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VET: It's a competitive business In responding to the changes brought about by new regulatory conditions introduced since the early 1990s, public and private training providers realise they must adapt to market conditions in order to ensure their long-term economic viability. Fran Ferrier, Tom Dumbrell and Gerald Burke explore how they are achieving this by focusing on the sources of income available, the problems posed by ‘thin markets’, and the role of research and development. More

Training: The key to keeping quality staff Training, especially nationally recognised training, has a major influence on whether an employee will stay with their employer. More Digging deep into disability and VET NCVER is developing a disability research strategy for the VET sector. More Is VET vocational? While only half of all VET graduates find work related to their qualification, they say the skills they acquired are still relevant to their job. More Good returns on VET investment New study reveals VET qualifications pay off. More Informing future VET policy through economic analysis Three-year program of work underway by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. More Building capability in VET's boutique stores To remain successful, private providers need a stable organisational culture and strong partnerships with their clients. More Reaching the finish line Latest apprentice and trainee completion and attrition rates revealed and a new survey to investigate their outcomes is underway. More Dome plays host to NCVER skills conference NCVER forum explores the state of Australian apprenticeships. More International Insight: Training and the migrant worker Training migrants so they are fully integrated into their new society is an important challenge for VET. More	LSAY research grants available NCVER is seeking proposals for research using data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. More LSAY research priority consultations NCVER invites written submissions on the research priorites for the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program. More VET-speak clarified NCVER has built an online glossary for ‘VET-speak’. More NCVER goes on the road 'Research Bites' program of presentations coming your way soon. More Recent publication releases More Recent podcast releases More VOCED Highlights VOCED is the NCVER/UNESCO research database for technical vocational education and training. VOCED Highlights presents a selection of the latest additions to the VOCED database. Go to www.voced.edu.au/highlights/index.html to view the latest issue.

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