Global industry leader to open National VET Research Conference
Steve Sargent, President and CEO of GE Mining, Vice President and Officer of General Electric Company and Coordinating Chair of the B20 Human Capital Taskforce, will open the 23rd National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills' with a keynote address on the future of work and the direction of thinking of the taskforce and its relationship to Australia's position in the global marketplace.
Mark Burford will head up day two of the conference with a keynote presentation When research meets policy: Confessions of a sometimes successful and sometimes failed policy maker. Mark is Executive Director at the Mitchell Institute for Health and Education Policy at Victoria University.
Join us for an exciting program featuring over fifty presentations examining key issues confronting the VET and higher education sectors including:
- Understanding student choice and motivators for engagement
- The importance of supporting and mentoring students as they tackle the training system
- Student pathways through education
- Issues of pedagogy and the skills and capacity of teachers and trainers
- Examinations of recent structural changes in education
- The role of industry in facilitating employer engagement
To be held on 9-11 July in Melbourne, this is your opportunity to connect with leading researchers and professionals in the VET sector. Don’t miss out - check out the program and register online.
Webinar: What influences young people's aspirations?
Get in quick for NCVER's next webinar Aiming high: what drives the educational aspirations of young Australians? as spaces are filling fast. To be held on Thursday 5 June, NCVER’s Sinan Gemici and Chris Ryan from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research will discuss the findings from recent LSAY research on the drivers of young people's aspirations. Youth Connect's Daniela Ascone and Robert Simons from ACER will join the discussion. Don't miss out!
Latest data releases
Australian vocational education and training statistics: Apprentices and trainees 2014 - early trend estimates, March quarter
NCVER
This publication presents early estimates of apprentice and trainee commencements for the March quarter 2014. Statistics show the number of trade apprentices starting training in the March quarter 2014 remains consistent with the past four intakes for the same period.
Latest research releases
Gendered pathways into post-secondary study of science
Joanna Sikora
Using Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth data, Joanna Sikora investigates gender segregation in science engagement by looking at gendered pathways into post-secondary science study and the career preferences of Australian youth.
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2714.html
Early impacts of the Victorian Training Guarantee on VET enrolments and graduate outcomes
Felix Leung, Duncan McVicar, Cain Polidano, Rong Zhang
Enrolments have increased since the implementation of the Victorian Training Guarantee between July 2009 and January 2011 but has this first round of VET reforms led to improved outcomes for all learners?