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Download full textFerrier, Fran; Burke, Gerald; Selby Smith, Chris – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
In the context of aging populations, governments in Australia and in other Western nations fear that slower growth in the numbers of people of working age (15-64 years) will have a dampening effect on economic growth. They are thus considering how to encourage older workers to remain in the workforce beyond the point at which many currently…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Employment Level, Foreign Countries, Skill Development
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Direct linkButler, Elaine; Ferrier, Fran – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
Since the establishment of Australia's first national vocational education and training (VET) system, policy that centres women has diminished, to a present-day national scenario in where "woman" is all but unspeakable in national VET policy forums. This article provides a contextualisation and partial tracking of this erasure, before…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Sex Fairness, Vocational Education
Selby Smith, Chris; Ferrier, Fran – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2004
This project, conducted by the Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET) during 2003, set out to investigate the relationship between innovation and the provision of appropriate education and training in regional Australia. The project was designed as a pilot study with two main purposes: (1) To test whether and how the issues…
Descriptors: Industry, Economics, Innovation, Education Work Relationship
Ferrier, Fran – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
This paper reports on a Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET) project that explored policies, programs and other initiatives by Australia's states and territories to support innovation, and to build vocational education and training (VET) capability to respond to its effects on skill needs. The project was undertaken in late…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Industry, Economics, Foreign Countries
