Vocational and Educational Training (VET)
Skills education needs action, not more talk
A flawed vocational training system is letting down Australia at a critical time for skills. Two University of Melbourne experts have a simple plan to fix it.
Is Australia failing to educate?
Dr Michelle Bruniges discusses Australia's declining education performance on the University of Melbourne's Policy Shop podcast.
Helping early school leavers
New University of Melbourne research identifies how to better support early school leavers through the VET system.
Time to create universities of applied sciences?
New institutions of skills and innovation, like universities of applied technology, could help transition Australia's economy say University of Melbourne expert
Narrow training sells students short
The crisis in Australia's market-based training sector demands a renewed focus on public TAFE and broader courses, according to an international expert.
Academic underachievers make good after school
Teenagers who do poorly at school suffer no disadvantage when it comes to getting a job later on in life, the latest research shows.
Private VET providers corner share of booming market
Private Vocational and Education Training (VET) providers are often ill-equipped to respond to the needs of young early school leavers, new research shows.
Setting vocational training free
The first profiling of Australia's vocational sector shows a worrying trend toward government centralisation when what TAFEs need is autonomy.