The National Institute of Labour studies (NILS) invited Skills Australia to attend a presentation by NILS of its multi-disciplinary research capacity and its evidence based research on many dimensions of the labour market. Skills Australia accepted the offer, and the briefing was held at Flinders University on August 4. Skills Australia were represented by their CEO and five Research Directors. Key representatives from the University also attended. The briefing provided an excellent opportunity for NILS to inform Skills Australia of its high quality research capacity in economics, econometrics, sociology and industrial relations. After an overview provided by the Director of NILS (Kostas Mavromaras), NILS staff each gave a short presentation on a grant-funded or commissioned piece of research in which they had recently been engaged. Together, the presentations provided an impressive account of the range and quality of NILS’ work, and of the many major agencies for which NILS has provided commissioned research in recent years.

Skills Australia is an independent statutory body, providing advice to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations on Australia’s current, emerging and future workforce skills needs and workforce development needs.It was given a substantially expanded role and resources in the 2011 Budget. The concerns of Skills Australia are closely linked with the interests and the capabilities of NILS and this event provided a platform to exchange valuable insights into each other’s works and strengthen the potential for future collaboration.

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