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The political imperatives which drive policy directions in vocational education and training (VET) usually demand a fast policy implementation response. Despite calls to link research into policy and practice, there is rarely sufficient time to design and carry out systematic research to assist policy implementation. At the policy implementation stage, pressing research questions are typically: what types of data are needed, and how can that data be collected and analysed in time to be of use? This paper describes how research techniques were adapted or 'fast-tracked' to assist the development, by TAFE NSW, of an action plan for the implementation of a state-wide, Ministerial policy relating to access and equity.