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Reforms to Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector over the past few years have brought about significant changes to the work of VET staff and the focus of their roles. This publication summarises recent research into the changing roles of VET leaders, managers, teaching and support staff, and the way they work.

This is a compendium of three reports. The first examines the size and attributes of the vocational education and training (VET) workforce using a variety of data sources. The second looks more specifically at TAFE's workforce. The final report considers the feasibility of a national VET workforce collection. The compendium updates earlier NCVER work on VET workforce numbers and characteristics. A short overview integrating the key messages from the body of work is also provided.

JMA Analytics National VET Practitioner Skills Report 31 January 2010 A report on the National Survey of Vocational Education and Training (VET) Practitioner Skills, conducted October-November 2009 Dr John Mitchell & John Ward

Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA) invite you to join and participate in our new online VET Capability communities.

VET Teacher E-Learning Toolkit

"The aim of the 'Indigenous voices: teaching us better' project was to improve the experiences and outcomes of Indigenous students in education and training by building the capacity of the VET workforce to effectively teach Indigenous learners. The first step in this process was for VET trainers to develop an awareness of the experiences of Indigneous learners in education. The project involved Indigneopus people telling stories about their experiences in education. These stories, recorded as audio or video files, were to be shared through a website developed during the project. "

The LH Martin Institute recently provided a submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into the role of TAFE. In our submission we proposed a new national partnership that would supersede the current National Partnership Agreement, which was established in April 2012 at the Council of Australian Governments meeting but has since broken down in key respects such as overall funding of VET and maintaining the capacity of TAFE. The new national partnership we are suggesting would be based on the outcomes of a "TAFE base funding review" recommended by the AWPA; provide for the maintenance of current funding levels per student contact; recognise the role of TAFE as a comprehensive service provider; and consider the efficacy of current national arrangements.

The fourth annual Victorian e-learning conference, conVerge 08, is designed to enhance e-learning opportunities within VET, community and business environments.

The Knowledge Tree is an e-journal generated by members of the Australian vocational education and training (VET) system to enable the sharing of research and learning innovation in national and global e-learning practice. ISSN 1448-2673

Determining the privacy requirements for e-portfolio use in the Australian VET sector\nMarch 2010

A paper discussing recent trends in public funding for VET and TAFE and the implications for future funding of government targets to improve the skills of the Australian population Prepared by Michael Long Monash University -ACER Centre for the Economics of Education and Training for The Australian Education Union

Productivity Commission report in to the VET sector 5 May 2011

Key findings on current engagement in the VET sector March 2009 Final Report flexiblelearning.net