NCVER VET Knowledge Bank

The VET Knowledge Bank contains a suite of products capturing Australia's diverse, complex and ever-changing vocational education and training (VET) system. It aims to provide a collected memory of VET reference information. The VET Knowledge Bank is a living, growing resource.

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ELICOS Standards 2018

Australian Government website link to the Federal Register of Legislation - ELICOS Standards 2018. The ELICOS Standards apply to providers who deliver courses which are solely or predominantly of English language instruction to student visa holders in Australia. The ELICOS Standards 2018 provide a basis on which regulatory authorities may register a provider on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Course for Overseas Students (CRICOS) under the ESOS Act, to deliver an ELICOS course.

Practice Guide - Information

ASQA's Practice Guides must be read alongside the relevant legislation to ensure regulatory obligations are fully met, and providers should also consider the policy intention of the revised Standards.

VRQA: Regulatory Approach Statement 2022

The statement sets out the high-level regulatory approach, including: regulatory purpose and principles, who is regulated and how, as well as explaining the elements of the regulatory toolkit.

ELICOS Standards 2018

Australian Government website link to the Federal Register of Legislation - ELICOS Standards 2018. The ELICOS Standards apply to providers who deliver courses which are solely or predominantly of English language instruction to student visa holders in Australia. The ELICOS Standards 2018 provide a basis on which regulatory authorities may register a provider on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Course for Overseas Students (CRICOS) under the ESOS Act, to deliver an ELICOS course.

Apprenticeships: The problem of attractiveness and the hindrance of heterogeneity (2023)

This paper examines a question posed in 2019 in the International Journal on Training and Development: ‘How do we solve a problem like apprenticeship?’ Data sources covering a substantial number of countries are used to present findings on, and analyse, initiatives that have been implemented or that have been considered, and then to develop some analytical constructs to help address the question.

VRQA: Reporting on AQTF Quality Indicators

VRQA website link to information about reporting on AQTF Quality Indicators

Australian Government: Final Report of the 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (2021)

Final Report of the 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005.

School to work transition for young people with disability in Australia: the Ticket to Work approach (2024)

This report brings together the international research evidence about elements that result in successful transition from school to work for young people with disability.

Webinar Recording: The Legislation Landed! Let's Take a Look..

Recorded on 25/3/2025 and 1/4/2025 this 2-part webinar information series was designed to unpack the 'what' of the Standards for RTOs that have now become law.

National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (2018)

The National Principles for Child Safe Organisations set out a nationally consistent approach to promoting a culture of child safety and wellbeing within organisations.