VET Transparency Agenda

What’s in it for the sector? Anita Mills General Manager Unique Student Identifier Taskforce 18 June 2013

Skills Reform

The VET Transparency Agenda – My Skills – Total VET Activity – Unique Student Identifier (USI)

Overview

stralia’s tertiary education and skills system needs to be le to respond to: Global economic changes and patterns of growth

Emerging jobs requiring higher level or different skills and greater levels of literacy and numeracy

Changing patterns of growth across Australia, demographic challenges and labour mobility issues

Technology and effects on education

Policy Environment

Skills Reform

Strengthening Quality, Improving Transparency

• Skills development is vital to Australia’s future economic success

• Skills reform will support the transition to a new economy

• Skills reform will help drive and strengthen quality

• Greater transparency is a key focus of these

The future for students

• Enabled to make informed choices

• Track training history throughout lifetime

• Move between institutions easily

The future for RTOs

• Ease of credit transfer and prerequisites

• Enabled to identify entitlements

• A strong understanding of the VET sector and its markets, for planning future training delivery

VET Transparency Agenda

• Consumers can make informed choices

• Governments can exercise accountability

• Policy makers and regulators can understand and respond to emerging issues

My Skills Total

VET activity Unique Student

Identifier

My Skills

Reporting of total VET activity

Enhancing the National VET Provider Collection will provide benefits across the VET sector and across Australia

Commencing from 1 Jan 2014

Implementation includes a number of tailored transitional arrangements and exemptions

Unique Student Identifier

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and then unlock it

Requirements for RTOs

• Not confer a VET qualification or statement of attainment without a student’s USI

• Validate a USI provided by a student

• Ensure the security of USIs and all related documentation under its control

• Recognise an Authenticated VET Transcript prepared by the Student Identifiers Agency

Conclusion

Questions

Total VET Activity www.innovation.gov.au/vetreporting

Skilling Australia Information Line 13 38 73

Unique Student Identifier www.innovation.gov.au/usi

email usi@innovation.gov.au