Call for Abstracts: Educating the Workforce for the Future

We invite submissions for presentations at the 7^th Sino NZ Vocational Education and Training Model Symposium at Qingdao Technical College, China 14-15 October 2019.

The theme for this year’s symposium is Educating the Workforce for the Future. Subthemes are:

• Micro-credentials
• Modern Apprenticeship
• Soft skills
• 1+X model (qualification plus skills certificates)

Abstracts can be in English or Chinese. Abstracts must:

• Not exceed 200 words
• Speak to the theme and to one of the subthemes
• Indicate whether the preferred format is a 15 minute oral presentation (including question time) or a 25 minute workshop
• Be accompanied by a profile of presenter/s’ biographical and institutional information of no more than 200 words
• Be received by the deadline of 16 August 2019 by email to su.bolland@op.ac.nz

Abstracts will be peer reviewed. After the symposium abstracts will be published with presenters’ biographical information. Symposium registration is free for presenters.

Registration is now open online.

Travel subsidies

1. Ten travel subsidies of $1000 per presentation are available for presenters from New Zealand Institutes of Technology, Polytechnics and Industry Training Organisations. Allocation of subsidies will be based upon quality of abstract, including alignment with the theme and subthemes, and achieving broad representation from the New Zealand institutions.
2. We have additional funding for ten subsidies of $500 per presentation available for presenters to travel on to CACIE in Beijing and facilitate a related workshop on the afternoon of 17 October.

Presenters wishing to be considered for travel subsidies should indicate this in their covering email when submitting their abstract.