Establishment of the National Skills Standards Council - DEEWR

The National Skills Standards Council is a committee of the Standing Council for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment (SCOTESE), which is one of a number of Standing Councils that report to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). SCOTESE is the successor of the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE).

The key fuctions of the Council are:

•develop and maintain national standards for regulation of vocational education and training for approval by SCOTESE and provide advice to SCOTESE on development and implementation of the standards;
•provide information, through SCOTESE, to the regulators of vocational education and training on the implementation and interpretation of the national standards and on issues of quality standards generally in the vocational education and training sector;
•provide information to the vocational education and training sector on the national standards and any changes to the standards;
•provide advice to SCOTESE on the operation of the regulators of vocational education and training;
•endorse national training packages

For further information you can visit their website:

http://www.nssc.tvetaustralia.com.au/home

MF

Skills Australia Conference Papers - available

Some of the Skills Australia Conference Papers are available from this link.

http://www.skillsaustralia.gov.au/SkillsAtTheHeartOfTheEconomyConference.shtml#SP

Happy Reading

MF

Skill's Australia Channel

Skills Australia has recently set a YouTube Channel where you can listen some of the participants and speakers who attended the last conference in July 2011. I have attached the link to have access to the videos:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SkillsAustralia

MF

Sydney Facilitators Network - September meeting

COLLABORATION CHANGE

"Collaboration is the word on everyone’s lips as it seems that collaboration is a desired ingredient in current business, government and social change initiatives. Collaboration is the key trend in change for the foreseeable future and along with climate change is one of the great challenges of our time.

According to change guru John Kotter, Change Management doesn’t work 80% of the time. If this is so there is huge potential in filling this yawning gap. Is this the once in a generation big break for facilitators?

In this session we will explore the following big questions and more

· What is collaborative change?

· What are the opportunities for facilitators?

· What skills are required of collaborative change agents?

· What roles make collaborative change really work?

· What tools are required to facilitate grassroots initiated collaborative change?

Who should come? Change agents, facilitators, project leaders, strategists and anyone planning or implementing collaborative change.

Facilitator: Greg Jenkins is a practicing change agent, facilitator and mentor and with more than a decade experience in facilitating collaborative change. Greg is coordinator of the Sydney Facilitators Network. www.tincanlearning.com, www.changeagent.com.au."


Venue: [Our usual venue]

University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.

Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.


Time:

From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up