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Vet Leadership For The Future : Characteristics, Contexts And Capabilities, Hamish Coates, Lynn Meek, Justin Brown, Tim Friedman, Peter Noonan, John Mitchell
Vet Leadership For The Future : Characteristics, Contexts And Capabilities, Hamish Coates, Lynn Meek, Justin Brown, Tim Friedman, Peter Noonan, John Mitchell
Justin Brown
This paper examines leadership in Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector. VET leaders make a vital and growing contribution to learners, industry and society, yet research on their work is limited. This has direct implications for ensuring leadership is most effective, and for framing evidence-based capacity development. The current research draws together reviews of complex and often competing contexts, analyses of prior research, and results from a national survey of 327 practising VET leaders. Analysis of what VET leaders report doing in their jobs suggests that while they are attuned to the education-focused demands of their roles, they now …