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NSW DET Conference: New Directions in Skills Policy and Practice

We welcomed Professor Ewart Keep from the Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance, University of Cardiff as keynote speaker. Other distinguished Australian researchers and workforce development specialists from industry included:

• Jane Figgis, Director AAAJ Consulting
• Bill Martin, Deputy Director, National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University
• Kim Windsor, Windsor and Associates
• Ian Watson, Macquarie University.

Click here to read articles and an information sheet outlining Ewart Keep's ideas.

Click here for the conference program. Conference presentations can be viewed in speaker order below.

Professor Ewart Keep

Internal and external incentives to engage in education and training − a framework for analysing the forces acting on individuals?

Valmae Rose

Increasing workforce capacity in non-government disability services

Patten Bridge

From industry welfare to industry leadership in the dairy industry − the dual obligations of industry and the VET sector to develop new partnership models for high skills development

Peta Pash

A model for preparing graduates for emerging industries in the mobile digital content industry

Kim Windsor

Outcomes and sustainability - what it means for skill ecosystems

Professor Bill Martin

Changing work organisation and changing skill requirements: assembling the Australian evidence

Dr Ian Watson

Skills in use: labour market and workplace trends in skills usage in Australia

Robin Booth and Maureen Sullivan

Industry workforce development − the TAFE NSW approach: experiences and challenges

Jane Figgis

Developing leading-edge skills: lessons from the oil and gas industry and Speech notes

Dr Peter Waterhouse

Who do you want me to be today? Issues of vocation, vocational purposes and identity making in VET practice