TAFE Queensland and Applied Research: Partnering for real world solutions. Jodi Schmidt, Chief Executive, TAFE Queensland

Australian VET System The Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector provides for formal education and skills training in technical and para-professional areas. Public providers = TAFEs – Technical and Further Education. Industry led and responsive to local and international industry skills needs. National Training Packages ensure industry endorsed standardised qualifications are delivered across Australia. Stringent regulatory and audit requirements ensure course and delivery quality.

Introducing: TAFE Queensland State Government mixed sector entity Six Regions in over 55 sites across Queensland 4,500 staff 500 programs Certificate - Degree 124,793 unique students 87.9% student satisfaction 89.7% employer satisfaction

Applied Research Company or industry problem Scientific Technical study Innovation Applied research Reference: Applied Research at BCIT

$50 million Advance Queensland Best and Brightest Fund - develop, attract and retain world-class talent - both scientific and entrepreneurial $46 million Advance Queensland Future Jobs Strategy - new industry/research collaborations, Innovations Challenge 10 year roadmaps for emerging industries $76 million Business Investment Attraction package - Queensland startups, proof-of- concept projects, and attract co-investment through the Business Development Fund. Queensland Government Innovation and Entrepreneurship Focus Advance Queensland Strategy

Internationally, FET providers partner with industry & commerce for student and economic benefit through industry- focused applied research, innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives Opportunity to further leverage industry relationships to benefit student outcomes, industry and the economy. Grow employment opportunities to strengthen the Queensland economy and create opportunities for all. Innovate to remain competitive and sustain market leading position. TAFE Queensland RedSpace: Cultivate entrepreneurship and innovation to increase productivity and improve Queensland’s economic position Applied research, innovation & entrepreneurship The TQ Opportunity Advance Queensland WHY? Applied research, innovation & entrepreneurship

The Challenge Media Release – 3 September 2015 Premier and Minister for the Arts The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk Small business and universities encouraged to join forces to innovate … What about TAFE ?

The Challenge There is no doubt that TAFE practitioners undertake research in various ways (action research, qualitative research, research and development) and for various reasons (teaching innovation, partnering with industry, professional development, technological advances) but they do not always name it for what it is; and as they do not often write up their research in academic papers, they do not claim their research in the same way as their Higher Education counterparts. Jonas, P 2012, Naming and claiming a research culture in Victorian TAFE, VET Development Centre, Melbourne.

Real World Partnering: Shifting the Frame to include Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

TAFE QUEENSLAND TAFE Queensland SkillsTech is the largest public provider of trade and technician training in Australia with an excess of 20,000 students annually undertaking studies in the automotive, building and construction, electrical and electronics, process control/instrumentation, mechanical, manufacturing, engineering, sustainable technologies industries and HDPE Welding.

Real World Partnering: Shifting the Frame: Georg Fischer (+GF+), iPlex + TAFE Queensland SkillsTech High-Density Polyethylene (PE 100) Centre of Excellence at Acacia Ridge Training Centre. +GF+ Piping Systems division “Innovations for PE Piping Systems” showcase Weeklong event involved five stations each showcasing innovations High-Density Polyethylene (PE 100). SkillsTech station expanded on the certified welding training for Butt and Electro fusion welding, Squeeze off and Hot Tapping both theory and practical programs. The workshop attracted significant industry interest: Murphy Pipe and Civil, Brisbane City Council, SEQwater, Unity water, Queensland Urban Utilities, Thiess, John Holland, QGC, SANTOS GLNG, Origin Energy and others. Included as a case study exemplar by the Australian Department of Industry in the Australian Innovation Systems Report 2014.

Committing to Action by Naming and Claiming… Inquiry as a C21st skill and habit of mind Applied research | Pure research Applied research | Pure research Networked learning Networked learning Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Reflective practice informs quality teaching Reflective practice informs quality teaching Educator development| participatory action research Educator development| participatory action research Applied Research Doing it for ourselves | Partnerships | Culture Change Doing it for ourselves | Partnerships | Culture Change Industry engagement | Authentic student learning experiences Industry engagement | Authentic student learning experiences Innovation | Entrepreneurship | Commercialisation Innovation | Entrepreneurship | Commercialisation

TAFE Queensland RedSpace: ARIES Applied Research, nnovation and Entrepreneurship Services Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Services

SPACE | COMMUNITY | SUPPORT

Networks | Partnership | Knowledge Transfer