Turning Negative Results into Positive Change
By Jack J. Phillips, Ph.D. Learning and Development professionals often must evaluate their key learning programs, collecting several types of data—reaction, learning, application, impact, intangibles and maybe even return on investments. What if the evaluation produces disappointing results? Suppose application and...
New Arrangements for Training Product Development
On 21 April 2015, the Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, announced the new model for Training Product Development for Australian Industry. This new model demonstrates the Government’s commitment to training that is high quality...
Changes for Training and Assessment Strategies
Reviewing the Standards for RTOs 2015 The new Standards for RTOs 2015 are here and with them comes another attempt to regulate some core processes in the RTO world. When we talk about core processes, at the top of the...
8 Ways to Ensure Mentoring Program Success
If you want to incorporate a mentoring strategy or program in your own or a client’s organisation, department, or team, these tips will help ensure its success: Mentoring is a development opportunity for both parties. Eager learners and seasoned veterans...
The non-for-profit leader
You may ask, “Why non-for-profit leadership?” After all, leadership is leadership, right? The answer is Yes—and No. Unique ChallengesThe context and challenges of leadership in the non-for-profit sector are unique. The primary difference, traditionally, between for-profit and non-for-profit businesses is...
Government targets VET FEE-HELP scammers
The government has announced legislative and other changes to deal with rogue training providers and better protect students. The new measures will intent to: stop providers from offering incentives to students, like cash and laptops, to get them to sign...
What’s the Primary Driver of Innovation?
Innovation is the creation and implementation of something new and different. Innovation is a fresh approach to solving a problem and application of the solution. Innovation is both thinking and doing. Innovation is follow-through, the commercialization of a good idea....
VET FEE-HELP RTOs Under ASQA’s Microscope
Targeted audits of Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) will address allegations of unscrupulous marketing and other practices intended to exploit the Australian Government’s VET FEE-HELP program. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said the national regulator, the Australian...
Delegating Regulatory Responsibility to RTOs
ASQA currently has delegation arrangements in-place with 27 RTOs – mostly TAFEs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.RTOs were required to meet the following criteria to be eligible for a delegation of regulatory responsibility: the RTO must...