The Australian Technology Network of universities proposes a “productivity strategy that is centred on people, skills, and applied innovation” and calls on the Productivity Commission to lead the policy charge.
The ATN makes the case in Its submission to the PC’s recent draft paper on national skills growth.
The Network wants:
- Jobs and Skills Australia and the imminent ATEC to cooperate on a staged national credit database using USI, MyEquals, and the National Skills Passport, all in the context of JSA’s National Skills Taxonomy project.
- Recognised prior learning included. This, ATN acknowledges, will take time and should begin with in-demand discipline pilots, in engineering, health and IT.
- Pilots of incentives for SMEs in “structured, work-related training” for industries “with higher productivity relevance, digital skills, clean energy and management
But what’s in it for the network? “ATN universities stand ready to partner in piloting and scaling these reforms, drawing on our national leadership in credit transfer, applied research, and global engagement.”
While ATN does not mention mechanism to move all this along perhaps an LLM could help. Just the thing for JSA to work on or maybe the estimable National Centre for Vocational Education Research.