This report uses an integrated dataset to investigate the post-school employment and training destinations of secondary school students who undertook VET for secondary school students (VET in schools) programs in 2011.
This study compares the completion rates of apprentices and trainees employed with group training organisations versus those employed with direct employers.
While statistical analysis cannot confirm a connection between course duration and subject pass rates, it has been identified as a key facilitating factor in consultation with providers, regulators and industry peak bodies.
This research builds on previous NCVER work to better understand the value that small VET providers contribute to the Australian VET system.
This report explores whether VET undertaken by secondary students equips them with the technical and non-technical skills required to successfully participate in an ever-changing world of work.
This technical analysis looks at data sourced from online job postings to see whether it can provide new and valuable insights on the skills employers ask for when advertising jobs.
This summary shows how the tool - Comparing high-use training package qualifications - can be used to examine providers that primarily specialise in delivering the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care and the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
This summary shows how the tool - Comparing high-use training package qualifications - can be used to examine enrolment trends, delivery, assessment, demographics and graduate outcomes of two early childhood education and care qualifications.
This innovative new tool – a hybrid of a research report and data slicer – allows users to explore data on the top 20 VET training package qualifications with the aid of insightful research commentary.
New research shows that five years after participating in VET in Schools, 87% of students were working, studying or both.
Nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) in Australia predominantly consists of enrolments in training package qualifications or skill sets. This report examines the pattern of enrolments in training package qualifications to explore the uptake and utility of these qualifications.
This paper explores ways to measure how the vocational education and training (VET) sector is contributing to the development of STEM-related skills.
Increasing competition in the vocational education and training sector over the last two decades means it is timely to understand how the market structure has changed.