NCVER News #350

Register now to secure your place at the 24th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference ‘No Frills’, Monday 6 July to Wednesday 8 July 2015, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta campus.

We are thrilled to announce this year’s keynote speakers:

• Professor Peter Shergold AC, Chancellor, University of Western Sydney and Chair, National Centre for Vocational Education Research.
• Nicholas Wyman, CEO, Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation

With over 50 presentations, the program features three key areas vital to developing the VET system and meeting future skills demand:

• Youth: engaging, inspiring and supporting students to realise their potential
• Pathways: transitioning through education and training into the workforce
• Skills: working with industry and employers to improve education and training

For more information, and to register online: http://www.ncver.edu.au/nofrills2015.html

Thursday 30 April 2015, 2.30pm-3.30pm AEST

Don’t miss your chance to hear more about selected international approaches to the development, approval, maintenance and quality assurance of VET qualifications, featuring:

• Dr Josie Misko, Senior Research Fellow, NCVER
• Nicholas Huntington, Senior Project/Research Analyst at Ako Aotearoa: The National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence

For more information and to register.

In mid-May our VOCEDplus website is getting a new look and features. The Advanced Search page will offer a simpler guided search, and a new expert search tool will allow users to interrogate VOCEDplus using more complex searches. There's also a Conference Collection page offering links to papers from key VET conferences.

Like to find out more? 

Join us for a webinar on Thursday 21 May from 2.30pm-3.30pm AEST that will demonstrate the new search functionality including guided, expert and glossary searches. The webinar will also provide a refresher on using VOCEDplus to discover current and past research, including NCVER publications, landmark reports, grey literature and a sneak peek of a prototype Information Pod of theme-based information.

Or, if you prefer a more hands-on experience, register now for the workshop VOCEDplus: research with new frills at the 24th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference ‘No Frills’, on Monday 6 July at University of Western Sydney, Parramatta campus.