As announced at the AVETRA 2025 Conference, the AVETRA Member Directory is now live.  Login with your membership credentials to search the directory to find fellow researchers and mentors.

Add your name to the list, by updating your profile and nominating what information you would like listed.

Need help? Contact AVETRA Support via email for some assistance.

Announced at the 2025 AVETRA Conference:

Ray Barker Award: 
Don Zoellner: For Distinguished Service to VET Research 2025

Journal Article Of the Year:  
Permission to teach VET: Enabling a vicious circle that maintains the low status of VET education. Published in the journal, Issues in Educational Research, 34(1), 2024

Dr Karen O‘Reilly-Briggs, 
Dr Rochelle Fogelgarn,
Dr Jacolyn Weller

Best Conference Abstract:
Kit McMahon : The Reference Man at VET: Gender, Power, and the Social Construction of Skill in VET Qualifications Reform

At the conclusion of the 2025 AVETRA conference, it was announced that the 2026 AVETRA conference will be held in Brisbane on the 23rd/24th April.  Add it to your calendar and lock it in!

AVETRA's 27th Annual Conference will be held at the Catholic Leadership Centre, Melbourne - 3 - 4 April 2025 

Join us as we bring together leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to explore cutting-edge studies and dynamic solutions that redefine the future of VET. Engage with thought-provoking sessions, network with industry pioneers, and be part of the conversation that sets new standards in VET excellence.

Notice is given that the next Annual General Meeting of the Australasian Vocational Education & Training Research Association will be held on Thursday 3^rd April commencing at 5.00 PM AEDT.
The meeting will be held in person (and via Zoom) at the Catholic Leadership Centre, 576 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne

Closing Next week - Call for Expressions of Interest

 Research Insight Topic: ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’

Expressions of interest are due by Wednesday 12th February 2025.

 Funding Available:   Maximum $40,000

The Victorian Skills Authority (VSA), in partnership with AVETRA, is now calling for formal Expressions of Interest from Australian Vocational Education and Training researchers or a research team for Project 6 - ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’

FOCUS OF THIS RESEARCH INSIGHT
The Victorian Skills Authority (VSA) is seeking to commission a research team / researcher to provide research insights about opportunities to develop and apply different approaches to ‘recognition of prior learning’ in the vocational education and training system. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) refers to the process of assessing someone’s relevant prior learning and existing skills to grant formal recognition.  The process of RPL is accepted by the Australian Qualifications Framework and regulated under the Standards for RTOs, but a range of barriers exist (for employers, learners and institutions alike) that can limit the application of RPL in practice.

To submit an EOI for this project, please read the the research brief and use the EOI template provided. Expressions of interest are due by Wednesday 12th February 2025.

PROJECT 6 – Advanced Notice of EOI

The EOI for Project 6 of the AVETRA/VSA partnership will be released on January 28^th. This project will focus on recognition of prior learning.
See link for further detail on the scope and timelines of delivery for the research insights project. 

The International Network for Innovative Apprenticeships (INAP) invites paper submissions to present at their 9th Research Conference being held on 8-9th May 2025 at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England.

Submissions close 14th January.  More details can be found here.

OctoberVET Ballarat
Thursday 14^th November 2024.
Registrations for the event are now open

• How do I develop a research proposal? 

• What is the purpose of a literature review? 

• Qualitative or quantitative: how do I chose? 

• Writing for Publication: how do I prepare my research findings for publication? 

• I want to present at a conference or forum: what do I need to know?  

These and other questions are answered in a series of workshops offered by Holmesglen’s Centre for Applied Research and Innovationfor its OctoberVET offering.  

In 2024 Holmesglen Institute is offering a novel approach to OctoberVET.  Scheduled over four weeks, we are offering a range of workshops on practical issues related to applied research: developing research proposals; surveying the literature; choosing a methodology and methods and communicating your research.   

They are intended to for all researchers in VET who are either currently engaged in applied research or innovation or who are thinking about doing research for the first time. 

The workshops are hybrid and can be attended via Zoom or in person at the Chadstone Campus, Holmesglen Institute, Library Building, Workshop Room A 

MORE INFORMATION