This research examines the factors that influence employers’ decisions when choosing training options, particularly nationally recognised training.
Many elements combine to make up the apprenticeship system in Australia. In this report, we focus on five enduring issues in the apprenticeship system that have been discussed in research and literature over time.
Note: This publication has been superseded. Government-funded students and courses: January to June 2021 provided a summary of data relating to domestic Government-funded VET activity delivered in Australia. It contains information on students, programs, subjects and training providers
This publication reviews the current trends in how workplace-based delivery of training is distributed, including where entire programs are delivered in this way. Additionally, data from the Student Outcomes Survey was used to model the effect of a student receiving workplace-based delivery on employment and achievement outcomes
This technical report provides an evaluation of three alternative methodological approaches for calculating completion rate projections for apprentices and trainees.
This report presents data trends in apprentice and trainee training activity in 2020 as compared with 2019, to provide insights into the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis focuses on monthly counts of contract commencements, suspensions, cancellations and withdrawals, and completions.
Government-funded students and courses contains information on the number and characteristics of students undertaking government-funded VET in Australia during 2020
Student equity in VET: participation, achievement, and outcomes highlights how different equity groups fare in their VET journey.
New analysis of short-course training in VET reveals for the first time the size, extent, and characteristics of this form of training.
This research investigates the contribution that community education providers make to foundation skills training in regional Australia, the models of delivery that seemed to work best, and whether training helped build the social and human capital of the individual and broader community.