No Frills – 27th National VET Research Conference

About The Conference:

The first international ‘No Frills’ conference and 27th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference ‘No Frills’ is goingi to be organized in 2018. It will be co-hosted with New Zealand partners, the Industry Training Federation and Ako Aotearoa.

The 2018 conference program will focus on Theme: Skills for a global future: working and learning together.

No Frills is a well-known annual national conference where researchers and practitioners in the vocational education and training (VET) sector come together to present, discuss and share information about key issues confronting the sector. By partnering with New Zealand, this year’s conference will provide an excellent opportunity to highlight international evidence for bench-marking policy best practice.

The conference also provides valuable professional development opportunities to enhance research capacity and capability in the VET sector by incorporating activities on data and research analytics, and research practice.

Beneficiaries: Educators, Researchers, Policy-makers, Registered training organisations, Schools and universities, Research organisations, Commonwealth, state and territory education and training authorities, Industry bodies, Employer groups, Not-for-profit and community associations, Private consultants

Call for Presentations and papers

Abstracts for presentations and poster sessions are invited for the 2018 conference, a trans-Tasman event combining the 27th National VET Research Conference ‘No Frills’ with the 2018 NZ VET Research Forum.

Theme : Skills for a global future: working and learning together.
Skills for a global future reflects the international nature of this conference and the pivotal role VET plays in preparing people for an increasingly globalised, interconnected and rapidly changing workforce.

Working and learning together reflects that this conference is a collaboration between NCVER, the Industry Training Federation and Ako Aotearoa, including our desire to share knowledge, ideas, insights and solutions with each other, and the need for all stakeholders to cooperate to ensure the success of VET in both countries.

Presentations: Presentations that explore this theme and further our understanding of the issues it raises. They should be informative, relevant and thought-provoking presentations that:

• showcase quality research with a sound evidence base
• focus on findings and recommendations that can be applied to the wider VET sector
• engage the audience.

 

Presentations can highlight research that is either in-progress or complete. We strongly encourage both early career and established researchers (including those who are new to VET), as well as employers, industry, providers, and practitioners to present.

Presentations that are thematically linked will be scheduled in streams to promote ongoing discussion among presenters and attendees around those topics.

Refereed papers
To mark the first ‘international’ ‘No Frills’ conference, in addition to standard presentations, we are also offering the opportunity to have your paper refereed as part of the program. Following submission of your abstract, successful applicants will be required to submit a paper for peer-review by two independent referees. This may result in your paper being published.

Why present?

• contribute to the future of vocational education and training across global borders
• promote your research at a major international conference to researchers, providers, industry and government representatives
• network with other international VET professionals
• access professional development opportunities via the pre-conference workshops.

 

NCVER’s annual ‘No Frills’ conference is considered one of the best value events on the VET calendar. By partnering with our New Zealand colleagues we are going international, which may open up further opportunities for you when it comes to presenting your work.

Registration Details

Last date for abstract submission: 16 March 2018
Last date for presentation submission: 06 August 2018
*If you have a more creative idea about how to share or present your research, we’d love to hear about it.

Submission of Abstracts: You must submit an abstract online No Frills 2018 Call for presentations and papers

Registration Process: It has not been started yet. Registration will open in early April to coincide with the release of the conference program. A range of packages will be available up to the value of $500.

 

Sponsorship: No Frills 2018 Sponsorship Opportunities

For more details, refer the event website link given below, or you may contact to
Georgia Basford-Foxx, NCVER
Level 5, 60 Light Square, Adelaide SA 5000
georgiabasford-foxx@ncver.edu.au
08 8230 8451