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NCVER upcoming events for 2014 - mark your diaries now!
Research Forum - Realising our potential: widening participation through education and training 3 April 2014
This one-day research forum will showcase research that NCVER has commissioned to provide greater understanding of the role of education and training in supporting all learners achieve their potential. The forum will also provide a greater understanding about the barriers to educational participation, completion and outcomes for disadvantaged learners.
Earlybird registration is now open.
23rd National VET Research Conference 'No Frills' 9-11 July 2014
Considered one of the best value events on the VET calendar, next year NCVER is delighted to co-host the 23rd National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills' with Holmesglen at their Moorabbin Campus, Melbourne, Victoria from 9-11 July 2014.
Call for papers and further details will be available in January 2014.
Just off the press ...
Australian vocational education and training statistics: student outcomes 2013
NCVER
Information about the outcomes for students who completed their vocational education and training (VET) during 2012 is presented in this publication. The figures are derived from the Student Outcomes Survey, which focuses on students' employment outcomes and satisfaction with VET in Australia. Information about the level and type of training students undertake, further study patterns and reasons for not continuing with the training (where applicable) is also collected.
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2677.html
Australian vocational education and training statistics: young people in education and training 2012
NCVER
This publication provides a summary of statistics relating to young people aged 15 to 19 years who participated in an education and training activity during 2012. Information on participation is presented for school students, VET in Schools students, higher education students, apprentices and trainees, and other vocational education and training (VET) students.
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2697.html
School-aged youth in vocational education and training 2012
NCVER
This report provides data to monitor key performance and program measures for VET activity among school-aged youth in Australia. These measures were developed in 2009 by the Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce, at the request of the then Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs. They include the number and proportion of 15 to 19 year-old students who have successfully completed at least one unit of competency/module as part of VET qualifications at AQF certificate II or above, as well as the number of 15 to 19 year-old students who have completed a VET qualification.
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2699.html
Australian vocational education and training statistics: VET in Schools 2012 data tables
NCVER
Information is presented in these data tables about senior secondary school students undertaking vocational education and training (VET) through the program known as VET in Schools during 2012. It includes information on participation, students, courses and qualifications, and subjects. These data tables include VET in Schools students of all ages.
Coming soon ...
Total VET Activity (TVA) webinar series
The Commonwealth Department of Industry is running a series of webinars in December on total VET activity. These sessions are aimed at registered training organisations (RTOs) who are new to reporting. Participants will need to register for their preferred session.
Please note that some sessions are already booked out. However, you can register for a webinar in another jurisdiction, if you choose to do so. A copy of the webinar recording will be made available after the webinar series.
For more information on total VET activity, please visit
What's new ...
Latest Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) 2009 cohort data now available
The latest Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) 2009 cohort data collected from the 2012 interviews are now available from the Australian Data Archive. Information on how to access these data is available from the LSAY website.
Web update ...
Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) 2009 cohort technical documents updated
The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) 2009 cohort user guide and derived variable documentation have been updated and are now available from the LSAY website.
http://www.lsay.edu.au/data/31281.html
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