VECO highlighted particular sessions by recording the audio either in real time for a remote audience or as archived files.

Index to other pages

 

VECO webcast

Listen to the audio or read the transcripts of
… Professor Richard Teese on
National Perspectives - pathways and outcomes and
… Ian Spicer, ASTF Chair on
Industry and VET in Schools

 

Making School Industry Partnerships Work: Case Studies

The ASTF sponsored coordinators and an industry partner from a number of programs to attend the conference. Four of these gave twenty minute presentations at the conference and you can listen to their sessions or read the supporting material.


… South Coast Industry Schools Coordinating Organisation (SCISCO)
Andrea Meredith and Sue Lord

… Kwinana Industries Council 'Excellence in Education Compact'
Graeme Harvey and Mike Keep

… Torrens Valley Vocational Education Services Incorporated
Jacqui Asser and Linda Steventon

… Riverina Highlands Workplace Coordination Prorgam
Anna Cutler and Lorraine Wysman

 

Australian Workskills Challenge

At the nearby Melbourne Exhibition Centre, the Australian Worskills Challenge was being held. For the first time, VET in schools students participated in the Challenge.
and....
Three teams of school students participated onsite in the Schools Internet Challenge which involved them building websites to showcase the event. Check out the results online!

 

Quality Conference Website
The conference website includes papers and workshops for download where available.

The conference was applauded as a watershed and timely event. As some remarked....

"What a wonderful experience. To all those who caught it on the e-conference, I hope you got out of it as much as I did."
Ian Griffith, Queensland