Reforming the Australian Qualifications Framework for the future

Actions Panel

Reforming the Australian Qualifications Framework for the future

Join us to examine the benefits of the proposed Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) – and to bust some myths along the way.

By Ai Group

Date and time

Mon, 3 Oct 2022 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

Note: This event has been rescheduled from its original date of 22 September, due to the recently announced public holiday coinciding with that date. It will now take place on 4 October. If you have any questions about this new arrangement, please contact cet@aigroup.com.au.

The 2019 Noonan Review of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) provided a bold and important road map to a reformed and world-leading education and training sector for Australia. What benefits does the proposed AQF offer? This webinar will bust a few myths.

The Review stated that the relevance, effectiveness and utility of the AQF is arguably more important today than ever. It provides a common language for the design and description of the types of Australian qualifications and the relationships between them, in a future where increasing levels and closing gaps in levels of educational attainment will remain a central economic and social policy goal for Australia.

Employers have strong and growing expectations that graduates will be work ready and productive. In turn, employees expect to have their skills and capabilities recognised and rewarded with ongoing opportunities for career and personal development. Individuals will need to be able to manage multiple career transitions, and to build their own career paths and business opportunities, through continuous learning and development. Some professions are also refocusing their requirements for professional entry and ongoing accreditation on a broad range of aptitudes and capabilities.

The Review proposed a comprehensive set of reforms and an implementation plan that would see a future AQF evolve to better perform its key functions, and to support and reflect ongoing change and innovation in qualification development and delivery.

Join Megan Lilly, Executive Director of the Centre for Education and Training and member of the Expert Panel for the Review as she discusses the vision for the AQF with panellists:

  • Professor Sally Kift, Higher Education Consultant and President, Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows.
  • Scott Neil, Head – Digital Employment Forum, Tech Council Australia.
  • Georgette Elston, Head, Resourcing and Early Careers, BAE Systems Australia

Organised by

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) is Australia's peak industry association. Acting on behalf of business for 150 years, we are the country's only truly national employers' organisation.

 

Ai Group represents the interests of more than 60,000 businesses employing more than 1 million staff. Our longstanding involvement with diverse industry sectors including manufacturing, construction, transport, labour hire, mining services, defence, airlines and ICT means we are genuinely representative of Australian industry.

 

With more than 250 staff in offices across NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and WA, we have the resources and the expertise to meet the changing needs of our members. We provide the practical information, advice and assistance you need to run your business more effectively.

 

Ai Group also offers members a voice at all levels of government through our policy leadership and influence. Our deep experience of industrial relations and workplace law positions Ai Group as the leading advocate on behalf of enterprises large and small across Australia.

 

We intrinsically appreciate the challenges facing industry and remain at the cutting edge of policy debate and legislative change – and strategic business management.

Sales Ended