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...

Many older Australians are up-skilling or retraining to maintain gainful employment or pursue other interests. In this systematic review of existing research, Peter Thomson, Susan Dawe, Alison Anlezark, Kaye Bowman set out to find evidence that skill development activities for the mature-aged lead to improved employment opportunities and productivity. They also look at what factors...

In this statistical compendium Toni Cavallaro, Paul Foley, John Saunders and Kaye Bowman examine vocational education and training students with a disability as a group, focusing on their participation levels, achievements and outcomes from VET, and identifies gaps and/or issues with the existing data. They then look at people with different types of disabilities and...