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Understanding the value of pre-apprenticeships (2025)

This report summarises key findings from both quantitative and qualitative research that examined the effect of pre-apprenticeship programs on apprenticeship completions and the value that both students and employers place on pre-apprenticeship programs in helping students to obtain successful apprenticeship outcomes.

The Role of Industry in VET (2024)

The research project investigated: The different ways in which industry and VET can be defined and conceptualised in VET systems; The different roles that industry can play in VET systems; and Models for industry involvement in the development of VET teaching and learning, and potential models for contextualisation and implementation in Victoria and Australia.

Two scenarios using the CSfW in an Employment Services setting 2013

Australian Government publication that contains two scenarios demonstrating how the CSfW might be used

Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework – A guide for Employers 2013

Australian Government publication providing an overview of the CSfW for employers relating to application and benefits

SpringerOpen: Understanding fully online teaching in vocational education (2020)

The purpose of this small study was to contribute an understanding of pedagogy within the combined yet potentially disparate teaching contexts of online education and VET in Australia.

Mapping Core Skills for Work to a Unit of Competency 2013

Australian Government publication that outlines a possible approach to using the CSfW to identify the relevant core skills for work that underpin performance in a unit of competency

Mapping National Curriculum General Capabilities to CSfW and ACSF 2013

Australian Government publication that maps the Australian National Curriculum general capabilities to CSfW and ACSF

Core Skills For Work Developmental Framework - Facilitating Individual Development 2013

Australian Government publication providing an example of how the CSfW can be used as a theoretical underpinning from which resources and tools can be developed

Mapping Core Skills for Work to Employability Skills Framework Bridging document 2013

Australian Government publication providing a detailed understanding of how the CSfW aligns with the 2002 Employability Skills Framework

Disrupting Australia’s vicious VET circle: Sustaining an ITE-qualified VET schoolteacher workforce (2025)

This report explores how Norway and Finland train mid-career industry experts as VET schoolteachers, offering lessons for Australia as it faces a shortage of qualified VET teachers and low student uptake.

Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework Overview 2013

Australian Government publication - the official overview of the developmental framework

Research Organisations

There are key organisations that research activity within, and about, education and VET in Australia.

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