Breaking Through to Education
 Dr Chris Ryan, Economics Program
In a major initiative The Social Policy Evaluation Analysis and Research Centre (SPEAR), will collaborate with the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), and provide analytical services and reports to the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Technology for their Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY).
NCVER has an established reputation for data, research, and analysis in vocational education and training. It undertakes and manages complex research, including on the experience of Australian Apprentices and the outcomes of participants in the VET system. Under their contract with DEST, signed on June 29, 2007, NCVER will work with the Social Policy Evaluation Analysis and Research Centre (SPEAR) in the Research School of Social Sciences over the next three years .
The Department of Education, Science and Technology funds and manages the LSAY programme, with support from the Australian and the State and Territory governments. The programme has been in place since 1995. The key element of LSAY is the tracking of a large sample of young people (around 14,000 to start with) each year between the ages of 15 and 25 years. Analysis informs policy making in all education and training sectors. It provides an understanding of the choices and experiences of young people, and what influences these, as they move from school to further education and training or work. There is no comparable source of this information.
ANZSOG series success
The ANZSOG monograph series, published by ANU E Press, has enjoyed great success since publication of the first titles in October 2006. From January to June 2007, over 16,000 full versions of the seven titles so far published were downloaded, along with almost 20,000 individual chapters from the various titles.
In addition, Electronic Engagement, by Dr Peter Chen, has come in at number nine among the Top 10 eBooks downloaded from January to June 2007 (7,757 downloads, comprised of 5,673 complete book, 2,084 individual chapters). This is a sign of great things to come for the ANZSOG series, especially as we have a number of significant forthcoming manuscripts coming out in the latter half of the year.
Two recent articles from the Canberra Times by John Wanna and John Butcher, Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Governments abuzz with collaborative harmonies
The Canberra Times / Public Sector Informant
3 July 2007 pp. 30-31
(c) 2007 the Canberra Times
Nation-building resaissance? the job's not finished yet
The Canberra Times / Public Sector Informant
5 June 2007 pp. 12-13
(c) 2007 the Canberra Times
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Canberra, 12-14 December 2007
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Ruralism and the limits of neo-liberalism
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Experimental Philosophy Meets Conceptual Analysis Conference
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