Australia's tertiary education sector comprises higher (university) education and vocational education and training (VET). The purpose of this paper is to contrast the two sectors in terms of the way they are defined, their size and recent growth, the characteristics of their students, and access and equity within the two sectors. The paper also considers...

Kristine Peters and Carolyn Lloyd investigate which market groups are most likely to take up and use online vocational education and training (VET) delivery, and identify key factors that influence demand from these groups. Students undertaking training to change their careers or improve their skills, and self-employed people are the most likely to favour online...

The current, various policies for fees and charges in the public vocational education and training (VET) system in each state and territory are the focus of this report. Louise Watson finds that due to a host of reasons there is little to no consistency to fees and charges across Australia, and many variations between public...

In this report Kaaren Blom and Dave Meyers explore the ways in which quality is defined and understood within vocational education and training (VET) systems, and the indicators that various systems and institutions have adopted around the world. The quality indicators have been brought together into an evaluative framework and reveal Australia's need to consider...

Training packages are a key reform of the vocational education and training (VET) system. In this report Michele Simons, Dave Meyers, Roger Harris and Kaaren Blom describe how the implementation of training packages has led to new, flexible approaches to training and assessment at six case study sites. It also shows this implementation has affected...