Transcript How to find data on the VET sector

Getting to know NCVER
October VET
Skills Tasmania
Hobart, 18th October, 2011
Josie Misko
NCVER administrative collections
NCVER surveys
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Release Dates of Statistics
QUARTERLY
ANNUAL
BIENNIAL
Apprentices and trainees
March quarter
Released September of same
year
Apprentices and trainees
Released August of following
year
Survey of Employer Use and Views
of the VET System
Released December every second
year
June quarter
Released December of same
year
Students and courses
Released July of following year
Student Outcomes Survey
Released December each year
AD-HOC
September quarter
Released March of following
year
VET finance
Released September of
following year
Apprentice and trainee destinations
Released November 2008 & 2010
December quarter
Released June of following
year
VET in Schools
Released December of following
year
Student intention survey
To be released October 2011
Early trend estimates
Released three months prior
to the above quarterly
releases
Helping You to Use Statistics
TOOLS
Summary reports*
All major statistical collection releases
feature a basic summary of key data.
Available in pdf and MSWord format.
Data help hotline*
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Specific data from NCVER’s various
collections and surveys can be requested by
email.
Excel spreadsheets**
Each major data collection provides data
selected for each state and territory in
MSExcel format.
Datacubes***
Create your own data tables from the
various VET data collections NCVER
Manages by using a datacube. Free viewer
software is available on our website.
VOCSTATS****
www.ncver.edu.au/resources/vocstats/intro.html
For the more experienced data user, VOCSTATS
allows users to construct their own data tables,
using an interactive web interface which can be
exported in a variety of formats.
Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs)*****
Data from a number of NCVER collections and
surveys are also available in confidentialised unit
record files on application and on signing an
undertaking. For more information, email the
appropriate Data help hotline listed above.
Helping You to Use Statistics
STATISTICAL RESOURCES
Atlas of Australian public VET**
www.ncver.edu.au/resources/atlas.html
An interactive tool offering quick access
to data from NCVER’s statistical
collections across regions and
comparing the relevant state/territory
with national data.
Historical data**
www.ncver.edu.au/statistic/21080.html
These time series tables present a
summary of training activity in VET in
Australia since 1981 and activity in
apprenticeships and traineeships in
Australia since 1963. Tables are in
MSExcel format.
VET graduate outcomes, salaries and
jobs**
www.ncver.edu.au/resources/sos_onlin.
ehtml
An interactive tool providing
information on job, salary and further
study outcomes gained from VET using
data from the Student Outcomes survey.
It is designed to assist career counsellors
and parents to help young people
decide their future training options.
Indigenous people and VET**
www.ncver.edu.au/statistics/publications
/2156.html
This resource, in MSExcel and datacubes,
extracts data across all NCVER statistical
collections about the VET activity and
outcomes of Indigenous people.
People with a disability and VET**
www.ncver.edu.au/statistic/publications/
2157.html
This resource , in MS Excel and data
cubes, extracts data across all NCVER
statistical collections about the VET
activity and outcomes of people with a
disability.
VET students by industry***
www.ncver.edu.au/resources/vsi.html
An interactive tool enabling users to
select an industry from different
classification schemes and access
statistics for training in that industry.
Tables can be saved in MSExcel format.
Young people***
www.lsay.edu.au/cohort/intro
duction.html
Data from the Longitudinal
Surveys of Australian Youth are
available for users to explore
through a series of easy-to-use
tables on a range of education,
employment and social
indicators.
Research
HOW TO ACCESS RESEARCH
Published research
www.ncver.edu.au/publications/sea
rch. html
NCVER’s online catalogue offers
access to our extensive list of
published resources. All published
work can be downloaded free of
charge and selected work can be
purchased in hard copy.
Research in progress
www.ncver.edu.au/workinprogress/
project_search.html
Access information about research
in progress, including inhouse and
managed research.
VOCED research database
www.voced.edu.au
VOCED is an international online
research database for technical and
vocational education and training.
It contains over 40 000 high quality
abstracts, many with links to fulltext publications.
SPECIAL RESEARCH TOPICS
Adult literacy
www.adultliteracyresource.edu.au
This resource brings together the key
research messages from NCVER’s Adult
Literacy Research Program.
Indigenous people and VET
www.indigenousvet.edu.au
This resource includes all NCVER
published work about Indigenous
people’s participation in and outcomes
from VET.
People with a disability
www.disabilityandvet.edu.au
A resource that brings together all
NCVER published work about the
engagement of people with a disability
in VET and their outcomes.
Young people
www.lsay.edu.au
The website for the Longitudinal Surveys
of Australian Youth (LSAY) brings
together all the research from a national
program tracking over 35 000 young
people from their mid-teens to their
mid-20’s as they move from school to
post-school destinations.
Research
Grants for researchers
www.ncver.edu.au/research/fu
nding.html
The National Vocational
Education and Training
Research and Evaluation
(NVETRE) Program commissions
research on a competitive
basis, with funding rounds
advertised at least
once a year.
Research help
www.ncver.edu.au/research/inf
ormation. html
Help is available for researchers
who are undertaking research
funded through the NVETRE
Program. This includes an
author’s guide and information
about quality assurance.
Researcher development
www.ncver.edu.au/research/oppor
tunities.html
NCVER offers a range of programs
designed to build researcher
capacity in VET.
Getting to know NCVER & VOCSTATS
CONTACT INFORMATION
National Centre for Vocational
Education Research Ltd
Level 11, 33 King William Street
Adelaide, South Australia
PO Box 8288, Station arcade
South Australia 5000 Australia
Telephone +61 8 8230 8400
Facsimile +61 8 8212 3436
www.ncver.edu.au
[email protected]
twitter.com/NCVER