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Insight, issue 9, February 2003

‘Insight’ is a quarterly newsletter published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to p ... Show more
‘Insight’ is a quarterly newsletter published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to provide news and information on vocational education and training (VET) research and statistics. The articles in this issue include: Responding to the innovation skill challenge; Generic skills are valued - but more promotion is needed; The nature of enterprise training; Small business training faces change; Apples and oranges?: international comparisons of VET; VET’s inter-sectoral links differ in China and Australia; Research heads meet in Korea; Results show TAFE does the job; Training that meets students’ aspirations. These brief articles provide information about recent projects and new and forthcoming publications. The international article in this issue is ‘Upskilling underpins the drive for innovation’ which investigates developments regarding innovation and how it relates to education and training systems. Where documents are available online, URLs are provided and all reports are indexed in the VOCED database once they are published. Show less

Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Date: 2003

Geographic subjects: Asia; Oceania; China ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Innovation; Outcomes; Industry ... [+] Show more
Overview of apprenticeship and traineeship institutional structures

The Australian government recognises that a strong Australian Apprenticeship system is essential to sustain a stron ... Show more
The Australian government recognises that a strong Australian Apprenticeship system is essential to sustain a strong economy. Accordingly, an Expert Panel was appointed to provide recommendations to the government on possible ways to reform the system to ensure that it can meet Australia’s skills needs into the 21st century. The panel examined apprenticeship training arrangements, including current incentives, and suggested principles and evidence to improve outcomes for both apprentices and industry. The work of the panel was underpinned by a study on related economic costs and benefits, including research undertaken by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). This is one of four reports prepared by NCVER as part of this study. This report focuses on apprenticeships and traineeships from a whole-of-system perspective. It is intended to situate the system within the overall skilling of the Australian workforce and in an international context. The report also looks at the efficiency of the apprenticeship system in terms of the relationship between inputs and outputs. The report is structured around three papers. The first focuses on occupational training and the role that apprenticeships and traineeships play in that, the second provides a comparison of apprenticeship systems in a selection of other countries, and the final paper takes up the efficiency angle. Show less

Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania; Great Britain ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: A shared responsibility: apprenticeships for the 21st century

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Vocational education and training; Workforce development ... [+] Show more
Conference guide

The 21st No Frills Conference had more than 70 presenters participating within six breakout sessions over two days ... Show more
The 21st No Frills Conference had more than 70 presenters participating within six breakout sessions over two days and eight pre-conference workshops. The program featured eminent international and national speakers and presentations that covered a broad range of research pertinent to the tertiary education sector. This is the guide to all the sessions and other events forming this year’s conference.
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Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Conference name: National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference

Date: 2012

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; Asia ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Conference

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Teaching and learning; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
21st National VET Research Conference [proceedings]

Keynote presentations: Modernising South Australia’s vocational education system / Adrian Smith; Developing the ski ... Show more
Keynote presentations: Modernising South Australia’s vocational education system / Adrian Smith; Developing the skills of the 21st century workforce: the evolving education and training system of China and India / David Finegold; Hands on and hands up / Robyn Archer. Refereed presentations: VET pathways in Tasmania: collaborating for successful participation / Anne Langworthy; Indigenous VET expectations and outcomes: evidence from the 2006 [Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth] LSAY / Nicholas Biddle; Life after qualification: the [continuing professional development] CPD needs of UK and Australian VET teachers / Richard Lander-Clarke; Pathways, student motivations and human capital theory / Nick Fredman; ‘Way beyond my realm’: using educational pathways to build confidence and capacity / Mary Leahy; Conceptualising a role for VET within the senior secondary certificates / Kira Clarke; Skills recognition in Australian rail: emerging opportunities in a safety critical industry / Lisa Davies and Anne Morrison; What do VET students and graduates think about ‘skills for sustainability’? / Mike Brown and Fabian Sack; The odd couple: can skills recognition in VET cohabit with university learning? / Mark Doran and Alicia Toohey; First year apprentices’ experiences of workplace learning / Selena Chan; Deepening the analysis of labour market segmentation / Serena Yu. Presentations: Skills development in post-conflict countries: Afghanistan as a case study / Robert Duffy and Richard Pickersgill; The VET data transparency agenda explained / Sandra Pattison; Making the links between quality training, graduate destinations and building alumni in TAFE / Kate Dempsey; Initial pathways and transitions for apprentices and trainees with disability / Stian Thoresen; Boosting productivity and workforce participation: the interdependence of workers, employers and VET / John Buchanan; How to leverage the power of data and analytics to achieve enhanced student outcomes? / Nathan Banks; The effectiveness of peer learning in a vocational education setting / Flip Leijten; Diversity in pre-apprenticeship programmes / Phil Toner; ‘Getting the real picture; preparing early for university study’: a pilot for VET to HE transition / Janelle Davis; Hurdling the great divide: investigating enabling factors in construction industry transitions between VET and HE / Jane Carnegie; The importance of [language, literacy and numeracy] LLN skills to improving life and work outcomes / Blanca Camacho and Lynn Sendy-Smithers; The changing perspectives of adult literacy within Australia / Julianne Krusche; A change in the wind?: adult literacy policy and practice / Kate Perkins; Migrant women in regional Australia: the role of education and training in improving social inclusion / Denise Beale; Willingness-to-move: analysis using choice modelling / Aaron Nicholas; Neighbourhood effects of participation in education and training: implications for social exclusion / David Johnston; Improving workforce planning and development: perspectives of sessional VET practitioners / Natalie Jacques; Building capacity for scholarly practice in mixed sector institutions / Melanie Williams; Return on training investment: an industry perspective / Amanda Thomas; Beyond subject matter knowledge: the role of cultural competence in promoting academic success for minority groups / Eva Ritter; Determinants of mature age entry into education and training and its impacts / Domenico Tabasso; Beyond the policy: what did [Productivity Places Program] PPP deliver in SA? / Jeremy Phillips; Navigating VET: the experience of ‘at risk’ youth / George Myconos; Outcomes from workplace learning in school-based VET / Cain Polidano; Playing the odds: how does the [Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning] VCAL influence school leaving? / Sheldon Rothman; Teachers’ perspective of attributes and practices that enhance Indigenous students’ completion rates / Anne Bowden; Certificate IV in Aboriginal cultural heritage management: preliminary evaluations / Maddy Maitri; Support Indigenous educators in their work with children from birth to age five in remote Australia / Christine Tayler; Campus carbon footprint management: an Australian VET perspective / Penny Johnston; Productively independent: three decades of national research capacity / Don Zoellner; From TAFE to polytechnic / Amanda Torr; ‘Good teacher’?: effects of mentoring program on new teacher retention in TAFE-industry training / Mani Nallasamy; Extent to which subject-matter experts selected by industry can add criteria to frameworks of industry training packages / Hayden Downing; The art of the possible: measuring the impact of applied research / John Stanwick and Jo Hargreaves. Show less

Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Conference name: National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference

Date: 2012

Geographic subjects: Afghanistan; Australia; China ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Conference

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Culture and society; Demographics ... [+] Show more
Focus on skilled migration

Skilled migration is one of the policy levers available to governments to address workforce shortages in the econom ... Show more
Skilled migration is one of the policy levers available to governments to address workforce shortages in the economy. This issue of Focus on explores how skilled migration is utilised by governments globally to address skill and labour shortages; how effective policies and procedures that recognise and validate qualifications and credentials gained overseas can facilitate the integration of skilled migrants and refugees in destination labour markets; and the impact the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had on skilled migration around the world.
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Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Date: 2021

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania; China ... [+] Show more Britain">Great Britain; States">United States; America">North America; [-] Show less

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: VOCEDplus Focus on series

Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Migration; Labour market ... [+] Show more
Insight, issue 21, February 2006

The articles in this issue include: ‘Summing up’ adult literacy and numeracy; China key market for Australia’s offs ... Show more
The articles in this issue include: ‘Summing up’ adult literacy and numeracy; China key market for Australia’s offshore VET; Cultural links vital to building Indigenous staff; A message to VET from business; Vocational skill development at risk, new report says; Case studies demonstrate VET’s quality and flexibility; What’s ‘hot’ for research in VET 2006; What’s changing on the VOCED database; Seasonal adjustment of apprentice and trainee data; Lower-level qualifications benefit young graduates most. These brief articles provide information about recent research projects and new and forthcoming publications. Where documents are available online, web addresses (URLs) are provided and all reports are indexed in the VOCED database once they are published. The international article in this issue is ‘Assessing VET’s global direction’. Based on a scan of international literature and information on the websites of key agencies, it discusses some of the key and emerging themes and policy issues in VET. Show less

Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Date: 2006

Geographic subjects: Asia; Oceania; Australia ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Literacy; Numeracy ... [+] Show more
Focus on COVID-19 and online learning in VET

The [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting social distancing measures and 'lockdowns', has gre ... Show more
The [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting social distancing measures and 'lockdowns', has greatly impacted the provision of vocational education and training (VET) internationally. Almost overnight, teaching and training in-person ceased and had to be delivered online to students in their homes, forcing VET training providers to act quickly and be innovative in their training delivery. This issue of Focus on focuses on recent research exploring the impact COVID-19 has had on the delivery of online learning in the VET sector.
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Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Date: 2021

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania; Sri Lanka ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: VOCEDplus Focus on series

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Providers of education and training; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more

Insight, issue 9, February 2003

Overview of apprenticeship and traineeship institutional structures

Conference guide

21st National VET Research Conference [proceedings]

Focus on skilled migration

Insight, issue 21, February 2006

Focus on COVID-19 and online learning in VET