A new conceptual model for VET Statistical Standards
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Transcript A new conceptual model for VET Statistical Standards
Building research capacity in the
vocational education and training sector
Francesca Beddie
Manager, Research Management
Evolution of VET research
A 1992 review of the Centre identified
shortcomings: under-funded, fragmented,
poorly targeted and used research
National research strategy adopted –
centrepiece is competitive grants program
managed by NCVER
Creation of Australian VET Research
Association in 1997
But: the community is small, perhaps
diminishing, and greying
Johnston Review
The 2006 review of NCVER’s research and
statistical services identified the need to build
research capacity in the VET sector by:
attracting experienced researchers from
outside the sector
► encouraging early career researchers
► supporting people in the sector to undertake
research
►
Over-reliance on established researchers?
Number of grants per principal investigator, 2001-05
1 grant
2 grants
3 grants
4 grants
5+ grants
Over-reliance on academic researchers?
Proposals and grants, 2001-07
300
250
200
Proposals
Grants
150
100
50
0
University
TAFE
Consultants
Other
Why develop a research capacity?
Research from within the sector can help with
strategic planning and operations by:
identifying effective delivery mechanisms
► helping to better understand clients
► pointing to new markets
► maximising the existing compliance effort.
►
NCVER can assist you with data, qualitative
research and to tailor findings for your own
purposes.
NCVER data
The data you and others submit to NCVER
can tell you a great deal about:
the quality of teaching and learning
► rising and falling demand
► employers’ and students’ views of training.
►
We can help you get more out of this data,
including through special initiatives to build
researcher capacity.
Building research capacity
Our objectives:
to increase the pool of researchers, by
attracting established researchers from
outside the sector
► supporting new career researchers
►
to increase the proportion of funding going to
non-university researchers, by
►
developing the research skills and capacity of
those working in the VET sector
Direct initiatives
Growing research capacity fund of $250,000
over three years for:
practical projects to build capacity in the VET
sector
► attendance at No Frills of several young
researchers and publish their papers
► co-funding PhD scholarships
► introducing fellowships
►
Indirect initiatives
Actively market and enhance the research status of
NVETRE* grants
Encourage research teams/networks, particularly
those which include new career researchers
Establish a register of research mentors
Run workshops on proposal writing and using
NCVER resources (VOCED, national training
statistics)
Establish MoUs with collaborating organisations
* National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation
(NVETRE)
How will you know if it is working?
annual NVETRE report
details of capacity building projects
undertaken
statistics on proposals and grants by
institutional affiliation and previous funding
status
review to be conducted in 2010