Based on case studies, this guide sets out best practice principles to help VET providers move into higher education delivery.
Pathways, aspirations, access to education and training and VET reform – just some of the topics covered in this selection of refereed papers presented at the 2014 conference.
Does industry support a new approach to qualifications based on vocational streams and productive capabilities and how we implement this?
What does it take for stronger vocational streams – a set of related occupations in a broader field of practice – to prevail in four industries?
Find out what the findings of a three-year research program exploring vocations mean for government and policy-makers; industry; qualification and approval bodies; and tertiary education providers and school educators.
Reforming both qualifications and employment could build better links between education and work to help provide a more coherent approach to vocational development.
Responding to emerging skills demand can be achieved by improving perceptions of career options, skills development and stronger partnerships with providers.
What are the key issues and possible solutions identified by Australian VET research from 2011–14?
Young people are significantly influenced by their educational and career 'inheritance'.
Bringing together the key messages from all research reports published in 2014.
How do different countries develop, endorse and review vocational education and training qualifications?
Data from NCVER's statistical collections and surveys are brought together to cover training activity that occurred between 2009 and 2013.
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.
Scored VET subjects disadvantage VCE students who want to go to uni.
Data to monitor key performance and program measures for VET among school-aged youth in Australia is provided in this report.
What can be done to strengthen the outcomes of VET in Schools for students?
The gap is widening between knowledge generated through Australia's training system, and the skills demanded by employers.
Imagine a new landscape for education. Reflecting on the past, through the Martin report of the binary education system and the Dawkins reforms which unified the tertiary education system, Francesca Beddie looks at contemporary policy and future possibilities for tertiary education.
In this audio interview, Francesca Beddie discusses her paper, What next for tertiary education? Some preliminary sketches, which presents some thought-provoking ideas from prominent tertiary education thinkers who came together to reflect on the Committee on the Future of Tertiary Education report (the Martin report).