FULBRIGHT PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

This Fulbright Scholarship is for employees within the vocational education and training sector or training leaders in business and industry. It is also for staff within universities that teach in the TAFE sector of a university, but not for university academics that study VET as an academic discipline. Other examples include:

• employees, including teachers, managers, and administrators, of private and public registered training organisations.
• people who are leading vocational education and training strategies within their business.

Preference will be given to those who have a record of achievement and are poised for advancement to senior levels.

What is Vocational Education and Training?

Vocational education and training (VET) is post-compulsory education and training, (excluding degree and higher level programs delivered by higher education institutions), which provides people with occupational or work-related knowledge and skills. VET also includes programs which provide the basis for subsequent vocational programs. Alternative terms used internationally include technical and vocational education and training (TVET), vocational and technical education and training (VTET), technical and vocational education (TVE), vocational and technical education and training (VTE), and further education and training (FET).

Industry leadership is a key feature of Australia's national vocational education and training system. Nationally recognised portable qualifications are based on demonstrated competence. Skills-based training and assessment occur around competency outcomes identified by industry.

Further information about the Scholarship

• The educational program undertaken through this Scholarship should concern current vocational education and training policy or practice.
• The program must include an educational component, such as a short course and/or research and may involve other forms of professional experience, including visits to relevant organisations.
• This Scholarship is for 3 to 4 months. Programs of longer duration may be proposed but financial support will be limited to the 4 months.
• This Scholarship was initially established in cooperation with the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA). It is expected that Scholars share their Fulbright experience through professional presentations and publications on their return to Australia.

The current VET Scholar is Mark Harris. Mark Harris is Senior Strategy Officer with the Queensland Department of Education and Training, Product Services, in South Brisbane. He will spend up to four months with State University of New York in Oswego examining vocational education and training to help improve VET workforce development. To see Mark's full profile click here.

Previous Fulbright VET Scholars

Year	Name	Home Institution	Program
2009	Martin Riordan	TAFE Directors Australia	Researching the set-up and operation of the U.S. community colleges.
2008	Christopher Ainsworth	Risk and Emergency Management Education Centre, University of Adelaide	Research to increase professional respect between full-time and volunteer emergency management staff through equitable access to training
2007	Mr Mark O'Rourke	Victoria University	Research will explore how current practice and theories of training-based game products can contribute to the development of alternative delivery strategies and tools for VTE. It is expected that these tools will find a ready application in industries where workers deal with sophisticated machinery or hazardous environments.
2006	Dr Mark Brophy	VET Division of the Victorian Government Department of Education and Training	Researching 'Study Circle's' as a learning approach and their application to the VET sector, with a focus on disadvantaged learners.
2005	Metta Young	Centre for Appropriate Technology, Alice Springs	Enhancing educational pathways for desert Indigenous people

For more information, read the stories of previous Fulbright Professional Scholars.

For general information and applications please refer to the Professional Scholarship and Completing an Application information pages.