This report outlines the research, products, services, key activities we delivered for the 2024-25 financial year.
Previous NCVER annual reports are available here. They document important company information, activities and achievements across financial years.
Research messages is a summary of research produced by NCVER each year. This year’s compilation includes a range of research activities undertaken during 2023, comprising of research reports, summaries, occasional papers, presentations, webinars, consultancies, submissions, the 32nd ‘No Frills’ national research conference, and various additions to VOCEDplus knowledge resources.
This annual publication summarises NCVER’s research reports, presentations, podcasts, submissions and webinars, the 31st National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference ‘No Frills’, and VOCEDplus knowledge resources curation for the previous year.
This research examined the lived experiences of young people aged about 20 in 2020, during the second wave of COVID-19 infections in Australia.
This annual publication summarises NCVER’s research reports, presentations, podcasts, submissions and webinars, the 30th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference ‘No Frills’, and VOCEDplus knowledge resources curation for the previous year.
This annual publication summarises NCVER’s publications and events for the previous year, including reports, summaries, infographics, presentations and webinars.
NCVER's latest strategic plan outlines the vision and mission, and 5 strategic objectives and 6 interrelated standards of quality, that will direct company activities through to 2025.
This annual publication summarises NCVER’s publications and events for the previous year, including reports, summaries, infographics, presentations and webinars.
This technical analysis looks at data sourced from online job postings to see whether it can provide new and valuable insights on the skills employers ask for when advertising jobs.
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.
NCVER's new strategic plan is based on the results of an extensive independent review, designed to ascertain how we are perceived and how our data and products are used.
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.
Using the framework developed by NCVER, this case study evaluation reveals the extent to which NCVER's publications are influencing policy and practice in the vocational education and training sector.
This literature review discusses methods for better engaging survey respondents, in particular the gamification of web surveys as well as optimising surveys for multiple mobile devices.
Research published by NCVER in 2015 can be broadly categorised into two streams: qualifications and participation.
This paper assesses the value and implications of eight proposed enhancements to the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth.
This report examines key factors in the resourcing and efficacy of training for South Australian Country Fire Service volunteers. Volunteers use skills gained through formal and informal vocational education in the public safety sector in other parts of their working life and greater recognition of this process is warranted.
Pathways, aspirations, access to education and training and VET reform – just some of the topics covered in this selection of refereed papers presented at the 2014 conference.
Responding to emerging skills demand can be achieved by improving perceptions of career options, skills development and stronger partnerships with providers.