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Anumoni Joshi; Christopher John Ziguras – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2024
This article examines post-study work rights (PSWR) policy in three major international higher education destinations -- Australia, Germany and Canada -- through a comparative case study approach. The study found that PSWR policies typically have several objectives: to attract more international students; fill labour shortages; internationalise…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, International Education, Study Abroad
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Khudeir, Hamzeh; Khudeir, DUA'A – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This article has recognised the need for fundamental improvements in the HRM department of the Bankstown Hospital. Through the critical analysis and evaluation of internal systems and processes we were able to identify a number of issues as areas where improvement must be facilitated, each with varying degrees of seriousness. The key problem areas…
Descriptors: Criticism, Program Improvement, Operations Research, Hospitals
Gekara, Victor; Snell, Darryn; Molla, Alemayehu; Karanasios, Stan; Thomas, Amanda – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2019
Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and automation are transforming the world of work. Developing the appropriate digital skills in the workforce is an important component in Australia's effort to compete in this rapidly emerging global digital economy. This research explores the current digital skills demand-and-supply…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Labor Supply, Transportation, Safety
Nash, Ian; Jones, Sue – Sutton Trust, 2013
This research by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) for Sutton Trust examined the English education system and its apprenticeship programs. BCG reported that the UK is failing nearly half its young people by providing inadequate vocational opportunities. BSG presents key findings that include: (1) more than four in ten people have only low level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Employment Qualifications
Healy, Joshua; Mavromaras, Kostas; Sloane, Peter J. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Although skill shortages are often portrayed as a significant problem for the Australian economy, there is surprisingly little evidence about their prevalence, causes and consequences. It is difficult to find robust evidence about where skill shortages occur, why they occur, what businesses try to do about them and whether their responses are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics, Longitudinal Studies, Data Analysis
Hamm, Simon; Angliss, William – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
The preference of students to choose a career in events management over hospitality despite low demand for skills is the focus of this paper. The need for greater involvement of external stakeholders is identified as important in ensuring that students make an informed decision when choosing a career path. A model representing the ideal situation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hospitality Occupations, Career Choice, Labor Supply
Karmel, Tom – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This paper was presented to a meeting of the Wellington Exchange, an international group of higher education officials, in December 2008. One of the topics of the meeting was around the issue of possible skills shortages emerging as a result of demographic trends, with the ageing of the population of developed countries. The paper argues that this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Developed Nations, Economic Climate, Vocational Education
Griffin, Tabatha, Ed.; Beddie, Francesca, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
One of the challenges facing Australia is the ageing of the population. Of major concern, especially to government, is that the dependency ratio--a measure of the burden that economically active persons carry by supporting dependent persons--will increase significantly unless older people keep working or immigration is used to change the…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Employment Potential, Maturity (Individuals), Age Discrimination
Richardson, Sue – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
In 2004 NCVER invited proposals from a consortia of researchers to address questions relating to changing work skill needs and work organisation arrangements and their implications for the vocational education and training sector. The National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University, and the Centre for Post-compulsory Education and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Employment Patterns
Rowland, Moira – Youth Studies Bulletin, 1985
The author examines some of the complexities involved in trying to answer the question: jobs or productivity? human labor or machines? She discusses calculation of labor intensity, Australian statistics on the subject, trends in productivity, and institutional discouragement of labor intensity. (CT)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Development, Labor Economics, Labor Supply
Dumbrell, Tom; Smith, Erica – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This report looks at whether pre-apprenticeships increase the potential supply of tradespeople, with a special focus on electrotechnology, automotive and engineering students. It found that pre-apprenticeships have been used in Australia for many years and are widely regarded as a valuable strategy for increasing the supply and quality of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Introductory Courses, Vocational Education
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Radford, Neil – Australian Library Journal, 1978
The problem considered is the apparent imbalance between the demand and supply of library employees. Data compiled from present known job openings and library training program enrollments are not conclusive in predicting future library manpower needs. (Author/JAB)
Descriptors: Labor Market, Labor Needs, Labor Supply, Librarians
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Mangan, John – Australian Bulletin of Labour, 1990
In 1981 the Australian government introduced a system of wage subsidies designed to induce employers to increase job offers to persons with disabilities. This article reports on the effectiveness of the wage subsidy policy and examines some supply characteristics for labor market success by the disabled. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Worland, David; Doughney, James – Australian Bulletin of Labour, 2002
Analysis of data from electrical and associated occupations in the Australian state of Victoria shows the following: (1) a decline in numbers of apprentices; (2) numbers of women and other disadvantaged groups not increasing in apprenticeships; and (3) skill shortages on the supply side that will be exacerbated at both ends of the age spectrum if…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Electrical Occupations, Foreign Countries
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Moore, Des – Australian Bulletin of Labour, 1998
Discusses the problems associated with reduced availability of paid work due to technological advances and the diminishing supply of labor as living standards rise and people choose early retirement. (JOW)
Descriptors: Early Retirement, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Labor Demands
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