Government Social Research
5 May 2006: the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
in Australia launch Research
messages 2005 - a collection of summaries on all research projects published
or completed by NCVER in 2005. The summaries are clustered under five broad
themes used by NCVER to organise all of its vocational education and training
(VET) research and analysis: Industry and employers; Students and individuals;
Teaching and learning; VET system; and VET in context. Among the topics
covered are: industry and employers’ views of training and qualifications;
learner groups, including work on Indigenous Australians and vocational
education and training; literacy and numeracy; careers and pathways; and
regional issues and VET. Forty-two pieces of work are included and each
summary provides details of how to access the full research report.