In keeping with the 'No Frills' National VET Research Conference theme 'Diverse voices in VET', this discussion paper focuses on the broad range of stakeholders in Australia’s vocational education and training sector, in particular the three key ones: industry, registered training providers and VET students and apprentices.
The No Frills 2024 discussion paper explores this year’s conference theme: VET partnerships powering a dynamic workforce. It focuses on Australia’s workforce demands and the importance of equipping the workforce with necessary skills through targeted education, training and partnerships.
This discussion paper explores the resilience of the Australian VET sector and how it can continue to foster adaptability in the face of ongoing change.
This paper expounds the conference theme ‘VET’s role in transforming the future’ by examining how the sector is adapting, anticipating and activating change in response to future skill demands.
In this discussion paper, we consider how past reforms and changes in VET have combined to shape the VET system of today and to frame how issues are approached.
This paper is a discussion of existing work by NCVER and others on the role of VET in preparing individuals for the current and future workforce.
This ‘No Frills’ 2019 discussion paper explores how, as jobs and industries develop, workers will require ongoing upskilling and reskilling to maintain their position in the workforce.
The 'No Frills' 2018 discussion paper explores the future skills we will need to both operate and succeed in an increasingly interconnected world.
This paper provides a broad overview of the nature of data linkage, highlights possible uses in the VET sector and reviews key challenges data linkage presents as a research methodology.
With labour market challenges on the increase due to the digital revolution and automation, this report investigates what other nations are doing to address this issue.
Could we be the last generation of people to have traditional workplace arrangements, in permanent, ongoing full-time roles with one employer at a time? This paper explores the drivers changing the world of work, the skills we’re predicted to need in the future and what this means for training.
This paper assesses the value and implications of eight proposed enhancements to the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth.
Looking at the past can teach us about what directions the future can take. A group of prominent thinkers reflected on the Committee on the Future of Tertiary Education report (the Martin report) to offer thought-provoking ideas to spark debate and further fresh thinking on tertiary education.
This discussion paper was part of an event jointly funded by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA) and NCVER entitled the National Summit on Data for Quality Improvement in VET held at the Park Royal Hotel, Melbourne Airport, on 9 April 2013. This paper sets out NCVER’s thinking on registered training organisation performance indicators including a discussion of the properties indicators should have and statistical and presentation issues.