Little is currently known about the student experience of Australian vocational education and training (VET) offshore. This research project, commissioned under the Australian Government’s National Strategy for International Education 2025, takes important first steps towards building an evidence base to inform policy, practice and research.

Motivating students to achieve is one of the major challenges teachers face in the classroom. Teachers provide their students with a plethora of learning opportunities in the hope of spurring enthusiasm, sparking curiosity and capturing and inspiring interest to pursue goals for their future aspirations.

A smaller proportion of Australian teenagers are expecting to go to university or TAFE than they did fifteen years ago, according to this research.

This report seeks to explore an aspect of students’ more general attitudes towards school, specifically their sense of belonging at school.

This literature and policy review outlines the complex context related to STEM learning and focuses on student outcomes, the teacher workforce and the curriculum.