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Interested in learning about research? 2013 NCVER Community of Practice scholarships now open!
NCVER's Community of Practice scholarships are designed to encourage a culture of research in VET by supporting VET practitioners who are novice researchers to undertake their own research project.
Scholarship holders will receive $4000 for a small-scale work-based research project over 12 months with support and mentoring from experienced VET researchers. Final papers will be published by NCVER on VOCEDplus.
Applications are now open and close 8 February 2013. For more information go to:
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Australian vocational education and training statistics: student outcomes 2012
NCVER
Information about the outcomes for students who completed their vocational education and training (VET) during 2011 is presented in this publication. The figures are derived from the Student Outcomes Survey, which focuses on students' employment outcomes and satisfaction with VET in Australia. Information about the level and type of training students undertake, further study patterns and reasons for not continuing with the training (where applicable) is also collected.
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2572.html
Australian vocational education and training statistics: Apprentices and trainees, June quarter 2012
NCVER
This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the June quarter 2012.
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2582.html
NCVER Building Researcher Capacity Fellowships: new papers released
NCVER offers fellowships to provide researchers interested in education, labour markets and social inclusion with the opportunity to use NCVER data sets. Research topics are negotiated between the host institution, the researcher and NCVER. The fellowships are available on an ad-hoc basis; see http://www.ncver.edu.au/research/opportunities.html
The following three fellowship papers have now been published:
Potential factors influencing Indigenous education participation and achievement, Nicholas Biddle, Timothy Cameron
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2560.html
The effect of a pre-apprenticeship on getting an apprenticeship, Thorsten Stromback
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2545.html
Identifying the causal effects of vocational education and training qualifications on student outcomes through matching, Thorsten Stromback
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Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) Y06 cohort reports updated
The LSAY Y06 cohort reports have been updated and now include information from the 2011 interviews. Further information about updates made to the Y06 cohort reports can be found at Updates to the cohort reports.
http://www.lsay.edu.au/cohort/2006/101.html
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