Vocational education

Janice Kaushal Named Dean of Business and Applied Technology at College of DuPage

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Monday, July 31, 2023
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Glen Ellyn, Illinois--(Newsfile Corp. - July 31, 2023) - Janice Kaushal brings with her a wealth of knowledge and more than 30 years of experience in higher education to her new role as the Dean of Business and Applied Technology at College of DuPage.

Key Points: 
  • Glen Ellyn, Illinois--(Newsfile Corp. - July 31, 2023) - Janice Kaushal brings with her a wealth of knowledge and more than 30 years of experience in higher education to her new role as the Dean of Business and Applied Technology at College of DuPage.
  • "I have a history in higher education of working with multiple programs, including trade, business and IT," she said.
  • College of DuPage President Dr. Brian Caputo was impressed with Kaushal's extensive educational background that includes positions at two-year and four-year institutions.
  • Serving more than 22,000 students each term, College of DuPage is the largest public community college in the state of Illinois.

Academic and vocational education divides students – radical change could make education more equal

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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Rishi Sunak has pledged to limit “rip-off” university courses and boost apprenticeships – diverting school students away from university and towards vocational education.

Key Points: 
  • Rishi Sunak has pledged to limit “rip-off” university courses and boost apprenticeships – diverting school students away from university and towards vocational education.
  • Labour leader Keir Starmer has spoken of his desire to end “the snobbery that looks down on vocational education” through curriculum reform.
  • A more radical proposal could see the two paths integrated throughout the school system – with all students picking from both academic and vocational subjects.

Separate paths

    • Which school children went to was decided by a test taken at age 11.
    • In the early 1950s, only around 20% of children went to grammar schools.
    • But the idea of separate academic and vocational pathways has remained to this day in post-16 education, with separate qualifications available.
    • But parents and teachers – whose opinions were valuable to the students – still saw academic qualifications as the better option.

Changing the system

    • More support is needed for teachers if they are to provide even-handed advice to students and their families.
    • Vocational pathways should be recommended because this is the best option for the student, rather than a second-best option for those not as good at exams.
    • However, excluding young people with appropriate vocational qualifications maintains the hierarchies that suggest some types of knowledge are more valuable than others.
    • Now that all young people have to stay in education or training until they are 18, a system like this could feasibly be put in place.

Many Australians will need to study at both TAFE and uni: how do we get the two systems working together?

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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This is the first broad review of higher education since the 2008 Bradley Review.

Key Points: 
  • This is the first broad review of higher education since the 2008 Bradley Review.
  • If the government’s aspirations are met, it could mean the most significant changes to Australian higher education in a generation.
  • The interim report covers many different issues, from student fees to governance, teaching, international students, student wellbeing and research.

What does ‘alignment’ and ‘collaboration’ mean here?

    • When politicians and education commentators talk about the university and vocational sectors collaborating more, this can mean many different things.
    • This can include creating pathways between vocational and higher education, including how prior study in each is recognised.

Why is this important?

    • As the report notes, “many students move between the higher education and vocational education sectors during their lifetime”.
    • Vocational education can be an entry pathway into higher education.
    • Or people will complement their higher education with job-specific skills from vocational education.

Changing educational landscape worldwide

    • Just before the pandemic, global enrolments in higher education and higher vocational education were estimated at more than 200 million people.
    • Overall, it is estimated global higher education and upper vocational education has grown by more than 50% in the past 20 years.
    • It is argued this growth is driven by the expansion of higher education in developing countries, particularly India.

What is being proposed?

    • Rules can be a challenge here, especially where vocational courses are industry specific.
    • The government is yet to fully respond to a 2019 review of the Australian Qualifications Framework, which remains an important piece of the puzzle.
    • Read more:
      The National Skills Agreement needs time in the policy spotlight and it must include these 3 things

‘Must adapt’

    • As the report notes:
      The tertiary sector must adapt to facilitate growth in lifelong learning.
    • The tertiary sector must adapt to facilitate growth in lifelong learning.

DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN THE METAVERSE

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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MESA, Ariz., July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Cyber Security Training and Consulting LLC launched a new metaverse platform focused on cybersecurity within the defense industrial base (DIB) and also announced the first of its kind cybersecurity conference to be held in the virtual venue. The new CMMC Metaverse (https://CMMCMetaverse.com) provides an immersive educational and gaming experience that is uniquely focused on the new Department of Defense (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. CMMC MetaCon (https://CMMCMetaCon.com) is a virtual conference to be held in the CMMC Metaverse on November 14, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • The new CMMC Metaverse ( https://CMMCMetaverse.com ) provides an immersive educational and gaming experience that is uniquely focused on the new Department of Defense (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.
  • CMMC MetaCon ( https://CMMCMetaCon.com ) is a virtual conference to be held in the CMMC Metaverse on November 14, 2023.
  • Securing sensitive data across the global defense supply chain is critical and the new CMMC program is designed to protect the confidentiality of federal contract information (FCI) and controlled unclassified information (CUI) shared with and created by DoD contractors.
  • I met with Mr. Scott and his students earlier this year to share the metaverse vision and the APT design challenge," said Crump.

New York High School Students Triumph in Prestigious AI Education Competition

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HIA Technologies, Inc. today announced the winners of its 2023 "AI for Education" competition.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HIA Technologies, Inc. today announced the winners of its 2023 "AI for Education" competition.
  • A group of brilliant students from Tottenville High School in New York has emerged as the winners of a highly coveted competition jointly organized by HIA Technologies, the New York Department of Education, and the United Federation of Teachers.
  • Tottenville Highschool students unleash the power of AI to enhance education delivery and ease burden for teachers.
  • The competition, aimed at fostering innovation and promoting diversity in education, attracted talented students from across the New York metropolitan area.

FP Canada™ announces change to post-secondary diploma requirement for QAFP® certification

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
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TORONTO, July 13, 2023 /CNW/ - FP Canada today announces a significant change to its Qualified Associate Financial Planner™ certification requirements.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, July 13, 2023 /CNW/ - FP Canada today announces a significant change to its Qualified Associate Financial Planner™ certification requirements.
  • Effective April 2024, individuals who do not hold a two-year college diploma will have the opportunity to obtain QAFP certification if they meet certain criteria.
  • In contrast, the upcoming change will allow candidates with significant relevant work experience to earn QAFP certification without a diploma.
  • Coupled with the reimagined QAFP certification, this new change to QAFP certification requirements will allow FP Canada to remove unnecessary barriers to certification.

Insight, Intel Award 2 Education Institutions with $60,000 Esports Makeover

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
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Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT), a Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator, in collaboration with Intel, has announced Garden State Esports and Red Hawk Esports as the winners of the $60,000 Esports Makeover Contest .

Key Points: 
  • Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT), a Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator, in collaboration with Intel, has announced Garden State Esports and Red Hawk Esports as the winners of the $60,000 Esports Makeover Contest .
  • “Congratulations to the Garden State and Red Hawk Esports programs,” said Joe McAllister, education esports expert at Insight.
  • It is exciting to see two amazing educational associations selected to receive gaming devices powered by Intel® 13th Gen Core™ processors,” said Snow White, Intel director, U.S. education sales strategy.
  • The program prioritizes inclusivity in esports and academic performance, with many members awarded as National Junior College Athletic Association Esports All-Academic honorees.

Balfour Beatty Awarded Approximately $320 Million to Deliver New Prison in Georgia

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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The modern facility will support GDC’s operations in providing a highly efficient, state-owned and operated prison system that meets the evolving needs of correctional services for decades to come.

Key Points: 
  • The modern facility will support GDC’s operations in providing a highly efficient, state-owned and operated prison system that meets the evolving needs of correctional services for decades to come.
  • The facility will support services for 3,000 inmates including housing, administration, programming, general and vocational education, medical, intake and more.
  • Balfour Beatty will be the construction manager at risk and will engage early in programming and design of the new prison providing collaborative preconstruction and constructability services throughout the design phase.
  • Design and preconstruction services will start immediately with the construction contract anticipated in Q4 2023.

Belle Chemical Company Announces Its Launch of New STEM-Learning Coloring Book

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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BELLE, W.Va., July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Belle Chemical Company announces its launch of the coloring book, The Things We Make: Belle Chemical Company, designed in collaboration with the Graphic Design Class of Carver Career and Technical Education Center located in Malden. The simulated workplace project provided the students of Carver Career Center with a valuable opportunity to work with a client, helping them gain a better understanding of the communication and processes involved in creating a finalized project in a graphic design agency environment.

Key Points: 
  • BELLE, W.Va., July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Belle Chemical Company announces its launch of the coloring book, The Things We Make: Belle Chemical Company, designed in collaboration with the Graphic Design Class of Carver Career and Technical Education Center located in Malden.
  • The Things We Make: Belle Chemical Company is a 20-page coloring book that compares the chemical manufacturing process to baking a cake for students in elementary school.
  • The Things We Make: Belle Chemical Company will also launch the two STEM-learning characters, created by Carver Senior Abigail Brandt.
  • The Things We Make: Belle Chemical Company will be available at the Riverside Public Library, and Belle Chemical Company will be distributing them at community and educational events throughout 2023.

'I was putting like 20 resumes in a month': research tracks young Australians' precarious work and study lives after Year 12

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Sunday, July 9, 2023
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It also shows how COVID has made this more difficult and complex.

Key Points: 
  • It also shows how COVID has made this more difficult and complex.
  • This research looks at what has happened since the group left school two years ago.

The good news

    • The good news is more young people from low income families are working or studying after they have left school, up from 77% in 2021 to 85% in 2022.
    • Only 3% were not working, studying, doing unpaid work, volunteering or looking for work in 2022, compared to 5% in 2021.

COVID’s impact

    • As Kim* explained:
      You pretty much have assignments back-to-back, and you’ve got placement as well […].
    • So you’ve got to think, ‘can I go that long without working for an income?’
      You pretty much have assignments back-to-back, and you’ve got placement as well […].
    • And, you know with COVID […] I couldn’t actually get my hours […] And I moved on […] it’s not really a goal anymore.

Precarious work

    • The study also shows young people from disadvantaged backgrounds working in precarious part-time, low-level jobs (if they can find work at all).
    • Peter also spoke of the difficulty of finding work:
      I was putting like 20 resumes in a month.
    • No one answered me […] Of those in work, 14% were working two or more jobs, 37% wanted to work more hours, and 34% had looked for a new job in the past four weeks.
    • While there is high demand for retail work, the emphasis is on skilled occupations.
    • Read more:
      'Thinking about my future is really scary' – school leavers are not getting the careers support they need

Governments have lots of opportunities now to listen

    • The Smith Family’s findings come at a time when governments and policy makers are looking closely at how training, employment and education work in Australia.
    • The Universities Accord review is also looking at making higher education more accessible to people from disadvantaged backgrounds.