NCVER News #374

Sponsorship opportunities are available for NCVER's 25th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills', co-hosted with CQUniversity and held in Rockhampton, Central Queensland on 4-6 July 2016. Sponsors of this popular event have the opportunity to showcase their products and services and interact with conference delegates from across the tertiary education sector and connect with people who are interested in professional development.

We’re just putting the final touches to the program and registration will open soon. To be notified when registration opens, please contact June Ingham on june.ingham@ncver.edu.au or 08 8230 8491.

More information about the conference and sponsorship packages

The latest funding round through the National Vocational Education and Training Research (NVETR) program is now open. Managed by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government and state and territory governments, the funding round seeks proposals on:

• Meeting skill demand for the future
• New delivery and assessment modes (emerging technology)
• Future-proofing the VET workforce.

Proposals are due by 5pm, Wednesday 13 April 2016.

Further information 

The recently launched VOCEDplus Pod Network provides instant access to research and a multitude of resources in themed pages called Pods.

The first 10 Pods focus on apprenticeships and traineeships, employment, foundation skills, industry, pathways, providers, quality, skills and knowledge, standards and youth transitions. A further 10 Pods will be released in coming months.

To learn more about the Pods and how to get the most out of them, join our free, interactive webinar on Thursday 7 April from 12-1pm ACST.

Webinar registration: Introducing the VOCEDplus Pod Network 

VET and a more inclusive society

There is a clear split in Australia’s society along educational lines; those without Year 12 or, at most, a certificate II are more likely to be socially excluded. This publication summarises six research projects by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research that focused on the impact of education and training on social inclusion and the labour market outcomes of disadvantaged students and includes some lessons for policy.

Can VET help create a more inclusive society?

Also published is the final report from this suite of work The impact of disadvantage on VET completion and employment gaps. 

Refereed papers from 'No Frills' 2015

Published in this book of conference proceedings, these refereed papers from NCVER’s 2015 National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference focus on the diversity of VET providers, the needs and learning preferences of VET students, initiatives designed to improve the capabilities of VET practitioners and how skills contribute to innovation.

24th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills': refereed papers

Have a read of this: Insight #57

The latest edition of Insight, NCVER’s triannual newsletter, is now available and includes articles on getting smarter with data, role of private providers training young early school leavers, transferring skills across occupations, how you can contribute ideas for future research, NCVER's work on measuring ROI in VET and much more.

NCVER regularly submits papers to government and non-government inquiries.

Two recent submissions have been made to the following inquiries:

• The Department of Education and Training’s discussion paper on the Quality of assessment in vocational education and training
• The Standing Committee on Education and Employment’s inquiry into Innovation and creativity: a workforce for a new economy

You can find copies of the submissions on NCVER’s Portal.