Ann Blythe and Kaye Bowman synthesise recent research on the value that employers place on qualifications and how they use them to contribute to the success of their business. They find that employers see qualifications as having three main benefits – to screen candidates in the recruitment process, to meet compliance requirements, and to provide...

Two well-established findings about employer-provided training form the backdrop to this research. First, the provision of training and its associated expenditure are highly variable across employers, notably by industry and employment size. Second, employer engagement with the formal system of VET is substantial, and growing, but a number of employers are not entirely satisfied with...

Josie Misko, Lin Yufeng, Jiang Dayuan, Wu Quanquan and Wang Zerong examine the linkages between vocational education and training (VET) and industry in China and Australia. They detail each country's arrangements for the provision of industry advice to governments and discusses industry-specific programs and skill development activities, including apprenticeships.

New information and communication technologies are changing literacy practices at an unprecedented rate, posing new questions and challenges for literacy educators. Using a case study approach, Ilana Snyder, Anne Jones and Joseph Lo Bianco examine the interaction between new and emerging digital technologies, adult learning and literacies for both educators and learners. Their findings demonstrate...

Alternative dispute resolution processes are promoted as a means of increasing access to justice by disadvantaged groups and as an inexpensive way of solving legal or quasi-legal disputes. J. Joy Cumming and Janice M. Wilson investigate the difficulties experienced by users of alternative dispute resolution in Australia, as a result of their levels of literacy...