The vocational education and training sector plays an important role in helping displaced workers find jobs, but is there more that can be done?
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?
This good practice guide aims to assist employers, employment agencies and support services, and training providers in designing programs that help displaced older workers find new jobs.
Training is important but it is just one component in any package designed to reduce the impacts of industry restructuring on individuals.
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.
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?
Young people are significantly influenced by their educational and career 'inheritance'.
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.
Manufacturing and retail industries tend to dominate in more economically vulnerable regions while it's the reverse for mining and construction.
It's not just about the money when moving location for work.
Personal reasons and family commitments predominantly drive labour mobility decisions.
People undertake vocational education and training (VET) study for mainly employment-related reasons but are they ending up in their intended occupations once they complete their study? And if they are not, do they still find their training relevant?
Employment-related reasons are the most commonly cited reasons for not completing an apprenticeship.
Married women who are active in the workforce play a significant role in influencing their husbands to follow suit.
Increasing education levels are contributing to improved productivity.
Using NCVER and Australian Bureau of Statistics data as well as findings from four case studies, this report looks at how mid-level qualifications assist entry to and progression in the workforce.
This report identifies two preconditions for vocational streams as well as describes scenarios of how these preconditions play out in industry.