Centre for the Economics of Education & Training (CEET)

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CEET is the only centre for the economics of education and training in Australia. A well established research centre, its structure is unique involving two faculties at Monash University -- Education and Business & Economics -- and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).

CEET's structure allows team research with a wide disciplinary mix and access to an array of different networks of researchers, policy makers and practioners. Find out more About CEET.

CEET Noticeboard...updates on CEET activities

CEET 12th National Conference 2008

Friday 31 October 2008, Ascot House, Ascot Vale, Melbourne

Please check the website for futher details closer to the date

Gerald Burke has been appointed a member of Skills Australia, an independent body established under the Skills Australia Act 2008 to provide advice to the Australian Government on Australia's emerging and future workforce development and skill needs.

Peter Noonan, an Associate of CEET, has been appointed to The Higher Education Review Expert Panel which is to consider the issues and challenges facing the Australian Higher Education Sector and report later this year.

Presentations

A paper written by Gerald Burke and Peter Noonan was presented at the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training CEDEFOP Agora Conference held on 19-20 May 2008 in Thessaloniki, Greece entitled 'Financing Vocational Education and Training in Australia: Present and Furture' (145 kb)
Gerald Burke presented a paper at the Melbourne Institute Conference Our Schools ......... our Future held on 15 November 2007 entitled 'Finance and the performance of schools' (149 kb)
A paper written by Gerald Burke and Phillip Mckenzie was presented at the International Conference on Universal Quality School Education in New Delhi, by Gerald Burke entitled 'Economics of quality schooling' (179 kb)

Recent publications and reports on the CEET website

Approaches to measuring and understanding employer training expenditure Andrew Smith, Gerald Burke, Tom Dumbrell and Michael Long
Outreach: A local response to new imperatives for Australian universities Fran Ferrier, Margaret Heagney and Michael Long 2008 (in press) Ferrier, F and Heagney M (eds) Higher Education in diverse communities, Global perspectives, Local initiatives, European Access Network (London) and the Higher Education Authority of Ireland.
Diploma and Advanced Diploma Qualifications in the Community Services and Health Industries Gerald Burke, Andrew Smith, Tom Dumbrell and Michael Long
Interfirm cooperation in training Richard Cooney and Mike Long
Private returns to vocational education and training qualifications Mike Long and Chandra Shah
Effective skills development for a diverse older workforce Fran Ferrier, Gerald Burke and Chris Selby Smith
Industry demand for higher education graduates in Victoria 2008-2022 Chandra Shah, Lenore Cooper and Gerald Burke
Recognition of skills and qualifications: labour mobility and trade in services Chandra Shah, Michael Long, and Joel Windle
Parents Returning to work: Evaluation of Grant Recipient Outcomes 2004-05, 2005-06 Fran Ferrier, Peter Kellock and Gerald Burke
Qualifications and the furture labour market in Australia Chandra Shah and Gerald Burke
How young people are faring 2006, Key Indicators Mike Long
Stay, play or give it away Mike Long, Fran Ferrier and Margaret Heagney
The Flipside of Gen Y Mike Long

Seminars

April 11, 2008 - The German "transition system": the role of full-time vocational schools, Thomas Deissinger, University of Konstanz, Germany
May 16, 2007 - Lifelong Learning, education and training policy in Europe, David White, European Commission, Presentation slides (ppt 483kb)
May 7, 2007 - Workplace learning in context: How organisations and individuals intersect, Helen Rainbird, University of Birmingham, UK, Presentation slides (ppt 111kb)
April 13, 2007 - VET Developments in the United States, Norton Grubb, University of California, Berkeley
March 6, 2007 - Integrating refugees into employment - European experience, Richard Pearson, Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, Presentation slides and audio available here
February 26, 2007 - European approaches to competence development, Jonathon Winterton, Toulouse Business School, France, Presentation slides (ppt 225kb)

Latest Working Paper

#65: Shah, C & Long, M 2007,Labour mobility and mutual recognition of skills and qualifications: European Union and Australia/New Zealand (pdf 182kb)