Vocational and Educational Training (VET)

About a quarter of Australians are in vocational education but the current system is flawed and selling us short at a critical time. Here’s how to fix it

Australian high school students are up to two school years behind their peers in the world’s best performing countries - how can policy help arrest this decline?

VET is an important next step for many early school leavers, but changes are needed to keep them engaged

A new vision for Australia’s public TAFEs could deliver the skills and applied research linked to industry and business urgently needed to transition the economy

The crisis in Australia’s training sector means TAFEs need to develop their own courses tailored to an unpredictable future

Research tells us those who do poorly at high school are not disadvantaged when it comes to getting a job later on

Research shows training course providers are ill-equipped to meet complex social and learning issues facing students

State-run TAFEs need autonomy for vocational education to thrive, but government control is tightening and will only hide system problems.