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This volume of proceedings of the second national conference of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA) contains the following papers: Advancing VET research: dilemmas and directions / Terri Seddon; Senior secondary curriculum choice and entry into post-secondary vocational education and training / Katrina Ball and Stephen Lamb; The measurement of learning conversations: the illusion of the absolute, obscures meaning / Llandis Barratt-Pugh; Women, business and VET: furthering a diverse research agenda / M. A. Barrett; Ageing well: negotiating learning in aged care facilities / David Beckett, Jenny Gough and Peteris Darzins; Researching by VET for VET: a stocktake/lessons learnt / Barbara Bloch and Lisa Hoggard; Industry learning: toward a framework for future research agendas / Helen Bound and Christine Owen; What is missing from innovative practice in VET? / Mike Brown; Recruiting for renewal?: social controls and spaces in the apprenticeship to mathematics / Elizabeth Buckingham; ‘Don’t be too polite, girls!’: a report on a critical literature review of women, work and VET / Elaine Butler and Fran Ferrier; Quality and diversity in VET research: the capability perspective / Len Cairns; Staff development provisions for teachers/trainers in the vocational education and training sector - an overview / Sarojni Choy, Ron Pearce and John Blakeley; Joining the dots: making the connections between VET research and VET practitioners / Berwyn Clayton; Making judgements: practical strategies from research outcomes / Catherine M. Down and Paul Hager; Research on flexible learning/delivery: understanding terms / Terry D. Evans and Peter J. Smith; A research journey / Val Evans; A hiatus in VET research: the case of mathematics / Gail FitzSimons; What impact is implementing a quality system having on the VET classroom? / Jennifer Gibb; Work-related skilling in primary and secondary schools in Papua New Guinea / Richard Guy; Making judgments as the basis workplace learning - preliminary research findings / Paul Hager and David Beckett; Who’s listening, who cares? / Graeme Harper and Sonnie Hopkins; Quality vocational education and training: where does staff development fit? / Roger Harris and Michele Simons; Meaning-making in qualitative research: issues of rigour in a team-based approach / Pauline James and Dianne Mulcahy; Student readiness to learn via the Internet / Trish James; Learning in small business / Sue Kilpatrick and Suzanne Crowley; Evaluating flexible learning materials / Ann MacCann; The place of vocational education and training strategy within the overall planning framework of government: implications for research / Leo Maglen and Sonnie Hopkins; Future paths and challenges for quality and diversity in vocational education and training / Margaret Malloch; Equity and local participation in VET; some preliminary findings in Sydney postcodes / John McIntyre; Research on the economics of VET; the CEET research program / Phillip McKenzie; What difference does a research centre make? / Phillip McKenzie; Different modes of delivery - student outcomes and students’ perspectives / Josie Misko; Working on curriculum recommendations for women leaders and managers, 2010 / Jennifer Nevard; Longitudinal study of outcomes of vocational education and training programs / Oanh Phan; Seeking the Geek Girls: exploring women’s and girl’s perceptions of information technology / Vivienne Price and Robyn Woolley; Workplace trainers: what do they do? / Michele Simons, Roger Harris and John Bone; When one survey is not enough: the use of the Delphi approach in VET research / Erica Smith and Doug Hill; Research informing practice: instructional design for workplace learning / Peter J. Smith; Internet delivery for VET sector students at UniSA / David Snewin; What’s happening with VET in senior secondary schools? / Carmel Spark; Matching research methodologies with organisational experiences: making room for head, heart and soul / Maret Staron; The value of vocational education and training in a non-metropolitan community / Jon Toms, Barry Golding, Ian Falk and Sue Kilpatrick; Supporting students in a flexible learning environment: can it be managed better? / Kylie Twyford; Lifelong learning: a national policy research network on post-compulsory education and training / Louise Watson.