National workshop on equity research: report and papers from a national workshop convened by the UTS Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training at the University of Technology, Sydney, May 21-22, 1999

Against a background of a stocktake of equity research taking place in 1999 and the awareness by researchers of their potential contribution to developments in the policy area, the Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training (RCVET) at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) convened a national invitational workshop to consider the state of research and its policy implications. This document gives a brief summary and report of the conclusions of the workshop and draws together the unedited working papers presented at the workshop.

The papers are: Quantitative research using large national databases / Katrina Ball; Managing diversity / Kate Barnett; The work of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Training Advisory Council / Tony Dreise; Recent work on equity / Tom Dumbrell; Equity and VET: an antilogous project? A personal story of equity work in VET / Elaine Butler; Regrouping equity / Barry Golding and Veronica Volkoff; Equity: VET for the good of the nation / Ian Falk; An overview of current equity research in the national program / Jennifer Gibb; Locality and community agency in VET / John McIntyre; Equity for training and employment: research questions from a policy perspective / Marion Norton; Rethinking equity research / Rachel Robertson; Some observations on equity in VET / Kaye Schofield.

Individual papers are indexed from TD/TNC 66.422 to TD/TNC 66.433.

Against a background of a stocktake of equity research taking place in 1999 and the awareness by researchers of their potential contribution to developments in the policy area, the Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training (RCVET) at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) convened a national invitational workshop to consider the state of research and its policy implications. This document gives a brief summary and report of the conclusions of the workshop and draws together the unedited working papers presented at the workshop.

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