Identifying work skills: international approaches

The SMH had a handwritten note on page one from an abuse survivor relating to the royal commission  report (published today) 

The target word today was KNOWLEDGE ...

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"My position is that you cannot work towards peace being peaceful. If the peace is to be one where everybody’s quiet and doesn’t open up ... share what’s unspeakable ... offer unsolicited criticism ... defend others’ rights to speak and encourage discourse — that peace is worth nothing. It reminds me of the kind of peace that was secured in my old country under the Communist regime. That is the death of democracy. That might have consequences as bad as war—bloody war and conflict. So, to prevent the world from bloody conflict, we must sustain a certain kind ofadversarial life in which we are struggling with our problems in public."
~ Krzysztof Wodiczko

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New York Times Book Review editor Jennifer Ildiko Szalai will move over to serve as nonfiction book critic starting in January, taking over as Jennifer Senior moves back to long-form journalism for the paper. As books editor Pamela Paul writes, "Sometimes, you search for the ideal candidate for a position far and wide, and find that the best one is sitting right across from you." She adds, "Jennifer is one of the most stylish, incisive, original writers on books, politics and culture today. A Canadian native who grew up between cultures – her father was Hungarian and her mother is from the Philippines – Jennifer is accustomed to negotiating between different viewpoints; she is an independent thinker with a supple, open mind attuned to books on many subjects – politics, foreign policy, government, social sciences, economics, science, technology, business and the arts." For the past four years Szalai had edited reviews, Bookends, and various columnists.

Identifying work skills: international approaches

Gitta Siekmann, Craig Fowler

This report provides a summary overview of occupational skills information practices in selected countries and organisations, with the aim of highlighting the approaches adopted by each to the design, content, update and provision of skills information. In addition, it showcases good practice in...

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