Last chance to shape LSAY
Written submissions to the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) consultation paper close on Monday 31 August. Don’t miss your opportunity to have your say and help us identify new topics. We are particularly interested in topics that will make LSAY relevant for research and policy for the next 10 years.
LSAY is a research program that tracks young people as they move from school to post-school destinations. Survey participants (collectively known as a 'cohort') enter the study when they turn 15 years. We’re currently developing the initial questionnaire for the new LSAY 2015 cohort, and mapping survey topics for the next 10 years.
For more information and to download the discussion paper: http://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/2814.html
Coming Events
Webinar: Vocational streams: linking qualifications and the labour market
Wednesday 23 September, 2.30pm - 3.30pm AEST
Join us to hear Professor John Buchanan, Chair of Discipline, Business Analytics and Principal Advisor (Research Impact), University of Sydney Business School discuss the main findings from the research program Vocations: the link between post-compulsory education and the labour market. The research proposes that vocational streams provide a framework for creating better connections between qualifications and jobs. Vocational streams help individuals to be more adaptable by instilling the basic knowledge required for a number of jobs within a broad vocational field of practice rather than for a specific occupation. This has the potential to prepare graduates to adapt to rapidly changing conditions in industry. This research has implications for employers, unions, professional associations, occupational and accrediting bodies, educational institutions and government.
For more information and to register
Webinar: Supporting tertiary students with disabilities, mental illness or long-term ill health
Wednesday 9 September, 10.00am - 10.45am AEST
Join VETnetwork Australia and NCVER’s webinar summarising the findings of two NCVER-funded research projects that focused on the learning experience of tertiary students with disability, mental illness or ongoing ill-health.
For further information and to register
Save the date: NCVER research forum on re-skilling displaced workers
Wednesday 18 November, Melbourne
Don't miss NCVER's one-day research forum When one door closes: VET’s role in re-skilling displaced workers, to be held in Melbourne on 18 November 2015. The Australian economy is changing with many manufacturing brands moving their operations overseas. Rapidly evolving technological advancements are driving economic change, industry restructuring and changing jobs. In this environment, it is vital that workers have the skills to move across occupations and meet varying employment demands. In response, we need effective strategies and intervention programs to avoid displaced workers from adding to unemployment numbers. This forum will discuss the role vocational education and training plays now and into the future in assisting occupational transferability and how policy in this area can help workers transition.
The program and registration will open in the coming weeks.
To register your interest for further information, email events@ncver.edu.au
Validating AVETMISS data: see how it’s done and beat the rush
Watch NCVER’s recently updated AVETMISS Validation Software (AVS) video tutorial, and in eight minutes learn how to upload, validate and report your AVETMISS data using NCVER’s free web-based validation software.
For registered training organisations submitting data directly to NCVER, the annual collection of 2015 fee-for-service and Commonwealth funding data opens in January 2016. We encourage you to beat the rush and register for AVS now. Validating your data throughout the year could save you time by not having to work through a backlog of errors during the peak period in January and February. If you do need help, NCVER’s Client Support team is available Monday to Friday 8:45am to 5:00pm ACST on +61 8 8230 8400 or please fill out our contact form.
Archiving and preserving research
A key role of VOCEDplus, NCVER’s free international tertiary education research database, is the archiving and preservation of research. This includes identifying and adding historical documents, and digitising old, non-commercial, print and microfiche documents. Recent additions that are now available online include:
• Second progress report on technical education: manual and practical instruction in primary schools (1899)
• Commonwealth-State Apprenticeship Inquiry: report of Committee [Wright report] (1954)
These and other historical documents can be accessed from the VOCEDplus Special collections page, or by using the search tools available on the website. If you are aware of other historical VET documents that are not yet in VOCEDplus, please let us know via the Document submission form.