NCVER News | 28 November 2013
Last chance to register for the webinar ‘A half-open door: pathways for VET award holders into Australian universities’
Get in quick for NCVER’s last webinar for 2013 as spaces are filling fast. To be held on Wednesday 4 December, the webinar will present the findings from recent research by Louise Watson and Pauline Hagel on the substantial differences between universities in the proportion of undergraduate commencing students admitted on the basis of a vocational education and training (VET) award. Berwyn Clayton, Director of the Work-based Education Research Centre at Victoria University and Janelle Davis, Relationships Manager, UWS/VET from the University of Western Sydney will join the discussion.
Keynote speaker announced for NCVER Research Forum – Realising our potential: widening participation through education and training
We are pleased to announce social justice campaigner and founding music director of the Choir of Hard Knocks, Dr Jonathon Welch AM will deliver the opening keynote address at this one-day national research forum, which will showcase research that NCVER has commissioned to provide greater understanding of the role of education and training in supporting all learners achieve their potential. Founder of Social Inclusion Week and the School of Hard Knocks Institute, Dr Welch has a long-standing passion for social justice and an overarching commitment to the community.
Australian vocational education and training statistics: apprentices and trainees 2013 – June quarter
This publication presents estimates of activity for apprentices and trainees in Australia for the June quarter 2013.
Issues for VET providers delivering associate and bachelor degrees: literature review
This literature review compares vocational education and training (VET) and higher education providers delivering diplomas, advanced diplomas, associate degrees and bachelor degrees, as well as noting the changing nature of VET and higher education. The aim is to identify the issues that VET providers face when moving into higher education provision. This paper is part of a larger project on the issues and impacts of VET providers delivering associate and bachelor degrees, including why VET providers choose to deliver these degrees, the operational issues involved and the identification of best practices.
Defining vocational streams: insights from the engineering, finance, agriculture and care sectors
The authors identify the potential for vocational streams – a set of linked occupations with related skills in a broad field of practice – in the areas of agriculture, financial services, engineering and healthcare/community services. To further explore this idea, they interview a range of stakeholders on the usefulness of a vocational stream framework for the labour market. This report identifies two preconditions for vocational streams as well as describes scenarios of how these preconditions play out in industry. This work is part of the three-year research program Vocations: the link between post compulsory education and the labour market.
Updated version of the VET glossary
The Glossary of VET provides definitions of terms and acronyms used in Australian vocational education and training literature. It also includes information about key VET-related organisations and historical documents that have shaped the development of VET in Australia. The updated version of the glossary is now available on the VOCEDplus website at
