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Government-Funded Students and Courses 2023. Australian Vocational Education and Training Statistics
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2024
This publication provides a summary of data relating to students, programs, subjects and training providers in Australia's government-funded vocational education and training (VET) system, defined as all Commonwealth and state or territory government-funded training delivered by technical and further education (TAFE) institutes, other government…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Federal Aid, Foreign Countries, Enrollment Rate
Radcliffe, Chris – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2023
This article explores the changing nature of P-12 distance education, from its traditional roots of rural and remote students to urban students seeking an alternative to conventional school. The present study examined distance education in the Australian context, focusing on Queensland, through a semistructured survey of parents (n = 43) across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Areas
Calderon, Angel – Australian Universities' Review, 2020
This paper highlights some of the challenges being faced by Australian higher education which are likely to have an impact over the next ten years and beyond and opportunities to deal with them. In doing so, the policy settings from the Dawkins reforms in the late 1980s to the present which have shaped the higher education landscape are described,…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Barriers
Ronnie Semo; Emerick Chew; Kate Dowling; Cameron Forrest; Somayeh Parvazian – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2024
Students who perform well at school academically are more likely to complete Year 12 and experience smoother transitions from education to employment. However, disentangling the effects of prior academic achievement on later performance from other confounding factors, such as socioeconomic status, has proved difficult. This study uses data from…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Literacy
Slater, Eileen V.; Burton, Kate; McKillop, Dianne – Educational Review, 2022
Home education is a legal educational option in Australia that continues to rise in popularity. This paper summarises the demographics and influences upon the decision to home educate of 385 home education families from Australia, representing 676 children who were home educated at the time of questionnaire completion. The research suggests female…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Foreign Countries, Demography, Student Needs
Kumaraguru Mahadevan; Noal Atkinson – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2024
This paper examines the demographic factors of the subjects enroled and completed by an hyperflexible online MBA Leadership (L) programme for 1034 students at Central Queensland University using the deductive research methodology and statistical analysis. Australian-born students are influenced by their industry experience when enroling in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Demography, Individual Characteristics, Masters Programs
McIlveen, Peter; Alchin, Carolyn; Hoare, P. Nancey; Bowman, Sarah; Harris, Rebecca; Gotting, Geraldine; Gilmour, John; Perera, Harsha N.; Beccaria, Lisa; Kossen, Chris; Cavaye, Jim; Creed, Allison; McDonald, Nicole – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2022
Emerging public discourse about making a "tree change", "green change", or "sea change" emphasizes the putative benefits of working and residing in regional Australia. Yet, attracting and retaining workers in the regions is a challenge for policymakers, governments, and industries. The present research involved two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Place of Residence, Demography
Diana Toledo Figueroa; Christa Rawkins; Emily Qing; Hugo Marques de Sousa – OECD Publishing, 2024
Teacher shortages have intensified across several OECD countries, making this an urgent priority for education systems. Between 2015 and 2022, the share of students whose principals reported shortages rose from 29% to 46.7% on average across the OECD. Simultaneously, rapid technological advances, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and broader…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Teaching (Occupation)
Man, Nicola Wing; Wade, Catherine; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2017
Background: Parenting by people with intellectual disability is attracting increasing attention, and policymakers and service providers require empirical evidence to develop sound policy and service responses. The purpose of the study was to identify prevalence and demographic data on parents with ID in Australia compared with parents with other…
Descriptors: Incidence, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Patton, Kiri A.; Ware, Robert; McPherson, Lyn; Emerson, Eric; Lennox, Nicholas – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Carers of children with intellectual disability show high rates of parent-related stress and are at an increased risk for deleterious physical and mental health. Materials and Methods: This study investigated the relationship between demographic and social characteristics and parenting stress, within two different cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Parents
Ellis, Bronwyn – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2018
Music has long been shown to have diverse benefits for all age groups. Music therapy has been used in a variety of situations involving both physical and mental health issues. A report of a United Kingdom study on the benefits of older people's participation in community music activities prompted an investigation of the benefits of a new…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Music Activities, Older Adults, Questionnaires
Weir, Elizabeth; Allison, Carrie; Warrier, Varun; Baron-Cohen, Simon – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Autistic individuals may be at risk of premature mortality, and physical health comorbidity increases this risk; however, most studies fail to include older autistic adults or consider lifestyle-related factors that affect health. We developed an anonymous, online physical health survey. The final sample included n = 2368 individuals (mean age =…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, At Risk Persons
Delisle, Jason D., Ed.; Usher, Alex, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
"International Perspectives in Higher Education" offers a balanced perspective on how different countries approach key policies and what the United States can learn from those programs. Jason D. Delisle and Alex Usher have gathered a diverse group of experts to examine systems across the globe with a focus on the trade-offs between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Access to Education
Payton, Anna; Knight, Genevieve – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2018
In simple terms, it's about new ideas being put into practice, and it underpins human progress, while in economic terms it can drive long-term productivity growth (Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science 2017). The opportunities underpinning the largest growth 'will come from knowledge-intensive companies that innovate and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Training, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
Bowd, Justin; Bowles, Terry; McKenzie, Vicki – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2016
Recent reports based on PISA data have shown a generally positive relationship between the amount of time spent on homework and achievement, and a negative relationship between a measure of socioeconomic status and homework time for secondary students. These findings suggest that homework practices are either reflecting or contributing to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Demography, Predictor Variables, Homework