Only 2 weeks to register for National VET Research Conference
NCVER’s annual national conference provides a great opportunity to network with VET researchers and practitioners as they present, discuss and share information about key issues confronting the sector. With over 40 presentations, the conference delivers great value for money for professionals in the tertiary education sector. The program also includes an engaging panel session on Vocations: the link between post-compulsory education and the labour market featuring:
- Ms Jodieann Dawe, NCVER
- Professor John Buchanan, The University of Sydney
- Mr Michael Hartman, CEO, Skills Impact
- Mr Stephen Conway, CEO, TasTAFE
Don’t miss out! Register now for the 25th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference ‘No Frills’, co-hosted by CQUniversity at their Rockhampton North campus from 4 – 6 July. The full program including presentation topics and social events is available online.
Latest research
Two sides of the same coin
New analysis reveals Australia’s training sector is diverse and complex and there are many similarities and some differences between the ‘two sides’ of the system – government-funded and private training providers. Based on the first collection of total VET activity data which was published last year, Making sense of total VET activity: an initial market analysis, is the first in a suite of NCVER authored papers that seek to tell the fuller story of Australia’s training market.
Transferable skills and the role of VET
Transferable skills are becoming increasingly important in helping people move between jobs as economies change and industries are restructured. This research identifies growing and declining occupations across Australia, assesses how the VET system develops transferable skills and explores how workers facing retrenchment understand how their skills may be relevant and applicable to a wide range of occupations.
Cross-occupational skill transferability: challenges and opportunities in a changing economy
This research will also be examined in a free webinar on Thursday 11 August from 1:00pm ACST.
Register now to secure your place.
When one door closes: VET's role in helping displaced workers find jobs
The VET system can play a critical role in helping retrenched workers find new jobs. This At a glance brings together key findings from research commissioned by NCVER that investigates skill transferability between declining and growing industries and the key points raised at NCVER’s National Research Forum ‘When one door closes: VET’s role in re-skilling displaced workers’ hosted last November.
When one door closes: VET’s role in helping displaced workers find jobs
Applications open for Fulbright Scholarship
Sponsored by the Department of Education and Training, the Fulbright VET scholarship is an educational and cultural exchange program allowing the successful candidate to undertake a current VET policy or practice program in the United States with an outcome to inform and benefit the wider VET sector in Australia. The scholarship is open to employees in VET or training leaders in business and industry.
NCVER’s Senior Research Officer, Michelle Circelli is a past recipient of the scholarship in the discipline of Adult Basic Education.