Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is an “umbrella term for a range of approaches and strategies that integrate theory with the practice of work within a purposefully designed curriculum”.1 Specifically, WIL is aimed at improving the employability of graduates by giving them valuable practical experience which is directly related to courses being studied at university. WIL...

This paper argues that long-held acceptance of student entitlement should be applied consistently across the entire tertiary education system. Overview A clear ‘entitlement’ to public support for school education has been widely accepted policy for more than a century in Australia, but today’s young Australians are growing up at a time when a post‐school qualification...

This issues paper examines the current arrangements put in place by governments to support our educational attainment and particularly in post-school, in vocational education and training (VET) and higher education - as Part B of a two-part paper. More specifically and consistent with the White Paper’s Terms of Reference, it considers how the current split...

This report examines the importance of TAFE (Technical And Further Education) for the Australian economy. Terms of reference TAFEs have played a critical role in the training and development of Australians for more than one hundred years. For many Australians, TAFEs provide a critical pathway to training and skills which are increasingly needed to access...

This paper illustrates the role that post-school/non-university education occupies, and highlights the decisions that have set recent policy changes in motion. Introduction Technical and further education (TAFE) is important for the development of an economy. Hector Sala and Jose Silva, in their 2011 research paper Labour Productivity and Vocational Training: Evidence from Europe, write that...