Australian Skills Quality AuthorityThe national regulator for Australia's vocation education and training sector. ASQA regulates courses and training providers to ensure they meet nationally approved quality standards.
Key organisations and research centresVOCED/NCVER page providing an alphabetical listing of some of the key organisations and research centres that operate in the Australian VET sector
Recommended web resources, reports and articles
E-assessment guidelines for the VET sectorProduced by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework and the National Quality Council (NQC), 2011. These guidelines aim to promote consistency in e-learning across the VET sector.
Language Literacy and Numeracy in TAFE Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 Nursing) [pdf]Archived webpage. Report by the Children and Youth Research Centre at QUT (July 2015). This report identifies current Language Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) and Inclusive Teaching and Learning Practices in a Diploma of Nursing. Includes recommendations for improving inclusive teaching practice and learning outcomes of students and for reducing student attrition, thereby increasing the employability of graduates.
Learning Design ToolProduced by the Australian Department of Education, the purpose of the Learning Design Tool (LDT) is to assist you in the process of choosing and developing a learning design for a learning resource which covers a unit of competence, or elements of a unit, in a Training Package. The LDT has been designed for both experienced and non-experienced users.
Models of adult learning: a literature reviewKarin Tusting & David Barton (December 2003). Published for the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy UK
Glossary of VetProduced by NCVER and updated in May 2017. Available in download format