"Research Messages 2013" provides a summary of the research published in 2013 by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in the following broad categories: (1) skills and productivity: from VET qualifications to higher-level qualifications and issues affecting the workforce; (2) social inclusion and participation in education and training: equity groups and measuring socioeconomic disadvantage; (3) young people: school, science and income support; (4) the VET sector: institutions, practices and the workforce; and (5) structures in the tertiary education and training system. [Funding for this paper was provided by the Australian Government Department of Industry.]