Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0988187

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0988187

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Just-in-Time Self: Young Men, Skill and Narratives of Aspiration in the New Economy. Employers and policy-makers frequently lament the 'skills gap': the shortage of workers with the skills required to perform the available jobs. This cannot be solved simply by funding more vocational training courses. To improve participation in training it is important to understand how vocational aspirations are formed. This research will demonstrate how, through their involvement in collective creative projects, young men from poor backgrounds, develop skills and inclinations that might move them beyond the traditional model of manual labour to develop the flexibility required of workers in the 'new economy'.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $148,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cultural Studies | Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies | Gender Specific Studies | Urban Sociology And Community Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Class | Work not elsewhere classified | Gender aspects of education |

Other Keywords

Class | Cultural Studies | Gender Specific Studies | Gender aspects of education | Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies | Urban Sociology And Community Studies | Work not elsewhere classified

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