The latest insights from the VET National Data Asset examine outcomes for Vocational Education and Training (VET) partial completers and the changes to their income, employment and reliance on income support. This report summarises the national level outcomes for students that partially completed a VET qualification in Australia. The analysis considers a range of different student...

The report presents findings for Australian domestic graduates who completed the Graduate Outcomes Survey between November 2024 and May 2025. It identifies employment rates, overall employment, median salaries, further full-time study participation, and undergraduate demographic and equity group key findings.

This report, informed by insights from global stakeholders and workforce leaders across industries, examines the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on entry-level work and identifies priorities for safeguarding and reinventing early-career pathways. It introduces a framework centred on four dimensions: job access, job design, talent pipelines and education system alignment.

This report considers how place-based and culturally responsive teaching can be integrated into vocational education and training (VET) more effectively, leading to more meaningful outcomes for First Nations learners. The report identifies key elements of good practice in culturally responsive training delivered through place-based approaches, finding that effective approaches are Aboriginal led.

This report evaluates Victoria's Free TAFE initiative introduced in 2019. It finds that while the program successfully boosted training participation in priority skill areas and provided substantial tuition fee savings to students, it resulted in higher per-enrolment government costs and failed to significantly shift the overall proportion of priority student cohorts.