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Where to start on the transition to the new Standards?
New requirements for ongoing registration + Current RTO operations = Where to start? Revised Standards for RTO are now in place Coming...
Mar 233 min read
14.3.25 The Revised Standards showed up on the Federal Register of Legislation
Read about the new legislative instruments that will dictate incoming changes for the VET sector. Join Education Matters by Skills Education
Mar 155 min read
Why do people resist the Cert IV TAE training?
A recount of personal experience and frustrations with the 'Cert IV' and how that changed with quality TAE training
Mar 135 min read
Why word counts in VET assessment tools are useless - and should be removed
This article gives five reasons for why word counts should not be included in VET assessment design
Feb 163 min read
How do we know when the Policy Drafts become legislation?
The VET sector is awaiting the revised Standards for RTOs While we're waiting on the revised Standards for RTOs, here's some information...
Jan 291 min read
What's the VISION of your RTO?
Strategic planning is one way to document where the RTO wants to be 22.1.25 Strategy with Vision What's the VISION of your RTO? Is there...
Jan 222 min read
Now, more than ever we need information literacy! Your business depends on it
Now, more than ever we need information literacy! Your business depends on it As a slew of information floods the VET sector about the...
Jan 124 min read
5 Ideas to Prepare for a Year of Change - Maintain Quality and Compliance in your RTO
Things to support and maintain resilience in a year of change There’s no doubt 2025 is going to be a year of change: New Standards for...
Jan 95 min read
Student support for success - Revised Standards for RTOs
The revised Standards for RTOs require VET Student Support - but what does this mean? 27.12.24 Revised Standards for RTOs When the draft...
Dec 29, 20242 min read
Credentials to train and assess VET
Until the revised Standards become legislation and the Credential Policy is finalised, there are some staples that remain constant for...
Dec 23, 20242 min read
Are the revised Standards for RTOs 'risky business'?
The revised Standards required a risk-based approach to operations 29.11.24 Revised Standards for RTOs The revised Standards for RTOs...
Dec 23, 20242 min read
It's the Vibe. It's the Feel. It's the Culture
Education Matters membership gives support for transitioning to the revised Standards for RTOs 6.12.24 Revised Standards for RTOs The...
Dec 23, 20242 min read
How does 'self-assurance' fit in to the new requirements?
Under the revised Standards, RTOs are expected to operate under a self assurance model 22.11.24 Revised Standards for RTOs Not only will...
Dec 23, 20241 min read
Compliance Requirements in the Revised Standards for RTOs
The Compliance Requirements component of the revised Standards are prescriptive 15.11.24 Revised Standards for RTOs The revised Standards...
Dec 23, 20241 min read
What is meant by 'Outcome Standards'?
On the Revised Standards for RTOs - what exactly is mean by 'Outcome Standards'?
Dec 23, 20241 min read
How much of TAE40110 is really 'equivalent' to TAE40122?
In the draft Credential Policy released in October 2024, we learned that the intention is to reintroduce TAE40110 Certificate IV in...
Dec 23, 20243 min read
The Revised Standards for RTOs
6.10.24 Despite being promised to arrive in 'early' 2024, then August 2024, when they finally did arrive on 1 October 2024 it was a...
Dec 23, 20243 min read
Scaffolding in Assessment Design
Scaffolding student responses Thinking about the way your assessment questions or tasks are constructed, is it easy for the student to...
Dec 28, 20212 min read
🛈 False information: Checked by Independent Fact Checkers
"Fake news is made-up stuff, masterfully manipulated to look like credible journalistic reports that are easily spread online to large...
Sep 11, 20212 min read
Remote learning is here to stay - if the last 180+ years are anything to go by...
It seems fair to say there's nothing new in the comments we hear so often about "how everyone jumped online in 2020", "there was a rapid...
May 12, 20212 min read
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