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Download full textWaterhouse, Peter; Kimberley, Helen; Jonas, Pam; Nurka, Camille – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This literature review aims to provide the basis for informed and detailed discussions of what kinds of strategies employers would respond to in hiring and retaining employees with disabilities, including any contribution the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector might make. The review begins with discussion of the international and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Economic Development, Employer Attitudes, Vocational Education
Is Anyone Listening? Young People Speak about Work and Unemployment. ACER Research Monograph No. 42.
Blakers, Catherine – 1992
This report presents the results of an Australian survey investigating the issues raised by unemployment in society, using extensive quotations from the respondents. In 1983 an open-ended questionnaire was sent to a group of about 10,000 young people (aged 18-22) in Australia to determine their opinions about unemployment and the future and to…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Developed Nations, Employment Practices, Employment Problems
Blakers, Catherine – 1990
This literature review is part of a project designed to provide an in-depth picture of the experiences and views of long-term unemployed people in Australia. The review outlines what the research shows and says about the situation of young people (15-24 years) in work and education in the changing society of the 1980s in Australia. The book is…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Anderson, D. S.; Blakers, C. – National Clearinghouse on Transition from School Newsletter, 1983
Part 2 of this Australian newsletter from the National Clearinghouse on the Transition from School to Work contains 11 review papers offering perspectives from various authors on a youth policy. The first two papers, "Youth Policies" by Shears and Matthews and "Putting Youth into Youth Policy" by Clohesy, provide an overview of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Policy
Spierings, John – 2002
The problems facing young people in Australia's current labor market and the effectiveness of Australia's educational system in preparing young people for the labor market were examined. Particular attention was paid to the following issues: the reshaping of work in the modern labor market; skill development in the modern labor market; the impact…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Change, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Falk, Ian – 2001
The relationships existing among human capital theory, Australian public policy, literacy education, and the plight of Australia's long-term unemployed were examined. The following topics were considered: human capital theory-based public policies and literacy education; social capital and learning; building and using social capital; the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Community Education
Australian Dept. of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Barton. Office of the Status of Women. – 1993
This document details how Australia's government intends to implement the New National Agenda for Women, which was formulated in 1993 after a review of many recent reports and after a forum to obtain input from women in the community, representatives of many women's organizations, and all areas of government. Sixteen of the 23 chapters examine the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Battered Women, Day Care, Decision Making
