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Direct linkSelby Smith, Chris; Ferrier, Fran – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2003
This report on an NREC project is concerned to explore the existing arrangements for funding students with a disability in vocational education and training throughout Australia; and also with possible alternative arrangements. The project surveyed the limited existing literature and outlined the existing funding arrangements, based on written…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
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
Smith, Chris Selby; Ferrier, Fran – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
This volume is a companion to "The Funding of Vocational Education and Training for Students with Disabilities: Volume 1" [ED495186], which examines how the vocational education and training system currently allocates funds to support students with a disability, and suggests other funding models to promote their participation. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Programs, Special Needs Students, Resource Allocation
Ferrier, Fran; Smith, Chris Selby – 2001
Data from an Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry survey of approximately 350 employers were reanalyzed to determine the effects of organization size and geographic location on the implementation of User Choice, which provides public funds to training providers chosen by apprentices and trainees. Among the respondents, 41.1% were small and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Contract Training, Educational Finance
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
Smith, Chris Selby; Ferrier, Fran – 2001
Australia introduced User Choice nationally in January 1998 to develop a national training system that is more responsive to clients' needs. User Choice is based on nine principles, including the following: (1) clients can negotiate their publicly funded training needs; (2) User Choice operates in a national training market not limited by state or…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competition, Contract Training, Education Work Relationship
