NCVER - Who's missing out? Access and equity in vocational education and training

Item:	1611
Title:	Who's missing out? Access and equity in vocational education and training
Authors:	Gillian Considine, Ian Watson, Richard Hall
Publication date:	21 November 2005
Type:	Research report
Themes:	Students and individuals > Learner groups > General
	Students and individuals > Learner groups > Access and equity groups
	Students and individuals > Learner groups > Students with a disability
	Students and individuals > Learner groups > Young people
ISBN:	1 921169 72 9 print; 1 921169 78 8 web

This report explores access to vocational education and training (and university) currently and historically over the past 20 years. It reports that those young people most likely to miss out on vocational education and training include those with disabilities, young people still living at home, children from single-parent families and those families with a history of parental unemployment. Those individuals face patterns of 'cumulative disadvantage'. In addition, the report argues strongly for striking a balance between the pursuit of social and economic outcomes as being essential for community-based initiatives aimed at addressing access and equity in vocational education and training.

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