This audit examined whether the Queensland Department of Employment, Small Business and Training is achieving successful learning and employment outcomes through its public and private providers.

The Smart and Skilled program commenced in January 2015, with the then Department of Education and Communities having primary responsibility for its implementation. This audit assessed the effectiveness of the department in identifying, prioritising and aligning course subsidies to the skill needs of New South Wales.

This publication provides a summary of 2015 and time-series data relating to students, programs, subjects, training providers and funding in Australia’s government-funded vocational education and training (VET) system (broadly defined as all activity delivered by government providers and government-funded activity delivered by community education and other registered providers). The Australian VET system provides training across...

Provides details about how many people are in government funded training, what they are training in, where they are accessing training and whether training provision is responding to employer’s skill needs. Introduction Vocational education and training plays a significant role in helping people move into employment, improve their employment, progress to further education, and for...