The latest report released today by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) shows that the profile of a young person who is likely to undertake an apprenticeship over university remains largely unchanged since 2007. The impact of increasing university participation on the characteristics of apprentices report found that students who are more likely…
Employers continue to engage with the accredited training system while increasing their use of unaccredited and informal training in 2023, according to a report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The report is derived from the 2023 Survey of Employers’ Use and Views of the VET System, which collected information from 6,290 employers…
State and territory government expenditure on vocational education and training (VET) totalled $10.9 billion in 2022, according to the latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). This expenditure was an increase of $0.4 billion or 4.1 percent from 2021. NCVER’s Government funding of VET 2022 report found that the main expenditure…
Apprentice and trainee commencements appear to be returning to levels seen before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The Apprentices and trainees 2023: March quarter report shows that apprentice and trainee commencements increased steeply during the pandemic. While they have declined…
By age 22, the highest qualification completed for just over a quarter (26 percent) of young Australians is a vocational qualification, while a further quarter (25 percent) had completed a university degree, according to data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Generation Z: life at 22 uses results from the Longitudinal Surveys…
The number of students enrolled in nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) courses increased by 5.1 percent to 4.5 million between 2021 and 202, according to the latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Most of the increase can be attributed to significant rises in domestic and international fee-for-service subject…
A review study looking back at the effects of Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns and restrictions on the VET sector has reaffirmed the particularly negative effects of the pandemic on apprentices and trainees. The study, the Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on VET by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), showed more than one in…
The COVID-19 pandemic held young Australians back from making their usual transitions into employment according to a new report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The study – Treading water: effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth transitions – examined the lived experiences of young people aged about 20 in 2020, and…
In 2021, 4.3 million students were enrolled in nationally recognised VET courses, according to new figures from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). This is the equivalent of 24.0 percent of the Australian resident population aged 15 to 64 years who participated in nationally recognised training in 2021. The figure is also higher…
The numbers of apprentices and trainees in-training in Australia remain high, according to the latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The centre said there were 349,235 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 31 December 2021, 16.8 percent higher than at the same time in 2020 and only slightly lower than…
