Youth unemployment post-COVID is an all-hands-on-deck challenge. For young people who have lost work or have been looking for work, post-COVID recovery is going to be a fraught time if Australia doesn't take a well-structured pathway to recovery.
Join Steve Davis as he talks to Kira Clarke, Senior Research Fellow at the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Jo Waugh, Senior Research Officer, NCVER and Simon Walker, Managing Director, NCVER about the role the VET sector can and should play in the process. They discuss why vocational pathways in schools, work-based training, and career guidance are critical to youth employability, especially for disadvantaged people.
The discussion refers to research What VET can offer to COVID-19 youth unemployment recovery, published by NCVER on 13 May 2021.
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Building effective RTO-employer partnerships
VET pathways to meaningful careers
Skilling Australia’s current and future workforce
Reimagining the tertiary education system
Overcoming VET delivery challenges in regional Australia
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on VET
VET’s role in transforming the future
VET and higher education: should we push for integration?
VET In Schools and the shadow of ATAR
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Past informing the future
The role of micro-credentials in VET
Quality of VET teaching: perceptions and realities
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Rationalising VET qualifications: support for a clustered model
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