This program has been completed. See the outputs of this program below.
The purpose of this program was to support VET providers in building capability for the future by:
* developing a clearer understanding of the dynamics of the changing VET workplace and the capacity of VET providers to respond to the increasingly complex and changing demands of clients
* critically analysing key management, leadership, human resources and industrial relations practices and their applicability for VET providers
* investigating cutting edge practices in VET that support increased quality, agility and responsiveness
* examining the inter-relationships between the development of people, practices and cultures and their impact on the capability of VET providers
* generating a diverse range of products and services that can be both disseminated widely and used to conduct workforce development workshops at the local level in order to promote individual and organisational capability.
CREEW (Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work)
CREEW began in 1994, and has been a recognised research centre within the University of South Australia since 1998. The Centre has excellent infrastructural support with dedicated physical facilities, electronic communication systems and access to a range of academic and general staff. Its website lists previous projects undertaken which provide a background for the work of this Consortium based on the established field networks and successful record in VET research developed by CREEW over time. Key areas of VET research have included professional development, changing work of VET practitioners, innovative approaches through Training Packages, private providers, learning styles, on- and off-job sites as learning environments, and learning organisations. Members of CREEW have won many VET national managed research and evaluation projects, ARC and government grants, published widely and presented regularly at conferences.
CURVE (Centre Undertaking Research in Vocational Education)
CURVE was established at Canberra Institute of Technology in 1999. Its work was in research and consulting projects which informed vocational education and training. From 2008, CIT's vocational research capability became part of the Centre for Education Excellence.
OVAL (Australian Centre for Organisational, Vocational and Adult Learning)
OVAL Research was a former research centre at the University of Technology, Sydney. It has been subsumed into the University's Centre for Research in Learning & Change.
