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Invited presentation to the Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand
Jenny Bimrose and Alan Brown were invited to make presentations to the Tertiary Education Commission of New Zealand (TEC) at their offices in Wellington on 25th October, 2018. This organisation describes itself as a nexus linking learning and work. They were interested in hearing about:
- How TEC can best serve our labour market needs through good investment in training and education
- The alignment of good information and good career decision making
- Ways of informing and educating learners and their families over a lifetime
- Balancing the employment and socio-economic investment strategies in a way that will address skills mismatches and workforce needs.
Jenny Bimrose and Alan Brown made a formal presentation to about sixty senior TEC employees, followed by two more informal workshops. The three topics on which they spoke were:
- The National Careers Strategy: integrating labour market information (LMI)
- Integrating labour market information more effectively in career practice
- The development of career adaptability in vocational education and training (VET).