Post-Compulsory Education:
Bridging the Gap Symposium
This one-day symposium held in Melbourne on the 18th May 2005, enabled stakeholders to contribute their opinions and suggestions on what needs to be done from a Post-compulsory Education perspective to BUILD ENTERPRISE & PRODUCTIVITY through an adaptable, well educated and highly skilled labour force.
view brochure (92KB pdf)
Keynote Addresses included The Hon Gary Hardgrave, MP, Minister for Vocational & Technical Education and The Hon Lynne Kosky, MP, Minister for Education & Training, Victoria.
Topics Discussed
Issues considered included:
- an acknowledgement of the need for consensus between the different sectoral interests within the post-compulsory education sector;
- issue identification re cross-institutional articulation, credit transfer and quality framework;
- shifting of focus from provider-centric to marketplace responsiveness;
- accelerated scoping of opportunities which build on and improve current collaborations by multi-providers including improved infrastructure and resource sharing;
- initiatives undertaken need to be tangible, practical and most importantly value adding to both the student & provider/s;
- monitoring efficacy of multi-provider initiatives especially in regional/rural/remote areas.
Presentations
Steve Balzary, ACCI - Industry Leadership across Post-compulsory Education (336KB pdf)
Professor Ian Young, Swineburne University - The Institutional Experience (744KB pdf)
John Pittman, RMIT - Photonics Case Study (872KB pdf)
Virginia Simmons & Pat Jones, Chisholm Institute - Effective Partnerships (540KB pdf)
Kingsley Waterhouse, Challenger TAFE - Maritime Careers (512KB pdf)
Assoc Professor Harry Ballis, Monash University - Gippsland Education Precinct (860KB pdf)
Allan Ballagh, RMIT - Taskforce Discussion Paper (216KB pdf)
Tim Smith, ACPET - The Private Provider Way (204KB pdf)
