What now? What next? Insights into Australia's tertiary education sector
Claire Field talks with leaders and experts from within the Australian tertiary education sector and across the global ed-tech sector
What now? What next? Insights into Australia's tertiary education sector
Emma King (HumanAbility) & Natalie Turmine (SaCSA) - the changing VET sector & their changing industries
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Episode 154
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In this episode of the podcast Claire spoke with Natalie Turmine, CEO of Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) and Emma King OAM, CEO of HumanAbility, who head up the Jobs and Skills Councils responsible for:
- Arts, Personal Services, Retail, Tourism and Hospitality (SaCSA), and
- Aged and Disability, Children’s Education and Care, Health, Human Services, Sport and Recreation (HumanAbility)
In their discussion Emma and Natalie referred to the following:
- The Australian government's announcement about expanding the Commonwealth Prac Payment: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/government-expands-paid-prac-strengthen-medicare
- The amazing wonder of Uluṟu: https://northernterritory.com/gb/en/uluru-and-surrounds/destinations/uluru
- Qualifications reform (this isn't the visual Claire referred to during the interview but helps explain how the reforms will work): https://youtu.be/untAGEvOvXk
- HumanAbility's work on 'Earn While You Learn': https://humanability.com.au/research---workforce/research-projects/earn-while-you-learn-research-project.aspx
- SaCSA's new data dashboard: https://sacsa.org.au/data-dashboard
- SaCSA's Creative Workforce Scoping Study: https://sacsa.org.au/projects/creative-workforce-scoping-study
- Holmesglen's Home and Community Care Centre of Excellence: https://www.holmesglen.edu.au/about-us/news/Holmesglen-leads-new-Centre-of-Excellence-for-home-care
- Chisholm Institute's Digital, AI and Technology Centre of Excellence: https://www.chisholm.edu.au/news-and-events/news/news/new-digital-centre-of-excellence
- IKEA's decision to retrain and redeploy 8,500 staff displaced by AI/automation: https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/ikea-turned-8500-call-agents-into-design-consultants/
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