This report examines the factors that influence early school leavers to re-engage with education, particularly through VET.
Note: This publication has been superseded. Government-funded students and courses: January to September 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.
Note: This publication has been superseded.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
Government-funded students and courses contains information on the number and characteristics of students undertaking government-funded VET in Australia during 2020
This research discusses the role of VET in mitigating the effects of economic downturns on young people and helping them move into employment.
This report uses 10 years of LSAY data to reveal five main pathways taken by young people as they transition from school to work. It also identifies factors that influence pathway choice, offering potential policy cues.
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.
VET outcomes may be improved if training providers take a more regional approach to course offerings and institutional learning support.
As participation rates of young people in VET decline, opportunities exist to engage and retain early school leavers in VET.
This study investigates the ways in which school students and their parents, carers and teachers talk about VET.
The main socio-demographic characteristics associated with being persistently not employed, in education or training (NEET) are early school leaving and having children.
This infographic is based on the reports Australian vocational education and training statistics: VET in Schools 2016 and VET in Schools students: characteristics and post-school employment and training.
The 2015 National VET Research Conference provided an opportunity for researchers and practitioners in vocational education and training (VET) to engage with three major themes: youth, pathways and skills.
This paper assesses the value and implications of eight proposed enhancements to the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth.
This report looks at whether it is possible to link data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) with external data sources to improve the breadth of information available from the survey.
Young people are significantly influenced by their educational and career 'inheritance'.
Bringing together the key messages from all research reports published in 2014.
An overview of young people using LSAY data and research is presented in this first edition of the LSAY annual report.
A snapshot showing how transitions for young Australians continue to change, based on the 2013 Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth annual report.
Data to monitor key performance and program measures for VET among school-aged youth in Australia is provided in this report.