Resources and Links
Below are a series of leading research papers on skills provision in an international context. These highlight some of the current trends and topics being debated and touch on issues which INSSO seeks to address through its work.
Members’ publications and documents
Colo
Outline of the current qualification system in the Netherlands and the work of the Centres of Expertise.
Chart outlining opportunities for internships and apprenticeships by location and sector.
Industry Training Federation
An analysis of the different ways in which Industry Training Organisations approach assessment in the workplace, and the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches.
An analysis and discussion of the current provision of tertiary education and training in New Zealand in relation to the skill demands of industries.
A scan of relevant literature relating to structures and systems for workplace-based assessment.
A review of literature around ‘on-job’ learning and the factors that facilitate effective learning in the workplace.
Further development of dimensions of “High Performance” for Industry Training Organisations identified in 2008.
- (2008) High Performance in ITOs
A discussion of what the concept of ‘high performance’ means for Industry Training Organisations, including the identification of quality dimensions of ITO practice and operations.
A position statement concerning the existing roles ITOs play in building industry performance, and how these can be enhanced.
An overview of the evolution of New Zealand’s industry training system.
Industry Training Federation and New Zealand Department of Labour
A principles-based guide for ITOs intending to build productivity at individual firms.
A ‘plain-English’ discussion of literature around the links between skills and productivity, and presentation of some work being undertaken by ITOs to address productivity.
Industry Training Federation and Agriculture Services Limited
An analysis of the contribution made by industry training to the performance of businesses in the Horticulture industry.
An analysis of the contribution made by industry training to the performance of businesses in the Extractives industry.
Business NZ and Industry Training Federation
A survey of New Zealand businesses’ training-related practices and attitudes.
International sectoral approaches to skills provision
City and Guilds Centre for Skills Development:
Skills Development: Attitudes and Perceptions is a key international study looking at skills policy and provision across a broad range of range of countries.
A brief introduction to a sectoral approach to skills provision from an international perspective.
Sector Skills Development Agency
An international study of the productivity of different nations with regards to individual industrial sectors.
UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Case study report of a number of countries approach to skills provision from a sectoral approach.
Confederation of Indian Industry
Proposal for the need to establish a sectoral system of skills provision in order to meet current education ambitions in India.
The Skills Board of Canada
Examination of the objectives and work of Canada’s sector skills councils.
Approaches to Vocational Education and Training
OECD
Report looking at a ways in which innovation can be useful in vocational education and training from a global range of examples.
Learning and Skills Development Agency
Mixed articles on vocational education and training and skills provision – contains viewpoints on a number of countries.
Human Resources Development
Contains a history of the approach to vocational training and recommendations with regards to the education system in South Africa.
CEDEFOP
Examination of the shift to a more joined up policy with regards to the skills agenda in Europe as a whole.