The standing of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia is the topic of a keynote address at a seminar organised by researchers based in the Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Education in Wagga Wagga. Known as RIVET or Research in Vocational Education and Training, the group will hold its bi-annual research seminar on Friday 16 May. Educator, researcher and author, Professor Stephen Billett, from Griffith University, will address the seminar from 9.30am on the value that Australia places on vocational education. The seminar will be held from 9am to 12.30pm at the Wine and Food Industry Training Centre, McKeowen Drive, on CSU Wagga Wagga Campus.