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Griffin, Tabatha; Andrahannadi, Upekha – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2023
Delivering training in regional, rural and remote (RRR) Australia is not easy. Australia is a large, diverse country, and ensuring that training is suited to individual locations, which are unique in their landscapes, economies, industries and cultures, is challenging. There is an ongoing policy interest in making sure that the vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Vocational Education, Affordances
Garlick, Steve; Taylor, Mike; Plummer, Paul – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This report explores patterns of regional economic growth in Australia over the period 1984 to 2002 in order to determine how and why these patterns evolved. From the results, the authors have attempted to identify regional opportunities and the policies and practices that can assist in realising them and, in particular, the potential contribution…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Human Capital, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Allison, Janelle; Gorringe, Scott; Lacey, Justine – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
This study examines the nature of the impact of vocational education and training (VET), and its project-based activities and partnerships, on the development of sustainable communities in regional Australia. It finds that VET plays a critical role as the entry point to learning and builds considerable social and other forms of capital in regional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Capital, Community Development