This capacity study on the workforce needs for Australia’s Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector provides critical evidence, insights, and recommendations as appropriate to support current and future workforce planning, including a detailed understanding of the current state and future needs of the sector’s workforce, with a focus on attraction and retention. The study...

The Government has committed to disestablishing Te Pūkenga and replacing it with a system that restores regional decision-making and connections between Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) and their communities. The Government is seeking feedback on proposed reforms for three parts of the vocational education system.

This report presents information on VET in Schools, the vocational education and training (VET) undertaken by school students as part of their senior secondary certificate of education (SSCE ). Students can engage in VET through a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship, or through alternative pathways.

Focussing on labour market outcomes and some non-labour market outcomes, this paper is an economic analysis of pathways through education leading to strong outcomes for Māori students, and how these differ by gender - and for students with different interests and aptitudes in high school.

'VET partnerships powering a dynamic workforce' is the theme for the 33rd National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference ‘No Frills.’ In keeping with the conference’s theme, this discussion paper focuses on Australia’s workforce demands and the importance of equipping the workforce with necessary skills through targeted education, training and partnerships.