VETNETwork 2000 - Biennial Conference A reason for learning. Vocational learning in Australia
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The Hon Minister David Kemp
The Federal Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
The Hon Lynne Kosky
Victorian Minister for Post-Compulsory Education, Training and Employment

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Context address
Ms Moira Scollay
- Biographical details
Ms Moira Scollay is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian National Training Authority.
Lifelong Learning & VET in Schools
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Lifelong Learning & VET in Schools
(Transcript of presentation - MS Word, 49 KB)

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Dr Ken Boston - Biographical details Dr Ken Boston is Managing Director of TAFE NSW and Director General of Education and Training.
Dr Boston's address was delivered by Robin Shreeve, Assistant Director General, TAFE, NSW Department of Education and Training.
VET in Schools: the Long Prospect  
(MS Word 59 KB)
Sharran Burrow - Biographical details Sharran Burrow is the new President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions organisations and the immediate Past Federal President of the Australian Education Union.  
Alan Coman - Biographical details Alan Coman is the principal of Stella Maris College in Sydney, one of 100 schools selected for the Innovation and Best Practice Project.  
Col McCowan - Biographical details
Head of Careers and Employment, Queensland University of Technology.
Vocational Learning:  The Link to Career Development - handout
(MS Word - 127 KB)

Vocational Education: Links to Career Development
(MS Powerpoint slides - 83 KB)

 

David Eldridge - Biographical details
David Eldridge works for the Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory.
Youth Pathways Action Plan Taskforce
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Youth Pathways Action Plan Taskforce
(Download PPT presentation - 42 KB)

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Brenda Garrard-Forster - Biographical details
Brenda is Manager, Competence and Career Services, Ericsson Australia Pty Ltd.
Attracting and Retaining Youth in the IT&T sector 
(MS Powerpoint slides - 282 KB)
Mark McCrindle - Biographical details
Mark McCrindle speaks internationally to corporations involved in training, managing or marketing to "Generation X" who comprise one in five Australians.
Engaging Today's Youth - (Powerpoint slides)

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Dr John Spierings - Biographical details
Dr John Spierings is a research strategist with the Dusseldorp Skills Forum.
 
Richard Teese - Biographical details
Richard Teese is Associate Professor and Reader in Education in the University of Melbourne and Director of the Educational Outcomes Research Unit.
Six Paradoxes in the Relationship of Young People to VET (PDF file 22KB)

 
Avril Salter - Biographical details
Avril Salter is principal at Whittlesea Secondary College in Victoria.
Energising Schools: adapting to changing needs  
(MS Word 23KB)

Case Studies - Meeting student needs

Linda Farrington
Director, Studentworks (formerly Launceston Student Workshop)
Studentworks
(MS Word 29KB)
Glenda Fisher
Education Officer, Catholic Education Office
Disability  
(MS Powerpoint slides 84 KB)
   

Case Studies - Meeting Industry Needs

Ian Nicholson
Executive Officer, Victorian Furnishing Industry Training Board Inc
The Furnishing Industry  
(MS Word 36 KB)
Michael Witham
National Business Strategy, NRMA
Meeting Industry Needs  
(MS Powerpoint 275 KB)
 
 
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