Research & Projects
Vocations
A three-year project funded by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to investigate how to improve pathways within education, within work and between them.
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Rethinking Skills in VET: From Competencies to Capabilities
This report on skills proposes that Australia has developed the notion of competency-based training to its full potential and that it is time to move on.
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The Changing Academic Profession
This project examines the nature and extent of changes experienced by the academic profession in recent years.
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Study on the Quality of Teaching in VET
The LH Martin Institute has undertaken a project that researches and makes recommendations on the factors that affect the quality of vocational education and training (VET) teaching. Final report and recommendations just released.
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Mixed Sector Tertiary Education Part 2: Universities and Private Providers
This competitive National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation (NVETRE) funded project is researching the growth of ‘mixed-sector’ provision in single sector universities that offer a small amount of VET provision, and private providers that offer both higher education and VET provision.
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Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO)
This landmark study was initiated by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to test the feasibility of assessing learning outcomes in cross-culturally relevant ways. AHELO is one of the main topics of the upcoming conference on assessing higher education performance.
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VET Leadership for the Future: Contexts, Characteristics & Capabilities
The LH Martin Institute and the Australian Council for Educational Research have completed a new study, VET Leadership for the Future: Characteristics, Contexts and Capabilities, drawing together reviews, prior research and a national survey of 327 practising VET leaders to define strategies for identifying and developing future leaders, in response to the looming succession crisis.
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VET Leadership Capability Study
This study has produced a research-based understanding of the contexts and capabilities that underpin effective leadership in vocational education and training.
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Analysis of Regional Higher Education
This project involved an analysis of the available data on regional higher education for the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
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Business Council of Australia Higher Education Project
Funded by the Business Council of Australia's Education, Skills and Innovation Task Force, this project involved a policy briefing on higher education, which detailed educational quality and effectiveness, international education and the enhancement of teaching innovation and productivity.
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