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Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training (ACIRRT)	www.econ.usyd.edu.au/acirrt	AACIRRT has done a lot of interesting research into the changing nature of work and also into Group Training over the last few years - access free reports and papers, seminars, bi-annual newsletter - the ADAM database of enterprise agreements
Australian Bureau of Statistics	www.abs.gov.au	A wealth of information: labour force info and other national indicators, track trends in jobs and skills, time series stats, special articles on industries, education and training, etc., info on population and business in specific areas
National Centre for Vocational Education Research	www.ncver.edu.au	Australia's principal research and evaluation organisation for the VET sector, contains a huge amount of info on apprentice and trainee stats, group training research, skill trends in the building and construction industry, AVETMIS standards, women in VET, return on investment in training, the use by employers of qualifications in Australia, assessing and certifying generic skills, or browse selected articles in a range of NCVER publications
Research Centre for Vocational Education & Training	www.rcvet.uts.edu.au	Again, a lot of useful research e.g. training packages and the quality of VET, how learning occurs in small businesses, pre-apprenticeships: pathways or sidetracks?, the new VET practitioner: culture, roles and competence, the consequences of assessment, and more
VOCED - Vocational Education Database	www.voced.edu.au	A range of more general research information from Australian states, national and international e.g. the impact of the manager on learning in the workplace, Aboriginal women and training, accrediting and assessing learning at work - access precis of voced-related articles from literally hundreds of journals from Australia and overseas - comprehensive thesaurus of voced terms
Centre for Employment, Education & Training	www.education.monash.edu.au/centres/ceet	Research papers on issues such as participation in and barriers to training: the experience of older adults, linking economics and learning: VET for innovation, the effect of firm-based learning on earnings
Centre for Research & Learning in Regional Australia	www.crlra.utas.edu.au	Research in a range of useful categories e.g. access and equity, changing nature of work, small business, youth, VET in regions and communities, each of which contains more specific reports e.g. in this latter category, there's issues of quality learning: apprentices and trainees in rural and remote Australia
Job Outlook	www.jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook	Browse occupations for prospects and weekly earnings, check out skill shortages for professionals and trades and jobs with good prospects, use SkillSearch to find courses and training providers by region for each category, use a postcode search to find Australian Apprenticeship vacancies and Australian Apprenticeships Centres
Dusseldorp Skills Forum	www.dsf.org.au	Information on current youth-related projects such as the WorldSkills competitions and volunteering overseas, as well as papers e.g. a new deal for unemployed Australians, regional and local government initiatives to support youth pathways: lessons from innovative communities Statistical
Statistical Clearing House	www.sch.abs.gov.au	Repository for info from surveys involving more than 50 business e.g. The Moreton Bay Coast and Country Region Business and Labour Force Survey, Skills Analysis and Training Needs Assessment of the Circular Head Community in Tasmania
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