Deadline: 31-Mar-23
The VET Development Centre (VDC) in partnership with the International Specialised Skills Institute (ISS Institute) is offering one (1) International Fellowship in 2023 valued at $15,000.
The VET Development Centre works in partnership with the International Specialised Skills Institute by funding the VDC International Sustainability Fellowship [travel]. The Fellowship program focuses on developing opportunities within the VET sector to support sustainable practices and innovation.
The VDC Sustainability Fellowship for VET Practitioners [travel] looks to support and enhance sustainable practices in the Vocational Education and Training sector. This involves researching what innovations are occuring overseas and what products, services or processes are being adopted to generate long term social and environmental benefits. This Fellowship involves travelling abroad to research new skills and best practice in areas such as clean and alternative energy, upcycling, recycling, innovative technologies and sustainable processes and procedures etc, then disseminate the findings to the Australian VET sector upon return.
Priority: Innovation in sustainability in the Vocational Education and Training Sector.
Funding Information
- $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- An Australian Permanent Resident (PR or citizen) over the age of 18.
- Applicants living in any state or territory in Australia.
- VET practitioners who are employed within a national Registered Training Organisation (RTO), including TAFEs and private RTOs.
Conditions of Entry
- A Fellowship application, including the attachments (curriculum vitae, one (1) letter of support, one (1) employer endorsement letter) must be received by the ISS Institute by the closing date.
- The duration of the overseas applied research component varies depending on the aims of the Fellowship (but generally Fellows spend between two (2) – four (4) weeks overseas).
- Successful applicants will enter into a contractual agreement with ISS Institute to ensure that all Fellowship requirements are met.
- Fellows must prepare both a brief and a detailed Fellowship report outlining their international research, findings and recommendations.
- The Fellowship, including publication of the final Fellowship report, must be completed within 12 months.
- Fellows agree to disseminate their Fellowship learnings, findings and recommendations to peers, industry leaders and other relevant bodies and report back to the ISS Institute about these.
- Their Fellows agree to be ambassadors of ISS Institute throughout their Fellowship and into the future.
- Their Fellows agree to take part in periodic evaluation, generally via surveys, so they can capture the impact that a Fellowship has had at a personal, professional or industry level over time.
- While Fellowship applicants can be undertaking tertiary studies, the Fellowship cannot be used to gain a tertiary qualification.
- The selection panel’s decision is final and binding.
- Unsuccessful Fellowship applicants are welcome to reapply for a Fellowship in the future.
Selection Process
- Each submission will be evaluated by the VDC and ISS Institute team members, who may draw upon specialist experts when evaluating applications.
- Short-listed applicants will be interviewed by a selection panel, made up of the VDC representatives and ISS Institute team members.
- Interviews may be conducted by video conference.
- Given the number of applications, individual applications will not receive feedback.
- Each applicant will be advised of the outcome of their application.
For more information, visit VDC.