Nicholas Wyman announced as ‘No Frills’ keynote
Founder and CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation, Nicholas Wyman, will deliver a keynote address People Without Jobs and Jobs Without People: Bridging the Skills Gap at the 24th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills' to be held in Sydney on 6-8 July 2015.
Today, many Australians remain unemployed, while thousands of positions remain unfilled. Why? Because businesses can't find people with the right skills to do the jobs they need. Meanwhile, education costs are rising exponentially and many graduates are unemployed or underemployed. Nicholas's presentation will look at the issues behind this often quoted “skills gap”. Drawing on his work with the organisations, governments, and educational institutions from around the globe who are pioneering the most cutting-edge solutions to the skills-gap problem, Nicholas offers a road map for how organisations, communities, and educators can come together to develop the human capital needed to keep our businesses innovative and profitable, our economy healthy and humming, and our nation sustainably competitive in today’s global economy.
Register now to secure your place.
VET research funding round open soon
Keep an eye out next week when NCVER will open the next National Vocational Education and Training Research (NVETR) funding round on behalf of the Australian Government and state and territory governments. This targeted funding round seeks proposals pertinent to policy and the operations of Australia’s vocational education sector identified in NCVER’s Research prospectus 2015-16.
Webinar: New features of VOCEDplus research database
Thursday 21 May from 2.30pm-3.30pm AEST
Register now to learn about the VOCEDplus upgrades that are being launched in May. Join us for a demonstration of the new search functionality including guided, expert and glossary searches. This webinar also provides a refresher on using VOCEDplus to discover current and past research, including NCVER publications, landmark reports, grey literature as well as a sneak peek of a prototype Information Pod of theme-based information.