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1. Re: ACS: One million workers could be reskilled for tech
(Tom Worthington)
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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 08:58:06 +1100
From: Tom Worthington <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [LINK] ACS: One million workers could be reskilled for
tech
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On 22/10/24 18:01, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> One million workers could be reskilled for tech ... Tom Williams ...
> https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/one-million-workers-could-be-reskilled-for-tech.html
>
> ... employers 'need to be more accepting of the alternative pathways workers
> might
> take to acquire digital skills'. ...
Universities also need to be more accepting of alternative pathways to
skills and knowledge. As is done in vocational education, universities
could offer course credit for work experience and prior learning
elsewhere. At present this tends to be done ad-hoc at universities (I
assess RPL applications having learned to do it at TAFE & uni).
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/search/label/Recognition%20of%20Prior%20Learning
ps: While I am on the ACS Professional Standards Board I was not
involved in production of the report.
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Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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