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Apprenticeships and traineeships in the downturn A look at the impact of the global financial crisis on training activity reveals apprenticeships have been affected to a far greater extent than traineeships. More

Meet NCVER's new Chair Dr Peter Shergold AC was recently appointed Chair of the NCVER Board. We asked him about his vision for the organisation and his views on the changing VET landscape. More Work-life conflict hinders participation in education and training A complex picture emerges when looking at the way work–life pressures affect low-paid workers’ ability to take part in education and training. More Good practice in traineeships Erica Smith and colleagues offer insights into what a good practice traineeship looks like. More Influential researcher recognised posthumously A diverse and original body of work has seen the VET Researcher of the Year Award 2009 awarded to the late Professor Chris Selby Smith. More Memoirs of a VET sector: Examining the past to move into the future In collaboration with the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA) and the University of South Australia (UniSA), NCVER offered an afternoon of reminiscences and reflections for OctoberVET 2009. More Young people: Finding their way in a new era A recent policy forum drew on current research to inform policy-makers about the lives of young people. More Who works beyond the 'standard' retirement age? A new NCVER project reveals that workers with a VET qualification are more likely to retire by the age of 65. More Helping you use VET data VET data can be accessed in a variety of formats and ways through the NCVER website. More VET graduates achieving their goals and happy with training Latest Student Outcomes Survey (SOS) results reveal most students are satisfied with training. More Looking for VET information about Indigenous people or people with a disability? NCVER now has information about each of these two groups in a single, easy-to-access location. More VET in Singapore Brian Knight, Principal Research Consultant at NCVER, has been seconded to the Institute for Adult Learning in Singapore. He gives some insights into its emerging VET system. More	Communities of Practice research scholarships More Help shape the next national research agenda More VOCED highlights VOCED is the NCVER/UNESCO research database for technical vocational education and training. VOCED Highlights presents a selection of the latest additions to the VOCED database. Go to www.voced.edu.au/highlights/index.html to view the latest issue. Recent publication releases More Recent podcast releases More

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