Submissions are designed to allow all members of the community equitable opportunity to share their views or voice on a particular issue or topic. Submissions may be called for by a particular organisation, government agency or research body. Submissions may be called for by way of notice or because there is an awareness that a particular topic is currently up for discussion.

The BGK LLEN often shares its voice or the voices of its stakeholders through the development of submissions. Sometimes we have the data on hand to prepare a submission. Other times we will seek our stakeholder's views through consultations or surveys which then form the basis of a BGK LLEN stakeholder submission. Indeed, the more input we have from stakeholders the more powerful the submission.

If you think we should be participating in a submission please contact the BGK LLEN.  

If you are writing a submission you may find the Lawlink NSW report 'Writing Submissions – A guideline on how to write clear submissions to government agencies' useful. 

Recent BGK LLEN Submissions

Title: VCAL Coordination Funding Cuts
Author: BGK LLEN
Release Date: September 2011
Description: This submission was written in response to the Victorian Government's decision to withdraw Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) Coordination funding from 2012.  The BGK LLEN is concerned that withdrawal of this funding will have negative implications for current school-based and community-based VCAL providers as well as for those schools or organisations considering introduction of VCAL in the future.
Report Download: VCAL Coordination Funding Cuts Letter

Title: Business-School Connections Roundtable Submission 
Author: BGK LLEN
Release Date: September 2010
Description: The Business-School Connections Roundtable released a discussion paper as a first step in the consultations between the Roundtable and the broader community. The paper summarised the context in which schools and businesses enter into relationships, the benefits of these relationships, why they are attracting so much attention, challenges in these relationships, and issues they face. It then describes the challenges and issues which school-business relationships face, drawing on new Australian research which was commissioned specifically to inform the Roundtable's work. The BGK LLEN submission responded to elements of the discussion paper.
Report Download: Business-School Connections Roundtable Submission 

Title: Stronger Futures for all Young Victorians Submission
Author: BGK LLEN
Release Date: June 2010
Description: The Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) released a discussion paper on the youth transitions system. The discussion paper proposed a number of ways in which the Victorian Government can ensure that all young people acquire the knowledge and skills to make a successful transition from compulsory schooling to independent adult working life. The BGK LLEN submission responded to this discussion paper. 
Report Download: Stronger Futures for all Young Victorians Submission

Title: Flexible Learning Options Submission
Author: BGK LLEN
Release Date: May 2010
Description: Following a Victorian Government review of alternative education programs, Pathways to re-engagement through flexible learning options: a policy direction for consultation (the Directions Paper) was developed. The Directions Paper described the role of flexible learning options in responding to student disengagement and to signal proposed directions and components of the flexible learning options policy framework to be established. The BGK LLEN submission responded to elements of the Directions paper. 
Report Download: Flexible Learning Options Submission

Title: Job Ready Certificate Submission
Author: BGK LLEN
Release Date: March 2009
Description: The Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) developed a discussion paper to explore the introduction of a Job Ready Certificate for young people. The discussion paper explored how such a certificate could be assessed, what the certificate might look like and who would award it, and its potential development and implementation. The BGK LLEN submission responded to this discussion paper.
Report Download: Job Ready Certificate Submission

Title: Alternative Education Review Response
Author: BGK LLEN
Release Date: March 2009
Description: The purpose of the review was to inform the development of an evidence based policy framework to guide the future delivery of alternative education programs funded by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). Such a policy framework is designed to provide a consistent and sustainable approach to the provision of appropriate education options for disengaged or at risk young people in Victoria. The BGK LLEN submission responded to this review.
Report Download: Alternative Education Review Response

Title: Inquiry into Combining School and Work Submission
Author: BGK LLEN
Release Date: January 2009
Description: An inquiry conducted by the Standing Committee on Education and Training into the now common experience of Australian students balancing the demands and benefits of combining study and employment. The BGK LLEN responded to this inquiry.
Report Download: Inquiry into Combining School and Work Submission