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Shining a Spotlight on the VET Journey of Different Equity Groups

Equity has long been a concern to the VET community and to policy makers.  The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has a new resource highlighting how different equity groups fare in their VET journey.

Released this week: Student equity in VET: participation, achievement and outcomes presents data for six student equity groups.  The featured groups have historically been disadvantaged in accessing and benefitting from education in Australia.

The publication covers people with disability, Indigenous people, those from low socioeconomic circumstances, those who speak a language other than English at home, those living in remote and very remote areas, and those unemployed or not in the labour force.

NCVER Managing Director, Simon Walker said "The infographic style report highlights how the VET system is supporting equitable access, achievement, and outcomes across disadvantaged learner groups who undertook their training in Australia.  It provides a summary of how each equity group is faring in VET compared with their non-equity peers."

Download Student equity in VET: participation, achievement and outcomes

Date posted Jul 1, 2021