NZ Vocational Education and Training Research Forum 2009
The New Zealand Vocational Education and Training Research Forum was held at Rutherford House, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, on April 22 and 23. The Forum was opened by the Hon Anne Tolley, Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister of Education, and Minister for the Education Review Office, and a copy of the Minister's address is available on the Beehive website:
The Industry Training Federation would like to thank the keynote and plenary speakers, those who presented papers, attendees, and Forum sponsors and supporters. The Federation would particularly like to recognise the support of and thank our Forum partners: Ako Aotearoa: The National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence, and the Department of Labour.
Copies of addresses and presentations from the Forum are available for download in PDF format below. Please note that some of these files are very large.
NZVETR Forum Programme 2009.pdf (299(401KB))
Forum Keynotes
L-R: Keynote and plenary speakers Professor David Ashton, Dr Karen Vaughan and Dr Johnny Sung. More images from the forum
The Global Auction for Skills - the implications for sector approaches to workforce development (302KB)
Professor David Ashton, SKOPE, Cardiff University, and University of Leicester (with Prof Philip Brown and Prof Hugh Lauder)
The Varying Nature of Industry-led VET Training (942KB)
Dr Johnny Sung, University of Leicester
Conditions and Strategies for Making the Most of Workplace Learning (1957KB)
Dr Karen Vaughan, NZCER
Concurrent Sessions
Session One
Karen Moses, Learning State
David Earle, Elliot Lawes, and Paul Satherley, Ministry of Education
Session Two
Dr Peter Coolbear, Dr Kirsty Weir, and Dr Warren Sellers, Ako Aotearoa
Robin Flynn, Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council
Session Three
Selena Chan, CPIT
Dr Dominic Madell and Dr Heather Lees, ETITO
Session Four
Dr John Clayton and Richard Elliott, Waikato Insitute of Technology
Elizabeth Valentine, ATTTO and Steve Hanrahan, HSI
Session Five
Helen van der Werff, Horticulture ITO
Dr Nicky Murray, ITF, Helena Parsons, Quartz Clarity, and Dr Gene Kumekawa, TEC
Session Six
Nick Watson, Learning State
Dr Ram SriRamaratnam, Richard Manning, and Xintao Zhao, Department of Labour
Session Seven
Dr Martina Battisti, Dr Alan Coetzer, Tanya Jurado, Professor Claire Massey, Massey University, and Dr Roger Wigglesworth, MED
Paul Mahoney, Ministry of Education
Session Eight
Lois Parkes, Victoria University of Wellington
Kit McMahon, Peter Collins, and Daniela Jaron, Service Skills Australia
Session Nine
Liz Hamilton, FRSITO and Sharon Pells, NZIER
Liz Stephenson, Careerforce and Rose Ryan, Athena Research
If you have any questions about the 2009 Research Forum or would like to discuss the 2010 Forum, please contact Nicholas Huntington via email at nicholas@itf.org.nz.