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Industry's Role in VET Governance -- Using International Insights to Inform New Practices
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Siekmann, Gitta; Circelli, Michelle – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
Australia's system of vocational education and training (VET) is based on the principle of partnerships between key stakeholders: governments (Commonwealth, state and territory), training providers, employers and employees. Industry representation and governance in the VET sector in Australia has undergone several transformations in the past, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, School Business Relationship, Industry
Labour Market Regulations, Changes in Working Life and the Importance of Apprenticeship Training: A Long-Term and Comparative View on Youth Transition from School to Work
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Olofsson, Jonas; Panican, Alexandru – Policy Futures in Education, 2019
What is the significance of regulations of job contracts and wages when it comes to young people's access to labour market? This is an issue that has attracted and continues to attract a great deal of interest in both research and politics. Proposals for deregulated employment protection and reduced entry-level pay recur regularly in public…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Apprenticeships, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Youth
Levelling up Skills after Coronavirus: The Role of Trade Unions and Social Partnership in Workforce Training
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Dromey, Joe – Learning and Work Institute, 2020
This report explores the links between trade unions and workplace training, and the potential benefits of social partnership in the skills system. The UK is relatively unusual in having no formal role for trade unions in the training system. In most advanced economies, trade unions and employers work alongside government in shaping the skills…
Descriptors: Unions, Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries, COVID-19
Evaluation of Swedish Youth Labor Market Programs.
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Larsson, Laura – Journal of Human Resources, 2003
Nonparametric matching was used to estimate the effects of two Swedish youth employment programs: youth practice (subsidized work experience, n=1,657) and labor market training (n=606). Results indicate either zero or negative effects on earnings, employment probability, or probability of entering an education program in the short term. Youth…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Labor Market
Economics of Training and Personnel Development in Organizations.
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Lundmark, Annika; Soderstrom, Magnus – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Approaches to the economics of training and personnel development are reviewed, and results from an empirical survey of 450 Swedish training managers are summarized with regard to competence as a production factor. Preconditions for an economics of competence include a long-range perspective and combining qualitative and quantitative variables.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Competence, Cost Effectiveness, Economics
Training Strategies. Preparing Noncollege Youth for Employment in the U.S. and Foreign Countries. Report to Congressional Requesters.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1990
A study was conducted by the General Accounting Office (GAO) to review U.S. education and training strategies; identify likely weaknesses; and examine the strategies of England, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, and Sweden for preparing noncollege youth for employment. GAO reviewed the literature, consulted with experts, and visited the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship