NCVER News #332

Seven research grants have been awarded to investigate current issues in the vocational education and training sector, through the National Vocational Education and Training Research (NVETR) program.

Funding has been awarded to:

• Shedding light: private RTOs training for young early school leavers – Lead researcher: Dr George Myconos, Brotherhood of St Laurence
• Consistency with flexibility in the Australian national training system – Lead researcher: Dr Kaye Bowman, Kaye Bowman Consulting
• Employer-supported training: prevalence, enablers and barriers – Lead researcher: Dr Chandra Shah, Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University
• Employer training in a changed environment – Lead researcher: Professor Erica Smith, Federation University Australia
• Skills transfer, re-skilling and training of older workers in response to restructuring – Lead researcher: Professor Victor Callan, Callan Consulting Group
• Cross-occupational skill transferability: challenges and opportunities in a changing environment – Dr Darryn Snell, RMIT University
• The effects of the Victorian training guarantee on up-skilling later in life – Lead researcher: Dr Justin van de Ven, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

For further information please see our Media release.

NCVER is hosting a free one-hour webinar providing practical help on how to meet your AVETMISS reporting requirements. The webinar will introduce you to the main AVETMISS reporting requirements,  provide you with a checklist on how to get ready for AVETMISS reporting, and give you an opportunity to ask questions.

The webinar will be offered during September and October 2014: 

• Thursday 18 September 2014
• Monday 29 September 2014
• Thursday 16 October 2014
• Monday 27 October 2014

For further information and to register

 

Quality assessments: practice and perspectives

In recent years, the quality and rigour of assessments in vocational education and training (VET) have been key concerns for those in the VET sector. Concerns that have often been fuelled by perceptions that some providers in the sector are taking short-cuts to qualifications. Quality in assessments has implications for both the credibility of VET qualifications and the competence of the graduates who hold these qualifications. This study investigates this issue by looking at Certificate III qualifications in aged care, electrical and business delivered by both private and public providers.

http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2709.html

VOCEDplus: Hot topics in VET

The areas of focus for the education and training sector are constantly changing as needs evolve and new topics rise in importance. We have identified five key areas in VOCEDplus relating to education and training:

• Governance of education and training systems
• Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
• Quality assurance in education and training
• Work integrated learning
• Youth unemployment.

Help us identify which is currently the most important to you. Click here to vote.

Pathways support for practitioners

Interested in vocational education and training (VET) to higher education pathways? Pathways support for practitioners on the VOCEDplus website provides access to general research and policy documents as well as occuption-specific resources. It also provides information about the Pathways Practitioners Community, and a LinkedIn group for practitioners working to improve transition pathways between VET and higher education.