Based on research and national consultation, the outcomes of this work led to the subsequent development of the Australian Quality Training Framework quality indicators for registered training providers. More...

This study has produced a research-based understanding of the contexts and capabilities that underpin effective leadership in vocational education and training. It involved context reviews, consultations, research on leadership effectiveness, a national survey of VET leaders and a symposium. More...

The LH Martin Institute and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) have completed a new study, VET Leadership for the Future: Characteristics, Contexts and Capabilities, which draws together reviews, prior research and a national survey of 327 practising VET leaders to define strategies for identifying and developing future leaders, in response to the looming succession crisis. More...

Competitive National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation (NVETRE) funded project that is researching the growth of ‘mixed-sector’ provision in single sector universities that offer a small amount of VET provision, and private providers that offer both higher education and VET provision. Assoc. Prof. Leesa Wheelahan is leading this project. More...

The LH Martin Institute at the University of Melbourne has led a project that researches and makes recommendations on the factors that affect the quality of vocational education and training (VET) teaching. The project explored VET teacher qualifications and continuing professional development; the impact teaching has on the quality of the VET student experience and student outcomes; and how this can be evaluated. More...

LH Martin Institute, in collaboration with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is conducting a project to examine the nature and extent of the changes experienced by the academic profession in recent years. The project explores the reasons for and the consequences of these changes. More...

The NSW Board of Vocational Education and Training (BVET) commissioned LH Martin Institute Associate Professor Leesa Wheelahan and RMIT University's Gavin Moodie to prepare a paper on skills.The result is a report which argues that vocational training has to adapt to meet the needs of a changing society and economic conditions. It advocates a shift from a narrowly defined competency basis to a capability framework in order to more effectively prepare students for broad occupations in loosely defined occupational streams, a feature which may underpin the next generation of vocational education. More...