Apprenticeships have a particularly long and enduring history in Germany and Australia, this paper looks at the motivation of firms in both countries to become involved in apprenticeship training.
It is important to understand the critical role effective mental health and wellbeing support arrangements play in helping young Australian apprentices make the transition from school to work.
This good practice guide is designed to help employers think about and provide work-based social support structures for young apprentices.
Understanding the costs and benefits of vocational education and training can provide a basis for making more informed funding decisions.
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This infographic addresses some common perceptions of the VET market structure.
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.
A more complete picture of all investment in training above and beyond that which is currently collected would be very useful for policy development.
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.
This infographic covers a small number of research and statistical publications under the Apprenticeships theme in the main report. Its focus being on factors influencing apprenticeship completions from 2005 - 2015.
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This first reporting of total VET activity has enriched our current knowledge of the VET market and begins to tell the story of Australia’s training market through preliminary analysis and comparisons of government-funded training providers, and private training providers.
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.
The vocational education and training sector plays an important role in helping displaced workers find jobs, but is there more that can be done?
This literature review discusses methods for better engaging survey respondents, in particular the gamification of web surveys as well as optimising surveys for multiple mobile devices.
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.
What role does vocational education and training play in enabling students to fully participate in social and economic life?
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.
Research published by NCVER in 2015 can be broadly categorised into two streams: qualifications and participation.
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?