This paper considers three aspects of vocational education and training's (VET) contribution to the labour market : the relationship between their training and the occupations VET graduates work in; the extent to which the qualified proportion of the workforce has increased; and the link between VET and skills acquisition. Finally, some thoughts are aired on...

This report explores access to vocational education and training (and university) currently and historically over the past 20 years. It reports that those young people most likely to miss out on vocational education and training include those with disabilities, young people still living at home, children from single-parent families and those families with a history...

This publication is a preliminary release of data on the number of students, subject enrolments, hours of delivery and full-year training equivalents relating to Australia's public vocational education and training (VET) system for 2008. As the figures are preliminary, they may be subject to change as further processing of the data is undertaken. Final data...

Australia, in common with many industrialised countries, must adjust to an ageing population, including introducing measures to encourage workers to stay in work, according to this report. Australia's labour force participation rate is projected to fall over the coming decades and there will be a record number of older people who have retired from work...

Design is an increasingly important component of our world-at-work. This project reveals the views of design educators working within vocational education and training (VET). Research participants called for a review of design education teaching methods in the VET context, with a particular focus on promoting innovation and creativity in diploma level programs.