The introduction of vocational education and training within the senior secondary curriculum was designed to broaden student choices beyond subjects which predominantly led to university, and to provide alternative pathways to tertiary education and work. Nhi Nguyen provides information about senior secondary school students undertaking vocational education and training during 2003, either through VET in...

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...