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Apprenticeships are the one component of the VET system that the public really understand. Maybe because of this they receive a lot of policy attention. There have been two recent announcements by the Commonwealth. Real skills for real careers has ... Read More

The short answer is that it depends. The nature of quality is very much in ‘the eye of the beholder’ and based on the view from their ‘hill top’. Two recent publications from NCVER have explored the issue. ‘Are we all speaking the same language? ... Read More

Occupations in Australia are often very heavily gender segregated: nowhere more than in many of the traditional male-dominated trades. Many attempts to shift to a more equitable gender balance have been made over the years. By and large they have not ... Read More