Research projects and reports

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The Disability Skills Portfolio Scoping Project

Associate Professor Darryn Snell, Associate Professor Victor Gekara and Dr. Fiona Macdonald have recently completed a research project funded by the National Disability Services (NDS) which considers the opportunities for adopting a skills passport for the disability support workforce. 

2019 - 2020, Muchiri, MK & Rametse, NM, ‘Business Literacy and Entrepreneurial Skills Training for African Australian Small Businesses’, funded by Small Business Victoria, Victoria State Government.

2019 - 2020, ‘Queensland lived experience workforce development framework’, funded by Queensland Mental Health Commission (Louise Byrne & Lena Wang)

2019, Darryn Snell, Transitioning from one industry to another, Nightlife, ABC Radio, Australian Broadcasting Coorporation

2018 – 2020, ‘LGBTI Leadership Program Evaluation’, funded by Victoria’s Department of Premier & Cabinet (Lena Wang, Raymond Trau, & Vanessa Cooper)

2018 – 2019,  ‘An evidence-based capability development framework for Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, funded by Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria (Lena Wang, Pauline Stanton, Haiying Kang)

2018: Darryn Snell, Victor Gekara and Fiona Macdonald, The Disability Skills, Portfolio Scoping Project, National Disability Services

2017, ‘Riding roughshod: The removal of quad bikes from WA Emergency Services’. John L. Alford Case Library at the Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). (Belinda Cham, Lena Wang, Karina Jorritsma, & Wayne Gregson)

2016 - 2019: Victor Gekara, Darryn Snell, Alemayehu Molla and Stan Karaniosis, Demand for Digital skills for Australia’s Digital Economy, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

2016-2018: Rametse, NM & Muchiri, MK, ‘Empowering African Australian Women through Leadership Development, and Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship’, funded by City of Melbourne Council. 

2016-2017: Sablok, G & Muchiri, MK, ‘Strategic Organisational Analysis for Security International Services Pty Ltd’, funded by Security International Services Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria.

2016: Darryn Snell and Victor Gekara, Challenges and Opportunities in the Auto Skills Transition, Victoria State Government 

2014 - 2016: Darryn Snell and Victor Gekara, Cross-Sector Skills Transferability, Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Economy, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) 

2013 - 2014: Victor Gekara, Darryn Snell and Prem Chhetri, Workforce Sustainability: Assessing the Situation and Implications of an Ageing Workforce in the Australian Transport and Logistics Industry, Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council (TLISC)    

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.