An estimated 82.8% of the 1.5 million Australians aged 15-19 years were enrolled in some form of education or training as at August 2017, similar to 2016
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While around half of Australia’s employers use the nationally accredited vocational education and training (VET) system to train their staff, comparable numbers are also using unaccredited training to meet their workforce skills needs.
New data from over 200,000 vocational education and training (VET) students shows that satisfaction remains high, with 86.8% of graduates and 90.4% of subject completers satisfied with the overall quality of their training.
There were 35 275 trade and non-trade commencements in the June 2018 quarter, down 3.3% (or 1205) compared with the June quarter in 2017.
Operating revenues for Australia’s government VET system decreased by 8.3% in 2017 to $7496.9 million when compared with 2016.
The latest release of national apprentice and trainee data show trade commencements increased in the March 2018 quarter, up 7.4% on the same quarter in 2017.
The proportion of 23-year-old Australians who believe that a lack of jobs is why they can’t secure work has more than doubled in the past ten years to 72%, according to new data released today.
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) today announced the appointment of its new Managing Director – Mr Simon Walker.
The number of school students undertaking VET programs as part of their Senior Secondary Certificate of Education has decreased slightly to 242 100 in 2017.
New data estimates that 47% of vocational education and training (VET) programs started in 2016 at certificate I or above will be completed.
NCVER has today released the official discussion paper for the 27th National VET Research Conference ‘No Frills’, to be held in Sydney from 15-17 August 2018.
VET has an important role to play in equipping Australia’s workforce with the skills it will need to address the impact of disruptive technologies, according to a new report released today by NCVER.
The estimated number of students participating in VET has remained steady at 4.2 million in 2017, while program enrolments declined by 7.6% to 3.4 million.
The report Internet job postings: preliminary skills analysis demonstrates how valuable internet job postings data can be and the possibilities it offers to inform policy and practice in the VET sector.
Contract completion rates for apprentices and trainees who commenced training in 2013 have decreased to 52.7% (down from 55.4% for those commencing in 2012).
The number of students enrolled in government-funded training decreased by 5.9% to 1.2 million students in 2017 when compared with the previous year.
The main trade commencement increases were in automotive and engineering (up 20.9%) and construction (up 12.3%).
New data reveals 85.3% of international students who graduated from an onshore Australian VET program in 2016 were satisfied with the overall quality of their training.
‘No Frills’, Australia’s well-known annual research conference focusing on the VET sector, has today announced its full program and line-up of keynote speakers for the 2018 event.
Field of education, labour force status and course qualification level are the three main factors to predict whether a VET student is likely to complete a qualification.