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28 March 2013 QUICK LINKS Welcome to the March Workplace Research Centre News Newsletter. Events In this newsletter we feature some of the latest updates from the Research WRC including the early bird registration details for the 2013 Media Advocacy in the Industrial Tribunals Course and the release of the 21st Annual Labour Law Conference Program. FEATURE LINKS UPCOMING EVENTS WRC ON FACEBOOK ADVOCACY IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TRIBUNALS - 2013 COURSE DATES RELEASED FOLLOW WRC ON This long-established course is suitable to aspiring industrial TWITTER advocates from employer and union backgrounds.

WRC ON LINKEDIN Dates: Wednesdays, 22 May - 24 July 2013

Time: 5.30 - 7.30pm

Location: Fair Work Commission, Terrace Tower, 80 William Street, East Sydney. LATEST VIDEO

Price:

$2550 (early bird until 26 April 2013) $2650 (standard)

Read the program and Register here

Contact: Stacey Young [email protected] Latest Podcast | John Buchanan speaks to "The Project" on Channel 21ST ANNUAL LABOUR LAW CONFERENCE 2013 Ten about healthy workplaces. Beyond ‘Groundhog Day’: Can productivity and fairness be Watch the video from 9.57mins - improved without further ‘labour law reform’? 10.32mins to catch the story.

Date: Monday 22 July 2013 Click here to visit the podcasts page. Time: 9am - 5pm CURRENT RESEARCH At this year’s labour law conference we will explore ways to improve productivity within the existing system and consider how labour relations policy-making can be improved. Latest research into links between education and work Some of this year’s speakers include: As part of a consortium with the Professor Joellen Riley, Dean, Sydney Law School, University of Melbourne, the WRC is http://www.wrc.org.au/wrcmailer/admin/index.php?Page=Newsletters&Action=View&id=254[5/03/2015 12:21:12 PM] Workplace Research Centre Newsletter

University of Sydney undertaking research into the links The Hon Professor Geoffrey Giudice AO, University of between and within education and Melbourne work. The three year project, Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum AO, Sydney Law commissioned by the National School, University of Sydney Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) explores a Cost: modern notion of vocation, or a set of occupations linked by common Early bird - $795 until 22nd May knowledge, skills and capabilities General Conference rate - $895 within a broad field of practice. Special rates available for USYD staff and students contact Cate Murray for more information. The research asks how a model of vocation does and could evolve, and Read the program and Register here our approach involves a comparison Contact: Cate Murray [email protected] of case studies across the four sectors of healthcare and community SYDNEY HEALTH & WORK RESEARCH NETWORK SEMINAR services, engineering, financial services and agriculture. Sustainable Work and the Maastricht Cohort Study Read more Date: Wednesday 3 April 2013

Time: 12 - 1.30pm

Location: University of Sydney New Law School Annex, Lecture Theatre 024

Topic: Sustainable work and the Maastricht Cohort Study