What can be done to strengthen the outcomes of VET in Schools for students?
Assessing annual training participation targets requires accurate information but when the tool for measuring participation rates includes information that is updated every five years, how accurate are the estimations in the intervening years?
Employment-related reasons are the most commonly cited reasons for not completing an apprenticeship.
Apprentices aren't what they used to be, or are they?
Enrolments have increased since the implementation of the Victorian Training Guarantee between July 2009 and January 2011 but has this first round of VET reforms led to improved outcomes for all learners?
Parental influence plays a significant role in their children's educational aspirations.
Young people's intentions to pursue post-school study established in secondary school.
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.
This research report examines the underutilisation of the skills of migrants in regional areas, particularly women who are often the spouse of a primary applicant but are also skilled in their own right.
The authors of this paper explore whether low socioeconomic status (SES) students benefit to a greater or lesser extent from attending high-quality schools when compared with their more advantaged peers.
This research reports on the effects of Youth Allowance using data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY).
Based on a three-year program of research, this report explores the barriers and facilitators of course completion reported by students with a disability who have completed an apprenticeship or traineeship.
This publication is a collection of summaries of research projects published by NCVER in 2012.
This study provides new evidence on the inter-relationships between Indigenous Australians' association with their traditional culture and their engagement with vocational education and training.
This report explores the two tools used for assessing literacy and numeracy proficiency, the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALLS) survey and Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF), and finds that, while it is broadly possible to translate the five ACSF performance levels to the ALLS scales, there is not an exact match between the two, especially at the higher levels.
This report explores the relationship between vocational education and training in (VET) in Schools and the labour market.
This report looks at the impact working while studying has on students' intentions to go to university and their actual enrolment in university.
This study explores the aspirations and intentions for university education among low SES and regional school students and looks at how peer mentoring might influence them.
The focus of this paper is on the factors, other than access, that influence the decision for Indigenous Australians to participate in education.