Future of Work Documents

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The release contains correspondence, briefing notes, meeting briefs and steering committee papers relating to the BHP Future of Work Program, a partnership between the Department of Education (formerly DESE), BHP and PwC, dated from 2021 to 2024. Higher education and vocational content covers Advanced Apprenticeships (up to 250 students from Semester Two 2022, targeted at South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia), short courses and microcredentials drawing on Commonwealth Supported Places, the Industry 4.0 Higher Apprenticeships pilot (up to $1.84 million GST exclusive for 20 participants over two years), and the Connected Beginnings early childhood sites. BHP has committed $30 million for 2021-2025 from its social investment budget. The department's contribution has so far not involved dedicated funding, and the records note that the Philanthropic Working Group is still pending. Emails from 2021 and 2024 discuss the social media strategy and the use of the Australian Government crest versus the departmental logo in co-branded videos and posts, where the department noted that DESE's logo should not be used in paid social media.