We were honoured this week to host Jonathan Barr, Head of the Employment and Skills Unit within the Local Employment, Skills, and Social Innovation Division of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities (CFE) of the OECD, Paris in the Hunter. During his visit, Mr Barr launched a new OECD Report, ENGAGING EMPLOYERS AND DEVELOPING [...]
A POLARISATION of the labour market that has seen growth in high- and low-skilled jobs but less opportunity for the “middle class” is a worrying global trend, an expert says. Jonathan Barr, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s head of Employment and Skills Unit, said he was also concerned about stagnant wage growth in [...]
Engaging employers in apprenticeships: Making it happen locally By Jonathan Barr, Head of the Employment and Skills Unit, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities. The world of work is changing. Globalisation, digitalisation, and automation are fundamentally altering how and where people work and have for some time. These megatrends are contributing to growing [...]
Pictured here with His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of NSW and Mrs Hurley, the RDA Hunter team represented the Hunter on the NSW Government stand at the The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition (Avalon 2019) last week. RDA Hunter showcased the STEMship program to international and national [...]
RDA Hunter and TAFE NSW are partnering to deliver Hunter high school students a pathway to a Certificate II in Aeroskills in 2019. Students will have the chance to undertake an EVET Pathway in years 11 and 12 as part of their HSC studies. Aeroskills teaches young people the skills to perform, repair and overhaul [...]
Varley Group, EDC Consultants and Cummins South Pacific are among 16 Hunter industry partners to this week host participants of the 2018 STEMship Program for the work placement module of the 17 week initiative. Participants, who are undertaking work experience in STEM and defence sectors in roles as diverse as shipwright, electrician, diesel mechanic and [...]
More young people are now employed in apprenticeships and technical traineeships across the Hunter region following the completion of the 2018 STEMship program. An initiative of Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and supported by the State Government through Defence NSW, Training Services and TAFE NSW, STEMship is a vocational education and training (VET) pre-employment program [...]
RDA Hunter’s STEM Workforce Manager, Rick Evans recently attended the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP) World Congress in Melbourne. Hosted by Australian TAFEs, the Congress brought together over 800 delegates from community colleges and polytechnics from around the world and experts in professional and vocational education and training. It explored new challenges in [...]
