A deep dive into governance mechanisms for interoperable digital platforms for work and learning
With the surge of technological developments, the use of digital platforms with related innovations, such as cloud computing, big data, algorithms and artificial intelligence, has been expanding rapidly in the last few years.
PSET Dialogue: Credential Transparency Description Language
The PSET CLOUD team recently hosted a webinar as part of the PSET CLOUD International Support Network, featuring guest speakers Scott Cheney and Deborah Everhart from Credential Engine. During the webinar, they provided insights into the distinctions between credentials and qualifications, as well as their efforts to support government systems at both the state and federal levels.
Why is professional networking important for your career?
Apart from your education and experience, establishing a professional network of diverse stakeholders is often at the core of a successful career. The PSET CLOUD team offers you some advice on how to expand your professional network in four easy steps.
What makes you more employable as a young start-out?
It’s incredibly tough for young people to enter the job market. Whether you have just left school or graduated from an institution here’s how you can make yourself more employable when starting out.
Call for expression of interest: The development of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the PSET CLOUD
JET Education Services (JET) & the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA) will be issuing a solicitation for the The development of a Minimum Viable Product for the PSET CLOUD in the week of the 2nd - 9th January 2023. JET and the merSETA are requesting expressions of interest (EOIs) from eligible and qualified firms. The development of the MVP is expected to run from February to June 2023.
The PSET CLOUD DigiTrans 2022 conference report
Work and learning in South Africa, very distant friends in a post-apartheid South Africa, are beginning to shake hands with the introduction of the Post-School Education and Training Collaboration and Learning Opportunities and Utilisation of Data (PSET CLOUD) project.
Call for Proposals: Appointment of a suitably qualified and experienced service provider to fulfil communication and marketing responsibilities in accordance with the given scope
Advocacy for the PSET CLOUD requires a substantial amount of collaborations, changing of perceptions, public interaction and engagement. Public relations and visibility of the PSET CLOUD, its stakeholders and their programmes is therefore central to realising the vision of an interoperable data system. The purpose of this TOR is to obtain the services of a service provider to fulfil communication and marketing responsibilities in accordance with the given scope.
Call for Proposals: The development of a foundational taxonomy, coding schema and opportunities matching framework for MVP2 of the PSET CLOUD
JET Education Services (JET), in collaboration with the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA), has initiated the PSET CLOUD (Post School Education and Training Collaboration and Learning Opportunities and Utilisation of Data), a programme that seeks to develop an integrated national digital ecosystem which is interoperable, can be used for effective skills planning and provisioning, and puts information in the hands of citizens and other stakeholders so they can make informed decisions about education and training.
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Reclaiming self-sovereignty for all South African citizens’ data by 2030
Call for Proposals: Minimum Viable Product for the PSET CLOUD
JET and the merSETA are pleased to issue this Terms of Reference calling for the Development of a Minimum Viable Product for the PSET CLOUD Part 2 (MVP2) for the period July 2022 - March 2023.
Digital Governance Advisory Note
As we look towards the realisation of the PSET CLOUD vision by 2024, we present this governance note written by Paul West and Christopher Beukes which discusses and offers recommendations on the institutional form and governance considerations for the establishment of the PSET CLOUD as an entity.
PSET Scenarios 2021–2030: A guide on using scenarios to align skills supply and demand through interoperable data platforms
There are many pathways South Africa could take that will determine whether skills supply will accurately align with skills demand in the future.
Unlocking the Power of Data: A review of the state of readiness of the PSET sector in South Africa for enhanced data interoperability
What if we could better utilise the new technologies that have become so pervasive in the modern era to improve our education and skills systems in South Africa?
Interoperable Data Ecosystems: An international review to inform a South African innovation
Over the last fifty years, governance has been repeatedly challenged to respond to continuous technological innovations of the public, private and academic sectors.