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- Monday 7 October 2024 at 6:46 am
Pictured from L-R: Dr. Karen O’Reilly-Brigg – member of the AVETRA executive, Vikki Millar – scholarship recipient, Anne-Maree Butt - Senior Policy Officer VSA, Emily Barter – scholarship recipient, Assoc. Prof. Steven Hodge - member of the AVETRA executive.
The Victorian Skills Authority continues to support researchers in the field of vocational education and training (VET), partnering with AVETRA(opens in a new window) to offer 2 inaugural scholarships to attend AVETRA’s annual conference in Sydney.
The conference(opens in a new window) is the leading annual gathering of researchers, VET practitioners, policy makers, representatives from industry, unions and employers in Australia and New Zealand.
The scholarships for Victorian-based early career researchers were awarded to Emily Barter and Vikki Millar.
- Emily Barter is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, where her research focuses on the experiences and impact of compliance on new VET teachers in Victorian TAFEs. Emily has many years of sector experience, and hopes her research will elevate the voice of VET teachers and increase knowledge relating to new VET teachers and compliance.
- Vikki Millar is a PhD candidate at Central Queensland University and works as a VET specialist at Deakin University. Her research aims to understand how space can improve outcomes for students impacted by trauma. Vikki draws from her prior roles within TAFE and VET and through her current engagements with VET, schools, students and teachers.
Emily and Vikki will now prepare reports for the VSA reflecting on their conference learnings, and the value of the scholarship in supporting their research aspirations.
AVETRA and the VSA would like to thank all researchers who applied for a scholarship, and were particularly impressed by the calibre of the applicants and the diversity of their research activity.
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