Introduction

NCVER conducts and manages research into Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector. The aim of the research is to ultimately contribute to an improvement in VET policy or practice. Some research is undertaken by the NCVER on a commercial basis.

Both NCVER's inhouse research program and the national managed programs of VET research are guided by the National Strategy for Vocational Education and Training 2004 - 2010, Shaping our future, which is available from the Australian government's Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website.