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NCVER hosted a one-day National VET Data Linkage Roundtable in Canberra on 17 May 2018 with a group of data custodians, governments and researchers to discuss methods and opportunity for the implementation of a set of best practice principles in data linkage.

The roundtable started with an opening address from Dr Michele Bruniges, Secretary, Australian Government Department of Education and Training who spoke about the importance of collaboration and the strong potential of data linkage to give multifaceted insights that will better inform policy decisions.

This was followed by case studies, expert presentations and open discussion aimed at encouraging further data linkage projects drawing on both VET and other statistical collections that would benefit the VET sector.

Program

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Presentations

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Session 1: Data linkage principles

	Privacy and ethics in data linkage Mr Jim Kormas, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)	Presentation (Duration 10:55 mins) PowerPoint (PDF 1.43 MB)
	ATO data matching Ms Julia Neville, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
	Linking data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) to administrative data sources Dr Tenniel Guiver, Australian Institute of Family Studies	Presentation (Duration 9:56 mins) PowerPoint (PDF 1.89 MB)
	The Unique Student Identifier (USI) as a key for data linkage Mr Jason Coutts, Student Identifiers Registrar, USI Office	Presentation (Duration 9:47 mins) PowerPoint (PDF 1.03 MB)

Session 2: National Initiatives

	Data Integration Partnership for Australia (DIPA) and the Multi-agency Data Integration Project (MADIP) Dr Phillip Gould, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
	National Education Evidence Base (NEEB) Mr Phill Weaver, Department of Education and Training	Presentation (Duration 12:12 mins) PowerPoint (PDF 970 KB)
	CSIRO’s Data61 data innovation group Mr Brian Thorne, Data61	Presentation (Duration 11:52 mins) PowerPoint (PDF 1.46 MB)
Session 3: Translation into public policy
	Sharing data to deliver a better policy agenda Mr David Turvey, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
	National data linkage projects Ms Kelly Fisher, Department of Education and Training	Presentation (Duration 12:18 mins) PowerPoint (PDF 675 KB)