Centre for the Economics of Education & Training (CEET)

The 18th European Access Network (EAN) Annual Conference - York, England - 24 June 2009

CEET 13th National Conference 2009
Theme: Education and training in an era of economic uncertainty
Friday 30 October 2009, Ascot House, Ascot Vale, Melbourne

Gerald Burke has been appointed a member of Skills Australia, an independent body established under the Skills Australia Act 2008 to provide advice to the Australian Government on Australia's emerging and future workforce development and skill needs. 

Peter Noonan, an Associate of CEET, has been appointed to The Higher Education Review Expert Panel which is to consider the issues and challenges facing the Australian Higher Education Sector and report later this year.

Presentations

• Trish Corrie and Phillip McKenzie presented a paper at the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA) National Conference, 'The Destinations of Victorian School Leavers: Key Findings from the On Track Project on 15-17 April 2009 in Melbourne (79 kb)
• Gerald Burke presented a paper 'Assessing education and training requirements against uncertain trends in the labour force' (154 kb) Presentation (145 kb) at the ACER Research Conference Touching the Future: Building skills for life and work'held 10 - 12 August in Brisbane
• A paper written by Gerald Burke and Peter Noonan was presented at the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training CEDEFOP Agora Conference held on 19-20 May 2008 in Thessaloniki, Greece entitled 'Financing Vocational Education and Training in Australia: Present and Furture' (154 kb)
• Gerald Burke presented a paper at the Melbourne Institute Conference Our Schools ......... our Future held on 15 November 2007 entitled  'Finance and the performance of schools' (149 kb)
• A paper written by Gerald Burke and Phillip Mckenzie was presented at the International Conference on Universal Quality School Education in New Delhi, by Gerald Burke entitled 'Economics of quality schooling' (179 kb)

Recent publications and reports on the CEET website

• Feasibility study - Establishing a national centre for pedagogy, John Loughran, Amanda Berry, Allie Clemans, Greg Lancaster and Michael Long
• How young indigenous people are faring, Key indicators 1996-2006, Michael Long
• University IT graduates for ICT occupations in Victoria 2008 to 2022 Chandra Shah, Gerald Burke and Sue North
• Vocational education and training providers in competitive training markets Fran Ferrier, Tom Dumbrell and Gerald Burke.  Interview with Fran Ferrier about this report
• Approaches to measuring and understanding employer training expenditure Andrew Smith, Gerald Burke, Tom Dumbrell and Michael Long
• Outreach: A local response to new imperatives for Australian universities Fran Ferrier, Margaret Heagney and Michael Long 2008   Ferrier, F and Heagney M   (eds)
• Higher Education in diverse communities, Global perspectives, Local initiatives, European Access Network (London) and the Higher Education Authority of Ireland, Ferrier, F and Heagney, M (eds)
• Diploma and Advanced Diploma Qualifications in the Community Services and Health Industries Gerald Burke, Andrew Smith, Tom Dumbrell and Michael Long
• Interfirm cooperation in training Richard Cooney and Mike Long
• Private returns to vocational education and training qualifications  Mike Long and Chandra Shah
• Effective skills development for a diverse older workforce Fran Ferrier, Gerald Burke and Chris Selby Smith

Seminars

• March 18, 2009 - Social inclusion in higher education and VET, Fran Ferrier and Sue North, Presentation Slides (ppt 287kb)November 26, 2008 - The destinations of Victorian school leavers: Key findings from the On Track  project, Trish Corrie, Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and Phillip McKenzie, Australian Council for Educational Research. Presentation slides (ppt 2071kb)
• April 11, 2008 - The German "transition system": the role of full-time vocational schools, Thomas Deissinger, University of Konstanz, Germany