News & Events
VET Calendar
updated: Thursday February 9, 2012
- Measuring & Optimising Social Media Marketing in Tertiary Education
- 22-Feb-12 to 23-Feb-12
Melbourne
- Convenor: Criterion Conferences
ph 1300 316 882
email registration@criterionconferences.comThe Measuring & Optimising Social Media Marketing in Tertiary Education Conference will feature strategic insight from industry thought leaders, case studies from institutions and commercial companies and a host of interactive sessions on how drive student recruitment through your social media strategy.
- Service Skills Australia 2012 National Conference
- 27-Feb-12 to 28-Feb-12
Brisbane
- Convenor: Services Skills Australia
Contact Lillian Fattouh
ph 02 8243 1200
email lfattouh@serviceskills.com.auThe conference theme, Quality in the Making, will focus on setting a new benchmark of quality, by exploring the concept of quality from the perspective of trainers, workforce and industry.
- Reinvigorating a Quality Apprenticehips and Traineeships System
- 28-Feb-12 to 29-Feb-12
Novotel on Collins, Melbourne
- Convenor: Criterion Conferences
ph 1300 316 882
email registration@criterionconferences.comIn a rapidly evolving economy, the Australian Apprenticeships system is an important pathway to addressing current and future skills shortages. In the context of the federal government's response to A Shared Responsibility - Apprenticeships for the 21st Century, this conference will provide insight on the future direction of sector reform.
- 2012 VET Summit
- 22-Mar-12
Victoria Park Function Venue, Herston
- Convenor: Velg Training
ph 07 3866 0888
email events@velgtraining.comThe 2012 VET Summit is designed especially for Queensland Schools VET Coordinators to attend. The VET Summit will explore key issues and challenges that VET Coordinators face when managing a registered training organisation within a school environment.
- 2012 VALA Conference 'D.N.A. Developing New Assumptions'
- 23-Mar-12
Rydges Bell City, Preston
- Convenor: Victorian Applied Learning Association
email info@vala.asn.auThe 2012 conference asks the question - what do educators take for granted about teaching and learning, and what do we need to change?
- 2nd Annual Interconnected Tertiary Education
- 28-Mar-12 to 29-Mar-12
Melbourne
- Convenor: Criterion Conferences
ph 1300 316 882
email registration@criterionconferences.comThe 2nd Annual Interconnected Tertiary Education Conference will explore the industry’s most pressing issues via a series of presentations from public and private VET and Higher Education providers, state government representatives, as well as two interactive workshops on best approaches to designing pathways and establishing sustainable cross-sectoral relationships.
- CDAA Conference 2012
- 29-Mar-12 to 30-Mar-12
Rydges Lakeside, Canberra
- Convenor: Career Development Association of Australia
ph 02 6288 3998
email cdaa@onqconferences.com.auThe 21st annual conference of the Career Development Association of Australia will explore the links between career and workforce development and the value career development brings to building sustainable workforces and quality work and education outcomes for all Australians.
- AVETRA 2012 15th Annual Conference
- 12-Apr-12 to 13-Apr-12
Rydges Capital Hill, Canberra
- Convenor: AVETRA
Contact Cathy Wanny
ph 02 9431 8639
email avetra@conferenceaction.com.auThis year conference's theme is: The Value and Voice of VET Research for individuals, industry, community and nation.
- NZ Vocational Education and Training Research Forum
- 18-Apr-12 to 19-Apr-12
Intercontinental Hotel, Wellington
- Convenor: Industry Training Federation
Contact Jenny Connor
ph 04 894 3198
email jenny@itf.org.nzThe Industry Training Federation is pleased to present the NZ Vocational Education and Training Research Forum - NZ's largest event dedicated to research about vocational education and training.
- QSA 2012 Conference 'Shaping teaching and learning: The assessment factor'
- 26-Apr-12 to 27-Apr-12
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
- Convenor: Queensland Studies Authority
ph 07 3864 0471
email events@qsa.qld.edu.auEach year, QSA hosts a conference aimed at all education professionals. The conference is an important professional development and networking opportunity, covering a broad range of current topics and themes across the early childhood years to Year 12.
- National Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Conference
- 04-May-12
William Angliss Institute, Melbourne
- Convenor: Australian Council for Educational Research
Contact Rebecca Simpson
ph 03 9277 5761
email simpson@acer.edu.auThe conference is a response to increasing national and state interest in addressing and improving the Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) skills of Australian youth and adults participating in the vocational, education and training (VET) sector and in Australia’s workforce.
- Training Providers Forum 2012
- 14-May-12 to 15-May-12
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
- Convenor: Training WA
Contact Robert Couzens
ph 08 09229 5274
email robert.couzens@dtwd.wa.gov.auThe Training Providers Forum 2012 is a two day conference aimed at all those involved in workforce development and the delivery of training.
- 2012 VISTA Residential Conference
- 20-May-12 to 22-May-12
Balgownie Estate Vineyard and Spa, Yarra Valley
- Convenor: VISTA Association of VET Professionals
ph 03 9347 8787
email admin@vista.org.auThe conference explores strategies connecting VET reform with contemporary economic, environmental and social reform.
- The Positive Schools 2012 mental health and wellbeing conference
- 24-May-12 to 25-May-12
The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle
- Convenor: VISTA Association of VET Professionals
ph 97 8388 8843
email info@positiveschools.com.auThe Positive Schools Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference is for all teachersAustralia-wide. It offers inspirational, sustainable and practical solutions towell-being within schools and colleges. Effective education requires a firm foundation of ongoing wellbeing and positive mental health.
- 21st National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference (No Frills)
- 11-Jul-12 to 13-Jul-12
Adelaide
- Convenor: NCVER and TAFE SA
Contact June Ingham
ph 08 8230 8491
email june.ingham@ncver.edu.auCo-hosted in 2012 with TAFE SA, the 21st staging of NCVER’s popular National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills' in Adelaide will be an opportunity to celebrate, collaborate and connect; and as it is our big anniversary, we plan to add some 'frills'.
- 2012 National VET Conference
- 20-Sep-12 to 21-Sep-12
Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre
- Convenor: Velg Training
ph 07 3866 0888
email conference@velgtraining.comThe 2012 National VET Conference will be delivered through a range of interactive learning spaces, providing the opportunity to engage in a wide variety of plenary presentations, information sessions, new and provocative learning situations, panels and masterclasses.
- CAA's 2012 Conference
- 26-Oct-12
Dockside Cockle Bay, Darling Harbour
- Convenor: Careers Advisers Association
ph 02 9605 5858
email admin@caa.nsw.edu.auCAA's 2012 Annual Conference is being held at Dockside, Cockle Bay (Darling Harbour) on Friday 26 October 2012. Conference dinner is abord Captain Cook's John Cadman II. There are also optional pre-confernence activities on Thursday 25 October.
- ACEN National Conference
- 29-Oct-12 to 02-Nov-12
Geelong
- Convenor: Australian Collaborative Education Network
Contact Jodi Morgan
ph 03 9244 5435
email jodi.morgan@deakin.edu.auA cutting edge conference in work integrated learning for practitioners and researchers from the tertiary education sector, industry, community, government representatives and students.
- NATSTATS 2013 Conference
- 12-Mar-13 to 14-Mar-13
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
- Convenor: National Statistical Service
email natstats@nss.gov.auNatStats 2013 will build on the enthusiasm and passion generated throughout previous NatStats conferences held in 2010 and 2008. The conference will provide a unique opportunity for key stakeholders from across the statistical community to help build a strong and vibrant National Statistical Service in Australia.
- Changes and Challenges in a Globalising World: 5th International Community, Work and Family Conference
- 15-Jul-13 to 17-Jul-13
The University of Sydney
- Convenor: Australian Institute of Family Studies, UniSA and University of Sydney
The conference focuses on how the rapid changes and transitions in society present challenges and opportunities for families, communities and organisations, with a special focus on work, families and communities in a globalising world.
