Attention RTOs: last days to report data to NCVER
There are just a few more days left to submit 2015 fee-for-service data directly to NCVER - the window for the collection of total VET activity for 2015 closes next Monday, 29 February.
If you still need to report this data directly to NCVER and need help, or if your RTO did not deliver nationally accredited training last year, please contact our friendly Client Support team:
• Email support@ncver.edu.au
• Online via our contact form
• Phone 1800 649 452 or 08 8230 8400 (between 8.45am-5.00pm ACDT)
Graduate programs for VET students?
New research finds that graduate programs have the potential to improve the number of VET graduates employed in their intended occupation after training, but they are not widely available for VET students.
Graduate programs, cadetships or internships may help ease the transition from student to employee and better prepare them for their working careers. Employers, for their part, may need to accept some responsibility for developing the skills of young people, given that some of the skills employers expect can only be learnt in a working environment.
Such programs are usually employer driven, so the benefits, such as lower wage costs, up-to-date knowledge and employee enthusiasm need to be promoted.
For more information www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2846.html
Heads up for research funding
NCVER will soon open a targeted funding round for research through the National Vocational Education and Training Research program; see next fortnight’s edition for more information and keep an eye on NCVER’s Portal and social media channels.
Webinar: Supporting students with disabilities
Register now for NCVER’s and ADCET’s webinar showcasing the findings from the recently released NCVER report Supporting tertiary students with disabilities: exploring the use of individualised and institution-level approaches in practice. The webinar, on Thursday 10 March from 1-2pm AEDT, will be presented by Dr Annie Venville and Professor Ellie Fossey.
STEM research
The following are some recent Australian and international research available in our VOCEDplus database:
- Work integrated learning in STEM disciplines: employer perspectives
- Promising practices for strengthening the regional STEM workforce development ecosystem
- Strategies for enhancing diverse mentoring relationships in STEM fields
- Predicting high school students' interest in majoring in a STEM field: insight into high school students' postsecondary plans
- Why is the pipeline leaking?: experiences of young women in STEM vocational education and training and their adjustment strategies
- Where is the engineering I applied for?: a longitudinal study of students' transition into higher education engineering, and their considerations of staying or leaving
VOCEDplus is NCVER’s free international research database for tertiary education. It contains over 70,000 items, most available free on line or through NCVER’s Document delivery service.
VOCEDplus on Twitter
Did you know that in addition to @NCVER we have two other Twitter accounts? @VOCEDplus tweets about VOCEDplus events, new features, search tips and selected new additions and other information of interest to our users. If you’re only interested in finding out what new items have been added to VOCEDplus, then follow @VOCEDplusTitles. You can also post VOCEDplus items to your favourite social networking sites using the ‘Share tool’ that appears on all VOCEDplus full record pages.
Need more information or help? Contact us via our Ask a librarian page or send us an email voced@ncver.edu.au.