Work-based Education Research Centre (WERC)

ABOUT Work-based Education Research Centre is a research and development centre that investigates how learning takes place in, through and for the workplace. Our activities contribute to knowledge and policy development in Vocational Education Training (VET) at Victoria University (VU). The Centre performs the five major functions: research and consultancydeveloping innovative products and processescapacity buildingpublishingnetworkingThese […]

Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY)

ABOUT The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) track young people as they move from school into further study, work and other destinations. It uses large, nationally representative samples of young people to collect information about education and training, work, and social development. Survey participants (collectively known as a ‘cohort’) enter the study when they […]

Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan)

ABOUT Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) is the national, voluntary membership organization representing publicly supported colleges, institutes, cegeps and polytechnics in Canada and internationally. Known previously as the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC), CICan continues to champion the innovations, applied research, international development, and the employment or entrepreneurial opportunities that are created by its […]

L H Martin Institute

ABOUT L H Martin Institute – provides the tertiary education sector with career and capability development through an integrated set of programs, events and projects. Our programs are unique in that they: are contextualised to the tertiary education sectorprovide practical examples that relate to participants’ own situationsare led by practitioners in the fieldarm participants with […]

Conference Board of Canada (CBC)

ABOUT Conference Board of Canada (CBC) – is dedicated to building a better future for Canadians by making the economy and society more dynamic and competitive. The foremost independent, evidence-based, not-for-profit applied research organization in Canada. Funded exclusively through the fees we charge for services to the private and public sectors. Experts in: Conducting, publishing, […]

The Centre for Social Impact Swinburne (CSI Swinburne)

ABOUT The Centre for Social Impact Swinburne (CSI Swinburne) is part of the CSI network. We work toward a stronger society for all, through research and scholarship that engages the wider community at all levels of society. To solve our biggest social challenges we advance knowledge about the people, systems and practices that produce positive […]

Society for Education and Training (SET)

ABOUT The Society for Education and Training (SET) is the new professional membership organisation of the Education and Training Foundation for practitioners working in the post-16 education and training sector. Since the close of the Institute for Learning (IfL) in November 2014, SET has taken on its legacy and continues to support practitioners through their […]

Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER)

ABOUT The Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) was launched in March 2015 and is funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The Centre brings together four partners, all with significant and acknowledged expertise in vocational education: the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE (Professor Sandra McNally is CVER’s Director); the University […]

Learning and Work Institute (L&WI)

ABOUT A new independent policy and research organisation dedicated to lifelong learning, full employment and inclusion. We bring together over 90 years of combined history and heritage from the ‘National Institute of Adult Continuing Education’ and the ‘Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion’. Keywords learning policy festival employment development registered training events work support Geographical […]

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

ABOUT Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) The OECD member countries share a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macro economics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation. Information on the website may be browsed […]