A Pathway between VET and High Education

Our Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, offer learners the opportunity to participate in programs that will allow them to gain the skills and knowledge required to perform a particular job. This "job ready" focus of VET programs is not the only feature of the system. Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) develop "Articulation agreements" with universities and to enable students a smooth progress into a university degree.
Articulation arrangements are defined in the AQF as follows: "Articulation arrangements enable students to progress from a completed qualification to another with admission and/or credit in a defined pathway." This is underpinned by another AQF definition: "Credit is the value assigned for the recognition of equivalence in content and learning outcomes between different types of learning and/or qualifications. Credit reduces the amount of learning required to achieve a qualification and may be through credit transfer, articulation, recognition of prior learning or advanced standing."

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The main driver for business decisions should be value and this should include those related to IT services. What is the difference between value and cost? Benefits! We could represent this through a simple equation:

The benefits are very specific to each organization and that's why a specific solution could be an excellent choice for one company and a poor one for another, even if costs are the same.

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