What now? What next? Insights into Australia's tertiary education sector

In this special episode of the podcast, Claire is joined by Dirk Mulder, founder and CEO of The Koala News and Tracy Harris, Principal, Tracy Harris Solutions to discuss where the international education sector stands now that the government's legislative changes to amend the ESOS Act look unlikely to be passed by the Senate. The podcast is the audio recording of a webinar Claire, Dirk and Tracy hosted. If you want to watch the video instead you'll find it at: https://clairefield.com.au/international-student-caps-webinar-recording/ [https://clairefield.com.au/international-student-caps-webinar-recording/] If you're not already a subscriber to the Koala News - you definitely should be: https://thekoalanews.com [https://thekoalanews.com] Finally, if you want to connect with Dirk and Tracy - here are their LinkedIn profiles: * Tracy Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-lee-harris/] * Dirk Mulder [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkjmulder/] Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]

In this episode of the podcast Claire is joined by Chemène Sinson and Maria Langwell to discuss the Revised Standards and why it's important that the Standards should still include a definition of 'competency', why there is a need for proper education and support for RTOs during this transition, and how training providers can map their existing practices to the new Standards. If you haven't seen the Revised Standards yet - they're still technically in draft form until they are legislated - but they have been signed off by State, Territory and Australian government Skills Ministers, so for now they're available on the DEWR website: https://www.dewr.gov.au/standards-for-rtos [https://www.dewr.gov.au/standards-for-rtos] And if you don't know Maria or Chemène - here's where you'll find them on LinkedIn: * https://www.linkedin.com/in/chemenesinson/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chemenesinson/] * https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-langwell-23617766/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-langwell-23617766/] Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]

On this episode of the podcast Claire is joined by two VET leaders helping shape VET's response to changes in the way work is done in the construction industry: Jason Jennings from the ACT's Construction Industry Training Council and Eve Price from ConCOVE (New Zealand's Construction & Infrastructure Centre of Vocational Excellence). You can find out more about ConCOVE at: https://concove.ac.nz [https://concove.ac.nz] and about CITC at: https://www.citc.org.au [https://www.citc.org.au] And if you're interested in AI and its impact on teaching and assessment - although the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has not yet produced any resources to support VET providers with this challenge, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency has developed an impressive array of practical resources which are also highly relevant to the VET sector: https://www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resources/higher-education-good-practice-hub/artificial-intelligence [https://www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resources/higher-education-good-practice-hub/artificial-intelligence] Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]

In this episode Claire steps through the following changes the Australian government is looking to make to international education: * through the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill - which aims to improve transparency in relation to education agents, to limit new international education providers and their activities, and to cap international student enrolments * Claire's analysis of what the student enrolment caps will mean for different providers - which she has also written about in some detail on her website at: https://clairefield.com.au/unpacking-the-international-student-caps-for-each-provider/ [https://clairefield.com.au/unpacking-the-international-student-caps-for-each-provider/] and here: https://clairefield.com.au/more-problems-in-how-international-student-caps-have-been-allocated/ [https://clairefield.com.au/more-problems-in-how-international-student-caps-have-been-allocated/] * Claire's analysis of the government's related actions to strengthen integrity in the international VET sector: https://clairefield.com.au/the-list-of-144-of-the-150-ghost-colleges-including-more-schools-the-nsw-taxi-council-ausgrid-and-more/ [https://clairefield.com.au/the-list-of-144-of-the-150-ghost-colleges-including-more-schools-the-nsw-taxi-council-ausgrid-and-more/] and the government's earlier media release on the supposed "ghost colleges" https://ministers.dewr.gov.au/giles/over-150-ghost-colleges-axed [https://ministers.dewr.gov.au/giles/over-150-ghost-colleges-axed] * Claire's explanation of why the removal of Ministerial Direction 107 may not deliver everything providers are expecting: https://clairefield.com.au/revoking_ministerial_direction_wont_be_a_silver_bullet/ [https://clairefield.com.au/revoking_ministerial_direction_wont_be_a_silver_bullet/] * Claire's analysis of why private VET providers will be hardest hit in the short-term by the student caps: https://clairefield.com.au/why-private-vet-providers-are-hardest-hit-by-student-caps/ [https://clairefield.com.au/why-private-vet-providers-are-hardest-hit-by-student-caps/] * the Senate Committee's report and recommendations on the ESOS Amendment Bill: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/OverseasStudents/Report [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/OverseasStudents/Report], and * the recent PIE panel discussion on the proposed changes and their likely impact: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/australia-intled-landscape-whats-at-stake [https://www.crowdcast.io/c/australia-intled-landscape-whats-at-stake] Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]

In this episode of the podcast Claire is joined by the President of the Digital Education Council, Danny Bielik to discuss the work of the Council and how education is changing and what that means for institutions. During their conversation they discuss: * a recent global survey conducted by the Council on students' views and use of AI in education: https://www.digitaleducationcouncil.com/post/digital-education-council-global-ai-student-survey-2024 [https://www.digitaleducationcouncil.com/post/digital-education-council-global-ai-student-survey-2024] * the work of the government of Singapore in keeping its citizens upskilled for the changing world of work: https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg [https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg] (see particularly the 'initiatives' tab), and * Danny reminds us of how difficult it is in early stages of technological change to predict the future (see for example his short post [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dannybielik_ai-genai-aiineducation-activity-7234083426205622274-O13e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop] on the Nokia Communicator - once heralded as the future of the internet!) Contact Claire: * Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire Field [https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-field-and-associates/] * Follow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/clairefield.bsky.social] * Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.au [https://clairefield.com.au] * Email me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au [http://www.johnbriggs.net.au/]