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Mangan, John; Trendle, Bernard – Education Economics, 2019
Traineeships have been shown to be successful in generating improved labour market outcomes and are often recommended as a policy option for disadvantaged youth. Regretfully data indicate that one such target group, Indigenous Australians, continues to have lower traineeship completion rates than the non-Indigenous. To address this issue, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Indigenous Populations, Labor Market
Evans, Stephen – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
The Skills for Jobs White Paper and funding and accountability consultation set out the Government's plans to introduce a greater focus on the outcomes of learning, including a new Skills Measure that looks at the employment and other outcomes that learners achieve. Will this give colleges and providers greater freedom to deliver for learners, or…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Accountability, Outcomes of Education, Employment
Dalglish, Carol – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
Many developed countries have issues with the movement of populations away from rural areas. There has been an active move towards "value adding" in rural areas, and in particular, the development of tourism activities, to counter this trend. The purpose of this paper is to document the curriculum development process that was engaged in,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developed Nations, Rural to Urban Migration, Rural Areas
Funnell, Robert – Australian Educational Researcher, 2008
Limiting, or nonconforming cases are good tests in research for extending a concept's reach and broadening generalisations, but the method is under utilised in the formation and assessment of educational policy. In this paper a rural town is described as a case, among others, not fitting policy regulations for "learning or earning" in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Dawe, Susan; Nguyen, Nhi – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
Eleven studies were identified as meeting the criteria for relevance and quality of findings to provide sound evidence to answer a review question (see second chapter, "The included studies", of the main report). An additional nine studies were considered to provide supporting evidence for implementation of intervention strategies. [This…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Vocational Education
Corney, Tim; Broadbent, Robyn – Youth Studies Australia, 2007
The development of a national youth work training package in Australia began over 15 years ago. The current package sits under the umbrella of the general Community Services Industry Training Package. The first stage of a review of this package has been completed and the subsequent report not only confirms the recent trend towards the…
Descriptors: Community Services, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Youth Programs
Ferrier, Fran; Kellock, Peter; Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2007
The Parents Returning to Work Program (PRTW) is a Victorian government initiative which commenced in 2003. It provides grants to assist eligible parents who wish to return to paid employment after a period of caring for children to participate in training that will increase their work skills and job prospects. This evaluation aimed to review the…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Telephone Surveys, Job Training, Program Effectiveness
Beare, Hedley – Youth Studies Bulletin, 1985
The author discusses various elements of the PEP (Participation and Equity Program). These include participation and retention, equity and equality, equality and excellence, ripple effects, economic and educational justifications, and symbolic effects of the program. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment, Equal Education, Job Training, Program Effectiveness
Pyke, Joanne; Bertone, Santina; Grace, Marty; Broadbent, Robyn – International Journal of Training Research, 2007
In June 2005, the Victorian State Government introduced the Regional Jobs Package (RJP)--a twelve-month pilot program that attempted to kill two social policy problems with one stone. The problems were youth unemployment and skills shortages in regional areas of Victoria, Australia. The intention of the RJP was to create a "win-win"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, State Government, Unemployment, Youth Employment
Ryan, R. J. – Unicorn, Bulletin of the Australian College of Education, 1987
Describes the Australian Traineeship System (ATS), a program integrating formal education and employment designed to increase options for dropouts. Discusses problems involving the centrality of ATS's educational component and implementation of a program evaluation strategy. Includes two references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1997
The development of "New Apprenticeships" reflects the need to strengthen employment-based training in Australia. The strengths and tradition of Australia's existing system must be built upon; inflexibilities that reduce options and choice must be removed. It is a four-stage process: development of policy principles, establishment of a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Course Selection (Students), Educational Finance
Reubens, Beatrice G. – 1979
This report, prepared by the Education Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), analyzes current trends and issues in apprenticeship and in policies for apprenticeship in member countries. Apprenticeship is analyzed in countries where it is the most important activity of young people after leaving compulsory…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Apprenticeships, Certification, Educational Policy
Australian Inst. of Multicultural Affairs, Melbourne (Australia). – 1985
This booklet is an overview and summary of the publication "Reducing the Risk: Unemployed Migrant Youth and Labour Market Programs" which reviews programs and services for migrant and refugee youth in Australia. The unemployment rate for this group is higher than for their Australian-born peers, and their participation in governmental…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Employment Services, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Foreign Countries
A Collection of Original Essays on Curriculum for the Workplace. EAE604 Curriculum and Competencies.
Deakin Univ., Victoria (Australia). – 1994
This publication contains six essays that offer a range of practical and theoretical perspectives on work-related curriculum. It is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Curriculum and Competencies, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). An introduction proposes a course design and pedagogy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
McDonald, Rod – 1999
This discussion paper is intended to inform the further development of the National Research and Evaluation Strategy (NRES) by strengthening its focus on evaluation in Australian vocational education and training (VET). Chapter 1 discusses the implications for the role of evaluation that changes in VET have caused in the past decade. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Change