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.
This literature review looks at the different contexts in which adult language, literacy and numeracy are being delivered, who the learners are and the pedagogies in use, to elucidate what works best for whom and why.
This literature review focuses on the perspectives of adult language, literacy and numeracy, particularly the human capital and social practices perspectives, which at times do not sit comfortably in relation to each other.
This paper looks at the acronym 'STEM' - science, technology, engineering and maths - and unpacks the various definitions and applications within education, suggesting that competency in these fields in just one set of skills among other equally valuable disciplines.
The vocational education and training sector plays an important role in helping displaced workers find jobs, but is there more that can be done?
Transferable skills perform an invaluable role in cross-occupational mobility, but there are opportunities to improve the way they are developed and how they are understood in the labour market.
Graduate programs have the potential to improve the number of VET students employed in their intended occupation after training; but are they feasible for VET students and what are the benefits of work-integrated learning?