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Graetz, Erika; Hughes, Angus; Pole, Daniel – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2023
This report summarises the results of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) investigating how preferences for vocational education and training (VET) courses are influenced by various forms of student support offerings. Three forms of support were included in the DCE: (1) health and welfare support; (2) career counselling and job search support; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Training, Academic Support Services
Wibrow, Bridget – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2023
This report is a support document accompanying "Drivers of Student Training Choices--A Focus on Student Support Services" (ED629801), which examines the influence of student support service offerings on students' choice of training provider and how they compare with other drivers of student choice such as course cost, delivery mode and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Training, Academic Support Services
Skinner, Makala; Santos, Mikaela; Luo, Ning; Mackie, Chris – World Education Services, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has profoundly disrupted U.S. higher education, affecting both institutions and people, including students, faculty, and staff. To understand the potential impact of the coronavirus on U.S. international higher education, WES Research surveyed prospective international and immigrant students interested in studying in the U.S.;…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Students, Immigrants
Curtis, David D.; Mlotkowski, Peter; Lumsden, Marilyn – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Taking a break between completing high school and entering university is common overseas, and is becoming more popular in Australia. There are many reasons why young people take a gap year. It may be to travel, to take a break, to study, or to work. The authors' definition of a "gapper" is a young person who commenced university one to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cohort Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables
Lumsden, Marilyn; Stanwick, John – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Taking a gap year--a break between high school and university--is becoming increasingly popular with Australian students. In terms of length and purpose, the traditional notion of a gap year being a year off between school and university has expanded considerably over time. For the purposes of the analysis reported in this paper, a person who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns, Vocational Education
Mazelan, Patti; And Others – 1994
This report presents the results of an annual survey of student satisfaction and dissatisfaction conducted at the University of Central England (UCE) in Birmingham. The survey polled 1,753 students in 16 classes about travel to UCE, library and computing services, refectories, student services, course organization and assessment, teaching methods…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Computers
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's transport and storage industry is a large, diverse sector covering all forms of transport operation, including road, rail, air, and sea, and related services: stevedoring, port operations, customs agencies, and travel agencies. Employment in this industry has not grown as quickly over the last decade as employment in general. Under…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections