Parents must become more openminded about vocational education or risk limiting their children’s career options. The training and career choices of young people are highly influenced by their parents with research revealing 85 per cent of boys and 74 per cent of girls feel pressured to study at university. The research, conducted by the NewContinue Reading »
‘Skilling Up: The Scope of Modern Apprenticeship’ – New Report
Ervin Dimeny, Deborah Williamson, Lisa Yates, David Hinson | November 19, 2019 | The apprenticeship movement is reshaping skills, policies, and programs in the United States at a critical moment in our country’s history. This reader offers a chorus of voices emanating from different countries and populations, echoing commitment to bright, sustainable workforce futures throughContinue Reading »
Tasmania Model Solar Car Challenge
P-TECH in collaboration with TasTAFE are delivering an eight week short course to year 10 students at Parklands High School. The aim of the course is to introduce students to the wide and varied career and educational pathways available in Advanced Manufacturing. They will be engaged in a series of project based learning activities thatContinue Reading »
P-TECH Australia Takes Off in Brisbane
An innovative program launching in Brisbane will enable high school students to work closely with local businesses to develop the skills they will need to succeed in the jobs of the future in local growth industries. The $5.1 million Australia Government funded Pathways in Technology (P-TECH) Australia pilot program will establish a site at AviationContinue Reading »
Citi New Recruits graduate gets down to business to achieve fashion dream
Citi New Recruits graduate, Adau Dut, has completed her WPC Group Business Traineeship – the first milestone on the journey to achieving her dream career. Moving from Sudan to Australia in 2004, Adau Dut completed her schooling, but never quite managed to secure a job. In 2018, Adau gained a full-time job as a WPCContinue Reading »
‘Job snobbery’ crisis takes over – Courier Mail
Employers struggle to attract candidates AS MANY as 5000 apprenticeships are sitting vacant across Australia, as the nation suffers “job snobbery”. Employers struggle to attract enough applicants and many young people do not turn up to job interviews. National Apprentice Employment Network (NAEN) national executive officer Dianne Dayhew said employers were desperate for apprentices, particularlyContinue Reading »
Organisations work together to kick-start young people’s careers
With the shared mission to help young people in Australia gain employment, it’s no surprise that the relationship between SkillsPlus and Skilling Australia Foundation is delivering positive results for both of the not-for-profit organisations and the young people they support. After finishing school at the end of 2017, Micah Taylor was receiving youth allowance, soContinue Reading »
‘TAFE success rate growing’ – Your Local Independent, Port Macquarie
KICKSTART your life with a visit to your local TAFE. January 15-20 is Enrolment Week for TAFE NSW locations where future students will get the chance to find out all there is to know about their dream studies. “TAFE NSW is more important than ever because of the high quality VET training it is knownContinue Reading »
‘Bootcamp, but not as you know it’ – Medium, Online
How boot camps are giving young people a leg up to employment. By Amy-Lou Cowdroy-Ling. Bootcamp. I bet you’re thinking about scraping the sleep out of your eyes at a 6am fitness session. Nup, but this type of boot camp we’re talking about is definitely an eye opener. It’s not nasty tractor-tyre dragging stuff. HumiliationContinue Reading »
Trip of a lifetime for Melbourne Apprentice
2017 International Scholarship award winner Ellearn Savvidis embarked on a weeklong scholarship to the United States at the end of July, which included cultural immersion into another country, observation at the number one Mercedes-Benz dealership in the United States, along with memories that will last a lifetime! Ellearn is employed through Group Training Organisation (GTO)Continue Reading »