Special General Meeting
A Special General Meeting of Members of Australian Collaborative Education Network Inc (ACEN) will be held on Wednesday 5 June 2013 at 11:30 am (AEST).
Members may participate in the meeting via teleconference.
The only business of the meeting is to consider motions related to moving to a company limited by guarantee.
International Webinar • May 2013
‘Reflecting on experiences at a recent WACE Assessment Institute’
International Webinar • April 2013
Connecting practitioners from Australia, New Zealand and Canada
4 April 2013 Australia and New Zealand – 3 April 2013 in Canada
While it’s past, you can still listen and see the presentations.
Two topics
1. Assessing WIL outcomes through reflective practice – a follow-up from the 2012 ACEN Research Symposium.
2. Experience or exploitation? – discussion of issues raised in a recent Australian report about fair work practices and work integrated learning. Three broad, national perspectives will be provided.
ACEN Student Scholarships
Applications have now closed for five $1,500 scholarships for students undertaking WIL.
ACEN 2012 National Conference
The Conference Proceedings are now available.
Audio recordings of the opening, the keynote presentations and the international panel are also available.
2012 ACEN Conference pics by Deakin University staff photographers
18th WACE World Conference
‘WIL-Power: Fueling the Future’
June 24-27, 2013, Durban, South Africa
Call for Abstracts
Fair Work Ombudsman’s Report
Professors Andrew Stewart and Rosemary Owens of Adelaide University, authors of ‘The nature and prevalence of unpaid work experience, internships and trial periods in Australia: Experience or Exploitation’, spoke to ACEN members at RMIT on March 1, 2013
FWO video
Here’s the video of the recent presentation
IMPORTANT: Use the download button on the Dropbox site to get the full video.
FWO infographic issues and responses
Produced by the Fair Work Ombudsman, this graphic summarises the issues and recommendations identified in the report Experience or Exploitation.
FWO LinkedIn discussion
See our ACEN member-only discussion. (The ACEN LinkedIn is a member-only site. If your institution is a member, you’re entitled to join ACEN and then register for ACEN LinkedIn. Or join ACEN as an individual).
FWO Report – presentation slides
Professors Andrew Stewart and Rosemary Owens of Adelaide University have generously made their presentation slides available to ACEN.
Fair Work Ombudsman’s Report
Released February 2013
The Report is titled ‘The nature and prevalence of unpaid work experience, internships and trial periods in Australia: Experience or Exploitation’. ACEN has actively supported this research and thanks to the many ACEN members who contributed by completing the survey distributed through ACEN.
