NCVER News #298

Bill Scales confirmed for LSAY National Research Forum

NCVER is pleased to announce that Bill Scales will speak at the LSAY National Research Forum 'Are we there yet? Youth transitions in Australia'. Bill is the Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology, Chairman of the Port of Melbourne Corporation and a Council Member of the Victorian Division of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).  Bill has been on the panel of experts for both the Review of Australian Higher Education (Bradley Review), and the Review of Funding for Schooling (Gonski Report).

This forum will present the latest findings on LSAY research focussed on youth transitions, and key topics will include the impact of schools, student aspirations, gap years and financial wellbeing.

To take advantage of the early bird offer get in quickly as the offer closes 5.00pm Friday 1 March.

For more information and to register for this event, visit the LSAY website:

http://www.lsay.edu.au/newsevents/events.html

Call for papers: 22nd National VET Research Conference 'No Frills' 10-12 July 2013

NCVER and Sunshine Coast TAFE are hosting the 22nd National VET Research Conference 'No Frills' in Mooloolaba, Queensland.

The call for papers is now open, with practitioners and researchers, especially early career VET researchers or those new to the VET sector, invited to present informative, relevant and thought-provoking presentations on research in progress or completed work. As well as standard presentations, we are once again offering the opportunity for publication of refereed papers as part of the program.

Closing date for submission of abstracts is 12 March 2013 with registration opening in March 2013.

For more information and details on how to submit an abstract, visit

http://www.ncver.edu.au/newsevents/trconf/trconf22.html

Webinar Series: Over-education, under-education and credentialism in the Australian labour market

NCVER will host a series of webinars throughout 2013. These one-hour presentations will be free to attend and will showcase recent research on a variety of topics.

Over-education, under-education and credentialism in the Australian labour market, will be held on Wednesday, 6 March 2013 to be presented by Michael Dockery, Director, Centre for Labour Market Research, Curtin Business School, Curtin University.

The webinar will present the findings of recent research by Paul Miller and Mike Dockery on the pay-off to education for people who secure jobs that are a good match for their level of qualification, and the pay-offs to those who end up in jobs for which they are under-qualified or over-qualified. The effects of credentialism - the trend towards increasing general levels of education unrelated to job requirements - is also explored and the implications this has for labour market and education policy.

For more information and to register for this free webinar, visit

http://www.ncver.edu.au/newsevents/webinar/2013.html

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