This paper works towards providing the evidence to support the case for protecting adult learning and illustrates the true impact of the policy of investing in community learning. The impact that adult learning has on four different areas in life is assessed and using a new alternative valuation method, monetary values are attached to the...

This publication presents completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees using three different methodologies: contract completion and attrition rates – based on the outcomes of contracts of training; individual completion rates – based on contract completion rates and adjusted for recommencement factor; and project contract completion and attrition rates for the latest commencing apprentice...

This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the December quarter 2011. Note: to access full publication it is necessary to register (for free) with NCVER.

The utilisation of Australian vocational education and training (VET), specifically, the origin of skill sets and the key features of the two available types of skill sets are the topics covered by this literature review. The paper outlines the difference between the skill sets developed by national VET industry bodies in training packages and those...

As part of a three-year program of research, the authors are investigating how the training system might be more effective in providing continuing education and training across workers' lives, since the tertiary education and training sector is currently geared to entry-level training; that is, getting young people ready to enter the labour market. This working...