provides information on how to register your organisation for an FSAT account. It should be read prior to […]
September 15, 2016
Attitudes to employability and talent
‘While there is an assumption that individuals have the capacity to manage their own careers freely, in reality firms can choose which groups of individuals will receive access to jobs and what chances to enhance their careers they will be given.’
