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The LH Martin Institute recently provided a submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into the role of TAFE. In our submission we proposed a new national partnership that would supersede the current National Partnership Agreement, which was established in April 2012 at the Council of Australian Governments meeting but has since broken down in key respects such as overall funding of VET and maintaining the capacity of TAFE. The new national partnership we are suggesting would be based on the outcomes of a "TAFE base funding review" recommended by the AWPA; provide for the maintenance of current funding levels per student contact; recognise the role of TAFE as a comprehensive service provider; and consider the efficacy of current national arrangements.

Carpe Diem is a team-based model for promoting change in learner-centred e-learning design and assessment, institutional capacity building and innovation. Gilly Salmon

Workforce Futures - a National Workforce Development Strategy for Australia. Our vision for this strategy is that Australia has the workforce capability it requires for a productive, sustainable and inclusive future, and that Australian enterprises have the capacity to develop and use the skills of their workforce to maximum advantage for the benefit of industry and the community. Skills Australia 2010

"The aim of the 'Indigenous voices: teaching us better' project was to improve the experiences and outcomes of Indigenous students in education and training by building the capacity of the VET workforce to effectively teach Indigenous learners. The first step in this process was for VET trainers to develop an awareness of the experiences of Indigneous learners in education. The project involved Indigneopus people telling stories about their experiences in education. These stories, recorded as audio or video files, were to be shared through a website developed during the project. "