Seven research grants have been awarded by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to explore the policy and operations of Australia’s vocational education and training system.
Ms Jodieann Dawe, NCVER’s National Manager, Research and Business Development, said “A highly competitive grant process resulted in the receipt of 51 proposals from some of Australia’s leading academics. The selection panel carefully assessed each proposal according to how well it addressed our objectives, and how it would add to our existing body of research.”
This round of funding has been targeted to address three key topics identified in NCVER’s Research prospectus 2015-16:
- The role of VET skills in raising national productivity
- Engagement, retention and completions in post-school VET programs: what works and why?
- Student choice and the student experience in the current VET climate
“We welcome several new research partners and look forward to working with them and our previous researchers to investigate issues critical to the national training system, and develop insightful research that informs policy and good practice.”
We are pleased to announce that funding has been awarded to the following organisations through the National Vocational Education and Training Research (NVETR) program:
- The contribution of the VET student placement process to innovation – Lead organisation: Griffith University; Lead researcher: Dr Steven Hodge
- What role for VET in the entrepreneurial ecosystem? – Lead organisation: Don Scott-Kemmis & Associates; Lead researcher: Professor Don Scott-Kemmis
- Enhancing training advantage for remote Indigenous learners – Lead organisation: Ninti One Ltd; Lead researcher: Associate Professor John Guenther, Flinders University
- Improving student participation and success in post-school VET – Lead organisation: Centre for International Research on Education Systems, Victoria University; Lead researcher: Professor Stephen Lamb
- Factors enabling entry into and engagement with VET for young early school leavers – Lead organisation: Brotherhood of St Laurence; Lead researcher: Dr Eric Dommers
- In their words: learner ‘choice’ in fully-contestable training markets – Lead organisation: Australian Council for Educational Research; Lead researcher: Mr Justin Brown
- Choosing VET: investigating the formation of VET aspirations – Lead organisation: The University of Newcastle; Lead researcher: Professor Jenny Gore
Grant recipients were chosen by a selection panel comprising representatives from government, industry and the tertiary education sector.
The National Vocational Education and Training Research program is conducted on behalf of the Australian, state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Department of Education and Training.
Further details on each research project are available here.
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