This literature review looks at policy contexts and their measures of impact, with a particular focus on foundation skills policy in Australia, implemented as the National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults, 2012—22.
Understanding the costs and benefits of vocational education and training can provide a basis for making more informed funding decisions.
Using the framework developed by NCVER, this case study evaluation reveals the extent to which NCVER's publications are influencing policy and practice in the vocational education and training sector.
One size doesn’t fit all: completion and employment gaps exist between different groups of disadvantaged learners and their non-disadvantaged peers, which requires a tailored approach for disadvantaged students. But closing the completion gap will not necessarily result in closing the employment gap.