The feds have got around to releasing research for the Joyce Review of VET (CMM November 30 2018)

Craig Robertson (TAFE Directors Australia) came across it and suggests it shows young people’s education aspirations are a big recruitment problem for VET. Too right, he’s right.

A  survey of 17-22 year olds found 63 per cent want jobs that requires a bachelor qualification and they assume jobs that require a VET qualification are lower paid.

But new news this is not. The estimable National Centre for Vocational Education Research, was pointing out HE enrolments were way up, long before demand driven funding, while apprentice and trainee numbers declined.

Fixing this is going to take more than media campaigns with TV tradies

Kristen Osborne and Michele Circelli set out five reasons why school-leavers give VET a miss; * negative views of VET quals’ values, prestige, importance, * a “mis-alignment” between school-leaver occupational and education aspirations, * costs of study and loss of income, * low peer opinions, * young women don’t consider apprenticeships, (CMM March 23 2018).