Vocational education and training
Alternative labels
Education and training
Vocational skill development
Report
The impact of COVID-19 on industry innovation, skills and the need for training
This project identified how businesses have innovated in their practices or markets to remain financially viable during the pandemic and whether the vocational education and training (VET) sector assisted them to equip their staff for these changes.
Briefing paper
Training product similarity analysis
This paper outlines the methodology used in the exploratory analysis of the similarity of VET courses across and within training packages in Australia. The analysis employed natural language processing to calculate similarity scores for each national VET qualification to all other qualifications across all training packages.
Report
Begin with the end: RTO practices and views on independent validation of assessment
This report seeks to deepen understanding of the persistent issues registered training organisations (RTOs) encounter when conducting independent moderation and validation of assessments, and of the nature of industry involvement in these processes.
Discussion paper
Past informing the future
This discussion paper reflects on some key developments in VET’s past and how those developments have shaped the sector’s approach to enduring issues such as VET’s purpose, national harmonisation and quality.
Report
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for vocational education and training
This report looks at comparative statistics and policy information collected by the OECD across a number of education systems to track the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the vocational education and training (VET) sector.