Rosa McKenna and Lynne Fitzpatrick explore how training practitioners are using the reforms in the national training system, and their knowledge of new approaches to teaching and learning to integrate language, literacy and numeracy into workplace training programs in the community services sector.

Peter Waterhouse and Crina Virgona investigated the ways in which ten individuals have achieved success despite difficulties with literacy and learning. This report is designed to encourage adult literacy educators and policy makers to rethink assumptions and taken-for-granted 'truths' about individuals with literacy difficulties.

What is the value of vocational qualifications to employers? Mark Cully considers three areas in which the economic value of vocational qualifications to employers is evident: in prerequisites specified in job hiring, in employment levels of people with different qualifications, and in the wage levels of people with different qualifications. He finds that employers want...

Francesca Beddie, Barb Lorey and Barbara Pamphilon investigate learning and career development services for adults, particularly those who are in some way disengaged from the labour market or educational systems. They consider whether a single career development service model could be broadly applied. The study found that many older job seekers or those marginally employed...

The number of apprentices and trainees commencing training continues to grow, according to the seasonally adjusted figures in this report. This data shows that commencements in the March 2005 quarter totalled 69,100, compared with 62,300 for the March 2004 quarter. Commencements in traditional apprenticeships increased by 21 per cent in the year to 31 March...