June 2018

29 Jun DDLS becomes Australia’s only national ‘Google Cloud Authorised Training Partner’

Posted at 17:00h in News

DDLS, Australia’s leading ICT learning provider, today announced it has completed a rigorous onboarding and assessment process to become Australia’s only national ‘Google Cloud Authorised Training Partner’. DDLS will be providing Google cloud training from its nationwide training centres in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra...

19 Jun DDLS becomes Australia’s first Microsoft Gold Learning and Gold Cloud partner

Posted at 00:09h in News

DDLS, Australia’s leading ICT learning provider, today announced it has satisfied the rigorous criteria to become Australia’s only Microsoft Gold Learning, Gold Cloud, Gold Datacenter and Gold Productivity partner. [caption id="attachment_699" align="alignright" width="329"] Kyle Uphoff, Sr. Reg. Dir. Worldwide Learning at MS[/caption] In 2017, Microsoft changed the...

18 Jun Part I | Vocational and Professional Education and Training : a necessity in the robotics & artificial intelligence era

Posted at 23:56h in News

“Everyone, whether they are blue collar, white collar, back office, middle office or front office will need to embrace a lifelong learning mantra.” Kevin Chin In 1970, the most common profession in the world was the typist. The advent of the desktop computer disrupted the typewriter...

08 Jun Part III | Vocational and Professional Education & Training (VPET) Insights: lessons learned from investing in & operating VET colleges

Posted at 09:53h in Insights

“EdventureCo’s vision is to build an Asia-Pacific leader in vocational and professional education and training. Our mission is to deliver relevant skills first and qualifications second, enabling students to upskill and reskill, addressing the skills needed tomorrow, today.” At Arowana, we founded and scaled up a...

06 Jun Part II | Vocational and Professional Education & Training (VPET) Insights: what is the gold standard model for delivering VET?

Posted at 10:00h in Insights

“The Swiss vocational education model is considered the “gold standard”, as it has achieved what few countries have been able to do―which is closure of the skills gap and maintaining very low levels of youth unemployment and underemployment. The “earn while you learn” apprenticeships are...

04 Jun Part I | Vocational and Professional Education & Training (VPET) Insights: a necessity in the robotics and artificial intelligence era

Posted at 10:13h in Insights

“Everyone, whether they are blue-collar, white-collar, back office, middle office or front office will need to embrace a lifelong learning mantra.” In 1970, the most common profession in the world was the typist. The advent of the desktop computer disrupted the typewriter, and the typist was...