Research
National research priorities
The Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) has agreed to a new set of national research priorities, which will govern research activity until 2013.
The national research priorities for tertiary education and training 2011-2013 were endorsed in June 2010, consistent with the advice of the NCVER Board following an extensive consultation period with stakeholders.
The context for the priorities, feedback from the consultations and the advice in relation to the priorities can be found in the full report here.
The priorities will guide NCVER’s commissioned research under the National VET Research and Evaluation Program as well inform NCVER’s own research activities and developments in the Australian VET statistical collections conducted on behalf of the Australian, state and territory governments. The research priorities may also frame activities across the broader tertiary education and training community.
The five research priority subject areas endorsed are:
- Skills and productivity: To investigate how skills contribute to economic growth
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- Structures in the tertiary education and training system: To examine the impact of policy, funding and market frameworks on the provision of education and training
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- The contribution of education and training to social inclusion: To explore the reduction of disadvantage through education and training
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- Learning and teaching: To understand how, why, where and when people learn
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- The place and role of VET: To consider VET’s role in the tertiary education sector, world of work and community
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