This research uniquely amplifies the voices of First Nations and migrant learners who have disengaged from foundation skills courses. By understanding their goals, experiences, and recommendations, ways to better support their completion are identified. The research explores how these learners first encountered the courses, their motivations for enrolling, the supports available, and the barriers they continue to face. Participants directly shared their training experiences and suggested improvements, offering valuable insights to enhance the effectiveness of foundation skills programs.
This good practice guide for registered training organisations (RTOs) outlines six interrelated elements of student support effective in helping learners to navigate their journey and successfully complete their training.
Effective partnerships between training providers and employers are important for ensuring a robust VET sector.
This research summary explores the importance of altruistic intentions, fostering strong relationships, and embracing inclusive leadership within RTOs to achieve high performance.
This research examined if and how training delivery has changed from 2019 to 2021 using data from NCVER’s Total VET Activity collection.
This publication offers insights for educators, organisations and institutions to consider when designing and implementing training that is fully or partially online.
The report explores the development processes associated with VET qualifications in selected countries and compares them with the current process in Australia, with the aim of identifying any areas where efficiencies can be made.
This guide offers advice to providers and policy-makers on the incorporation of digital skills into VET delivery.
This guide focuses on the implications for VET educators of the increasing need to include digital skills in VET delivery.
This summary shows how the tool - Comparing high-use training package qualifications - can be used to examine providers that primarily specialise in delivering the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care and the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
This summary shows how the tool - Comparing high-use training package qualifications - can be used to examine enrolment trends, delivery, assessment, demographics and graduate outcomes of two early childhood education and care qualifications.
This summary brings together the findings from two research projects looking at the aspirations, intentions and choice of students considering vocational education and training.
This document explains the VET Applied Research Developmental Framework, created as part of a project that explored how the vocational education and training (VET) sector could broaden its engagement in Australia’s research and development (R&D) and innovation systems.
This guide suggests ways the vocational education and training sector can develop an applied research capability to help secure its place in Australia's innovation system.
This good practice guide looks at developing and sustaining successful partnerships between employers and training providers, and the potential benefits and challenges of these partnerships.
This summary looks at the similarities and differences between work-based learning and work-integrated learning and discusses how education providers, practitioners and lecturers can better engage with employers.
This good practice guide is designed to help employers think about and provide work-based social support structures for young apprentices.
This guide is designed to assist tertiary practitioners in determining and implementing additional supports for students with a disability or mental illness.
Based on case studies, this guide sets out best practice principles to help VET providers move into higher education delivery.
This publication is a collection of summaries of research projects published by NCVER in 2012.