> AWARDS

1.  Berwyn Clayton Award for Distinguished Service to AVETRA

2.  Ray Barker Award for Distinguished Service to VET Research

3.  AVETRA Paper of the Year / New Researcher Paper of the Year 

Berwyn Clayton Award for Distinguished Service to AVETRA

The Berwyn Clayton Award for Distinguished Service to AVETRA has been instituted as a way of recognising the exemplary and distinguished service of nominated AVETRA members who have through their endeavours worked towards improving AVETRA’s status as Australia’s peak association for VET researchers.

This award is to be awarded on a bi annual basis and it will be presented at the AVETRA Conference every second year in even years. Eligibility: All nominees must be current AVETRA members.

Download the Nomination Form here

Ray Barker Award for Distinguished Service to VET Research

The Ray Barker Award for Distinguished Service to VET Research has been instituted as a way of recognising the distinguished long-term and exemplary contributions to VET research of a nominated member of AVETRA.  The Award recognises significant contributions to VET research and scholarship and the promotion of VET research.

This award is to be awarded on a bi annual basis and it will be presented at the AVETRA Conference every second year in even years. Eligibility: All nominees must be current AVETRA members.

Dr Ray Barker was a foundation member of AVETRA with a long background in training and development.  He worked in the film industry in the 1930s in Sydney and joined the Royal Australian Navy at the outbreak of the second world war.  Ray Barker served on the HMAS Perth and was aboard when it was sunk in the Sunda Straits in 1942 and he became a prisoner of war.  After the war Ray studied psychology at Sydney University and overseas and was involved in pioneering workplace and workforce research.  Ray returned temporarily to work in the film industry but left to work in oil and gas industry.  Working for BP he was involved in the commissioning and management of petrochemical works in Australia in the 1960s, specialising in training and workforce programs.  Barker left the corporate sector to work in consulting and worked with a range of public and private clients on training and workforce issues in the Asia Pacific region.  Dr Ray Barker completed his PhD at Newcastle University and researched apprenticeships and private training using a historical context.

Download the Nomination Form here

AVETRA Conference  Paper of the Year and New Researcher Paper of the Year

Refereed conference papers will automatically be entered into the shortlisting for the AVETRA Conference Paper of the Year award as part of the refereeing process.

AVETRA Early Career Researcher Award
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) is sponsoring this award to encourage new researchers, that is, within the first five years of their research career, to present at the annual conference and become actively involved in the Association. The criteria for the award are as follows:

The author or each of the multiple authors must satisfy all of the
following:

* must be a member of AVETRA
* must be within first five years of research career e.g. a higher degree student
* must present a conference paper or interactive session based on their research at the annual conference

Note: Authors have been requested to nominate themselves for this award when submitting their conference paper. Employees of NCVER are not eligible for this Award.

Both awards will be judged by a panel of three people from the AVETRA
Executive Committee. The criteria for both awards will be: