Agenda

• Legal issues as the new framework morphs into reality - challenges for navigation
• The position of non-referring states - VIC and WA
• The transfer of power - legal implications
• The new VET Quality Framework

• Advantages of Victoria’s devolved governance system
• Examining of some of the challenges of autonomy
• Future directions in the state and national context

• Avoiding being overwhelmed - ensuring that the VET purpose is a progressive and propulsive element in the collaboration
• Identifying and tackling the challenges - head on
• Articulating honestly the advantage of collaborative models and for whom
• Governance measures that could strengthen the independence and quality of the VET partner while adding to the overall tertiary goal

• Effective regulation for international students in VET
• The Knight Review
• Reviewing assessment levels and the student visa risk management framework and provider risk model
• Offshore TAFE provision - international partnerships and offshore campus delivery

• How will TAFEs operate in a competitive and contestable environment
• Implications for funding and finance
• Sustaining quality, accessibility and affordability of TAFE

• Examining market capacity and conditions – emerging risks in a free market
• Challenges for commercial viability
• Issues for quality in an open environment
• Impact on regional TAFEs
• Examining new funding models - will they deliver quality, access and equity in VET?

• Broadening participation, access, diversity in education and transition to workforce and further learning
• The challenges in the emerging tertiary sector to support and develop cross sector movement and articulation
• Effective cross sector collaboration for deliberate and purposeful course design
• Case study: Victoria University integrated education programme

• Cross sector collaboration – talking as equal partners to enable effective and efficient pathways between TAFEs and Universities
• Degree provision by TAFEs – driven by student and industry demand - building capacity and niche strengths
• Pathway degrees – maintaining rigour and focus on quality and our mission

The recent review of VET in UK commissioned by the Secretary of State for Education and led by Professor Alison Wolf looked at how VET for 14-19 year olds could be enabled to promote smooth transitions into the labour market and higher education. This session provides an insight into the review and the implementation process.

• Effective leadership builds strong culture that enables organisations to navigate competitive markets in uncertain times
• Does Governance provide a compass or do customers set direction
• How do cultures change to meet stakeholder demands
• Inspirational leadership’s role is to foster emerging leaders - the foot soldiers of cultural change

• Impact of legislation, politics and policy on organisational and sector mission
• Developing strategy to build and maintain relationships and influence with state and federal agencies
• Challenges for boards and councils in anticipating and acting upon emerging political and legislative developments and change

• Key areas for focus in the TAFE context - juggling public accountability with commercial viability
• Strategies and processes for effective financial governance - achieving budgets and targets, transparency and compliance
• How can cost efficiencies be found and overall budget strategy strengthened in a deregulated and competitive market

• Competitors face substantial penalties for anti-competitive agreements
• Conduct may need to be modified to comply with legal boundaries
• Staff need to be trained and instilled with a culture of compliance

• Regulatory changes relating to the VET sector and the opportunity for organisational improvement
• Working with teachers to examine teaching and learning practices, and identify opportunities for evaluation and improvement
• Reframing the imperatives for compliance as organisational learning experiences, resulting in greater ‘buy-in’ and more sustainable change

• Underpinnings for sustainable practice and governance - social, environmental and financial
• Enabling stakeholder engagement for sustainability in the organisation and across all operations
• Gearing governance systems to manage and monitor sustainability
• What are the challenges and opportunities in the current VET sector for better sustainable practice?

• Risk profile for tertiary education
• Underpinnings for governance and management for risk across dimensions
• Developing effective whole of organisation risk policy and integrated strategy
• Challenges in a shifting regulatory environment
• How the board remains engaged and informed on risk
• Risk management and ethical governance

• Developing and implementing integrated quality management frameworks
• Responsibilities for boards and councils

• System architecture for transparency, access and accountable governance
• Financial management
• Student services

• Identifying the goals and setting targets for performance
• Performance indicators and processes for monitoring and reporting performance
• Strategies for continuing improvement