Webinar recordings 2022

Getting the most out of NCVER's DataBuilder

Presented by Amruta Badgujar, NCVER on Wednesday 26 October 2022.

DataBuilder is a fast and easy-to-use tool to construct tables using NCVER data.

It allows you to:

• instantly access key attributes from most of NCVER's collections from the one place — no login is necessary
  customise data outputs by:
  • adding/removing variables from the table
  • dragging variables between rows and columns
  • filtering on specific categories
  • export data to MS Excel for further analysis

View the webinar recording (YouTube; 55:35 mins)

Presentation slides (419 KB PDF)

Live Session Handout (585 KB PDF)

Do outcomes differ for VET and higher education qualified workers in the same occupation?

Presented by Bridget Wibrow, NCVER and Dr Cain Polidano, University of Melbourne on Tuesday 20 September 2022.

This webinar is based on the report: VET and higher education pathways – do outcomes differ for the same occupation? which was released on 7 September.

Some occupations can be entered into with either a vocational education and training (VET) qualification or a higher education qualification, for example surveying, but are the outcomes the same for people who choose a VET pathway over higher education?

Using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey and interviews with employers in four occupations — childcare workers; surveyors; graphic designers; and medical laboratory technicians — this webinar explores whether these individuals are undertaking the same tasks and receiving the same job outcomes, such as salary and career pathways, as their higher education counterparts.

View the webinar recording (YouTube; 59:02 mins)

Presentation slides (741 KB PDF)

Accessing and understanding data trends through visualisations

Presented by Martin Smolka, NCVER on Thursday 2 June 2022.

During this webinar, Martin Smolka presented an overview of two of NCVER’s data visualisation products:

• International VET students (external link) and,
• the Atlas of total VET.

He demonstrated the basics of how to use the tools such as:

• Navigating the interface and filtering data to your requirements
• Saving and sharing your results.
• How both tools can provide insights to help with your research.

View the webinar recording (YouTube; 47:27 mins)

Presentation slides (369 KB PDF)

Making delivery better: perspectives from RTOs

Presented by Hugh Guthrie and Melinda Waters, with discussants Jenny Dodd and Andrew Shea and chaired by Tabatha Griffin, NCVER on Thursday 7 April 2022.

This webinar reviews the findings of the NCVER report - Delivering high-quality VET: what matters to RTOs.

RTOs come in many shapes and sizes with a wide variety of missions, courses and students. There are many aspects of quality delivery they all share in common (good is good!) despite some fundamental differences between RTO types (TAFEs, privates, community education and enterprise). What they also all have in common is needing to be able to measure quality effectively – how well they are doing things, both to help them improve and to convince others of how good they are.

View the webinar recording (YouTube; 1:01:03 hour)

Presentation slides (391 KB PDF)

The best of both worlds? Integrating VET and higher education

Presented by Dr Lizzie Knight, Victoria University and Dr Steven Hodge, Griffith University and chaired by Tabatha Griffin, NCVER on Thursday 24 February 2022.

There is renewed interest in better aligning vocational education and training (VET) and higher education (HE). This webinar presents key findings and issues from a recent NCVER research report The best of both worlds? Integrating VET and higher education.

View the webinar recording (YouTube; 54:32 mins)

Presentation slides (617 KB PDF)