Insight, issue 27, August 2007

The articles in this issue include: Ageing workers; Numbers up for VET students and courses; VET offers positive outcomes for prisoners; New priorities to guide VET research; and NCVER awarded national research contract. These brief articles provide information about recent research projects and new and forthcoming publications.

Also included are articles summarising the keynote presentations delivered as part of the 16th National Vocational Education and Training Research (No Frills) Conference at Alice Springs in July 2007: Indigenous desert people proving mainstream mismatch; Future demand for VET and higher education; Building organisational capability 101; and NCVER helps build research capacity.

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The international article in this issue is ‘Recognising the benefits of non-formal and informal learning’. It discusses some of the key and emerging themes and policy issues relating to the significance of learning outside the formal education system.

The articles in this issue include: Ageing workers; Numbers up for VET students and courses; VET offers positive outcomes for prisoners; New priorities to guide VET research; and NCVER awarded national research contract. These brief articles provide information about recent research projects and new and forthcoming publications.

Also included are articles summarising the keynote presentations delivered as part of the 16th National Vocational Education and Training Research (No Frills) Conference at Alice Springs in July 2007: Indigenous desert people proving mainstream mismatch; ...  [+] Show more