Susan Gelade and Tom Stehlik examine the impact of urban, regional, and remote location on Indigenous vocational education and training (VET) students' aspirations and outcomes. They finds the availability of desired courses, teaching staff, and community attitudes to learning in the various locations influence the successful outcomes of Indigenous students. However, successful outcomes other than...

Innovative companies in emerging industries have diverse and important training needs. In this study Josie Misko and John Saunders examine the training requirements of emerging industries and the role Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector plays to develop further employees' skills and knowledge. While the VET sector already provides customised training for employers, there...

This report investigates the views of TAFE teachers, school teachers and school students on vocational education and training (VET) in Schools programs. They discovered most schools agree that offering vocational education and training VET programs as part of the higher school certificate is a useful means of improving students' learning and success at school. VET...

Some students, who complete a preparatory or pre-vocational course in the vocational education and training (VET) sector, re-enrol in the same 'enabling' course or at the same level of qualification in following years. Findings of this report indicate that re-enrolling in enabling courses offers positive outcomes, according to Susan Dawe. Students who re-enrol in enabling...

This paper analyses trends in 'traditional apprenticeships' (as defined within the report), compared to those in 'other' apprenticeship contracts, since 1996. It shows that growth in the apprenticeships and trainees system has mostly been outside traditional apprenticeships. The analysis concludes that traditional apprenticeships were mostly undertaken by younger males, at Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level...