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 report reveals three key strategies that foster quality teaching practice for enabling vocational education and training (VET) students of diverse backgrounds and learning needs to succeed.
This research examines the strengths and weaknesses of CBT as it is currently applied to the Australian VET system and whether there is cause to consider a broader approach to defining and describing competence and hence considering how best teaching and learning in VET is delivered and assessed.
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.
This report highlights the benefits, challenges and best practices of work-based education in VET programs that involve a student working in a related occupational area to further their learning.
This annual publication summarises NCVER’s publicly released research activities, including reports, summaries, infographics, occasional papers, presentations and webinars produced by the company in 2017.
A look at the role VET currently plays in developing the skills of entrepreneurs, and how this may be further developed in the future.
Research messages brings together the key messages from all NCVER research reports published in 2016, as well as other relevant and informative resources, including summaries, infographics and statistical papers.
This paper captures the views arising from a symposium held on 9 August 2016, at which participants considered training product reform from the perspective of industry, educators, students and regulators.
This paper explores ways to measure how the vocational education and training (VET) sector is contributing to the development of STEM-related skills.
This paper looks at the acronym 'STEM' - science, technology, engineering and maths - and unpacks the various definitions and applications within education, suggesting that competency in these fields in just one set of skills among other equally valuable disciplines.
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.
Research published by NCVER in 2015 can be broadly categorised into two streams: qualifications and participation.
This guide is designed to assist tertiary practitioners in determining and implementing additional supports for students with a disability or mental illness.
Bringing together the key messages from all research reports published in 2014.
A snapshot showing how transitions for young Australians continue to change, based on the 2013 Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth annual report.
This highly-popular annual publication provides a collection of summaries of research projects published by NCVER in 2011.
The corrective services industry has a strong history of, and commitment to, the provision of learning and development to its staff. Many Australian correctional jurisdictions are now implementing e-learning tools for this purpose. This research identifies a number of barriers and enablers which impact on the success of e-learning within corrections centres. Barriers can include attitudes and skills of the learner as well as issues associated with computer access and the security of personal information entered into e-learning programs, while enablers include cost-effectiveness and flexibility. The research was funded through NCVER's Building Researcher Capacity initiative and was undertaken by a novice researcher in the Community of Practice Scholarship program.
This at a glance looks at developments in employability skills since 2002. It finds that most research has focused around teaching, assessing and reporting on employability skills, where consistency remains a key challenge. There also continues to be a lack of understanding of employability skills among some teachers. Until these issues are addressed, the sector could fall short in providing learners with the skills they need to succeed in their vocations.