RAVE: Researching Adult and Vocational Education
RAVE is a group of experienced researchers in adult and vocational education at FedUni, and is based in the Institute of Education, Arts and Community.
Researchers
Access detailed information and contact details for the researchers below:
- Professor Annette Foley
- Dr Carolyn Johnstone
- Dr Peter Fieger
- Anthony Pearce
- Paschal Somers
- Liam Frost-Camilleri
Adjunct, Honorary and Emeritus professors
- Honorary Professor Barry Golding
- Adjunct Professor Robin Shreeve
- Emeritus Professor Stephen Kemmis
- Emeritus Professor Andy Smith
- Emeritus Professor Erica Smith
Student members undertaking research degrees
View the list of current students undertaking Higher Degrees by Research with RAVE researchers.
Research
At RAVE we research:
- learning by adults (including young adults) in informal and community settings
- learning by adults in community learning organisations
- formal vocational education and training, in institutions such as TAFE colleges and private providers, and also in workplaces
- VET policy and practice
If you have any queries about RAVE and its activities, please email vet.research@federation.edu.au
Research ethos
We are committed to highly ethical research, respectful of people, organisations and communities. Our interviews and surveys are done in urban, rural and remote communities, and in workplaces and training providers, on site, in familiar places and spaces with considerable preparation and great care.
RAVE newsletter
- Issue 17: December 2023
- Issue 16: August 2023 (docx, 983kb)
- Issue 15: December 2022 (docx, 600kb)
- Issue 14: June 2022 (pdf, 355kb)
- Issue 13: December 2021 (pdf, 305kb)
- Issue 12: June 2021 (docx, 150kb)
- Issue 11: December 2020 (docx, 129kb)
- Issue 10: May 2020 (docx, 516kb)
- Issue 9: May 2019 (pdf, 1.63mb)
- Issue 8: February 2018 (pdf, 656kb)
- Issue 7: December 2016 (docx,1mb)
- Issue 6: June 2016 (docx, 1mb)
- Issue 5: Summer 2015 (docx, 303kb)
- Issue 4: Winter 2015 (docx, 582kb)
- Issue 3: Spring 2014 (docx, 411kb)
- Issue 2: Autumn 2014 (pdf, 1mb)
- Issue 1: Summer 2013 (pdf, 283kb)
