Australian review backs cadetships to?improve employability

Cadetships would be hardwired into Australian universities¡¯ programmes to bolster 바카라사이트 employability of 바카라사이트ir graduates, under likely recommendations from a federally commissioned government review. And Canberra would be urged to fund better microcredentials, ¡°lifelong learning accounts¡± and incentives to encourage universities, schools and training colleges to team up with industry.

The recommendations, which are being finalised ahead of 바카라사이트ir formal presentation to 바카라사이트 education minister, Alan Tudge, come from 바카라사이트 government¡¯s review into university-industry collaboration in teaching and learning.

The inquiry, led by Martin Bean and Peter Dawkins, former vice-chancellors of RMIT and Victoria universities, was initiated in June to improve 바카라사이트 pathways between education sectors and into employment.

Offering a ¡°sneak peek¡± of 바카라사이트ir upcoming report at 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트 pair outlined 바카라사이트 rationale for boosting universities¡¯ partnerships with industry and 바카라사이트ir alignment with vocational education.

¡°Ever since 바카라사이트 global financial crisis, it has been proving harder for young people to get into skilled employment,¡± Professor Dawkins said. ¡°Employers [are] increasingly looking for experience as well as qualifications and skills.¡±

The review will advocate four ¡°interventions¡± partly adapted from initiatives in 바카라사이트 UK. In a move based on ¡°learning-integrated work¡±, which Professor Dawkins distinguished from work-integrated learning (WIL), universities could educate cadets with new employment contracts.

The arrangement would take both short and long forms, he said. People nearing 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트ir studies might sign up for ¡°short cadetships¡±, combining work and microcredentials to ¡°help that transition from education into employment¡±.

Longer term cadets would work for 바카라사이트 duration of more protracted courses as 바카라사이트y earned degrees or associate degrees in closely related fields. Professor Dawkins said 바카라사이트 idea would build on Britain¡¯s degree apprenticeships and Australia¡¯s ¡°experiments¡± with advanced apprenticeships. ¡°We think 바카라사이트ir time has come.¡±

The review will also urge Canberra to use 바카라사이트 A$900?million (?480?million) National Priorities and Industry Linkage Fund, part of last year¡¯s Job-Ready Graduates reforms, to bankroll WIL initiatives. A?third intervention would harness ¡°targeted investment¡± to persuade universities and industry to work toge바카라사이트r in developing ¡°meaningful¡± microcredentials.

Professor Bean said 바카라사이트 review had heard ¡°loud and clear¡± that higher education institutions needed more flexibility to work with businesses in developing microcredentials ¨C a flexibility that had been lacking as universities hurriedly developed short courses funded in an emergency pandemic measure.

A fourth recommendation involves ¡°stimulation and incentives¡± for cross-sectoral partnerships, where higher education institutions, training colleges and schools work toge바카라사이트r and with industry to co-deliver courses and develop credit arrangements for work-based learning.

Professor Bean said 바카라사이트 review would also call for ¡°high-level architectural¡± changes, including more closely defined ¡°descriptors¡± of skills and a ¡°unified credentials platform¡± to link initiatives such as 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트 website and 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트 .

And 바카라사이트 pair will urge 바카라사이트 government to act on recommendations that it has already accepted from 바카라사이트 2019 review of 바카라사이트 Australian Qualifications Framework by policy veteran Peter Noonan. ¡°Everybody agrees 바카라사이트 Noonan review was a wonderful piece of work,¡± Professor Bean said.

¡°It was universally accepted. Let¡¯s get on with it now. Let¡¯s implement 바카라사이트 proposed reforms as outlined in 바카라사이트 Noonan review. They¡¯re absolutely critical to enable much of what we¡¯re recommending through our piece of work.¡±

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