There is an opportunity to create a more integrated way to prepare the workers of the future.
When we talk about preparing people for the workforce, it is often framed as being a choice between vocational education, going to university, or on-the-job training.
The sensible first response is to make it easier for students to move between the three settings, and to ensure they receive recognition for their previous learning – no matter where it occurred. But a new experiment in Sydney’s north-west goes a step further by looking at how a fully integrated approach could work.
IATs are not super-TAFEs, nor dual-sector institutions. Nor do IATs replace university-based programs that already deliver foundational or bridging courses to higher education students. For the IATs in NSW to succeed, we need to spend the next four years expanding the program and evaluating what works, with continuing state government support and, ideally, additional federal support.
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