Table 8: End-user responses End-user reference 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Introduction Could you tell me how you are familiar with the LSAY RIEF? Did you attend the forum/workshops? Are you aware of any of the research projects? Has been involved Mostly through Attended the forum. Attended the policy Attended the policy Familiar with Mike Attended the forum Was referred to the with LSAY for over 10 working with the data. forum and data forum. Not aware of paper, and then engaged research from others Dockery’s years. Still keeps No longer uses LSAY workshop, but this research projects. Education and with the research, but in similar positions. It track of all LSAY since moving to was some time ago. Happiness. this was some time provides a useful reports published by Canada to take up a ago. underpinning to the NCVER, reading at postdoctoral position, work of the LLEN. least the executive but commented that it Approximately five to summaries, and tries had a profound impact six years ago the to make use of the on their career LSAY research findings in papers. development and got reports were Familiar with all the them into their current discussed quite RIEF reports, but position. It is a specifically within the particularly with wonderful resource, LLEN communities. Fitzpatrick et al. and would look to use As the structures of it again in the future. the network have In terms of the RIEF, changed over the attended the LSAY years this shared policy forum. is ‘statewide’ debate not happening, although it still happens amongst more localised groups. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 How did you become aware of the events/research? As above. Supervisor suggested Signed up to the Was working in a Suspects it was Always looking out for Became aware of the As a subscriber to the attending. Had just NCVER e-mail alerts policy area on youth probably through research that forum from an email email alerts. Attended completed a PhD and and newsletters so transitions, and they notifications from validates the alert through the a workshop/forum in
Table 8: End-user responses End-user reference 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Introduction Could you tell me how you are familiar with the LSAY RIEF? Did you attend the forum/workshops? Are you aware of any of the research projects? Has been involved with LSAY for over 10 years. Still keeps track of all LSAY reports published by NCVER, reading at least the executive summaries, and tries to make use of the findings in papers. Familiar with all the RIEF reports, but particularly with Fitzpatrick et al. Mostly through working with the data. No longer uses LSAY since moving to Canada to take up a postdoctoral position, but commented that it had a profound impact on their career development and got them into their current position. It is a wonderful resource, and would look to use it again in the future. In terms of the RIEF, attended the LSAY policy forum. Attended the forum. Attended the policy forum and data workshop, but this was some time ago. Attended the policy forum. Not aware of research projects. Familiar with Mike Dockery’s paper, Education and Happiness. Attended the forum and then engaged with the research, but this was some time ago. Was referred to the research from others in similar positions. It provides a useful underpinning to the work of the LLEN. Approximately five to six years ago the LSAY research reports were discussed quite specifically within the LLEN communities. As the structures of the network have changed over the years this shared ‘statewide’ debate is not happening, although it still happens amongst more localised groups. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 How did you become aware of the events/research? As above. Supervisor suggested attending. Had just completed a PhD and Signed up to the NCVER e-mail alerts and newsletters so Was working in a policy area on youth transitions, and they Suspects it was probably through notifications from Always looking out for research that validates the Became aware of the forum from an email alert through the As a subscriber to the email alerts. Attended a workshop/forum in