Vocational and adult education

ACER’s work helps build strong, equitable education systems that equip all of society with foundational skills and extends innovation.

31 Aug 2020

assessment

Improving oral assessment implementation

Critical connections between numeracy and vulnerability in adult life

Equity students’ pathways to STEM

Improving the national qualifications framework

Unpacking ‘programmatic assessment’

Three charts on: how much Australia spends on all levels of education

A new ACER report on Australian education expenditure is the first of its kind, and offers an important reference point for policy-makers, educators, researchers and economists. The report authors discuss the key findings in an article in The Conversation.

Literacy and numeracy for the 21st century

Skills and training needs in the disability sector

Evaluating the effectiveness of professional development

2 May 2019

Understanding Australia’s offshore VET student experience

The first study of Australian VET programs delivered overseas shows students enrol in order to gain English language skills that make them more employable, access to foreign cultures and opportunities to work overseas. Justin Brown reports.

5 Mar 2019

Medical Selection Program launches in UAE

A new Medical Selection Program (MSP) developed to meet the needs of medical and health sciences colleges in the Middle East and North Africa has launched in Dubai. ACER Deputy CEO Ralph Saubern reports.

8 Nov 2018

Maintaining the quality of GP registrar training in Australia

An ACER survey of the experiences of Australian General Practice registrars is helping improve postgraduate training provision. Rebecca Taylor reports.

20 Aug 2018

Assessing adult numeracy

An ACER numeracy expert is taking a lead role in the development of the next international survey of adult skills.

22 May 2018

Improving confidence in expert judgements in medical specialty examinations

ACER is helping to set performance standards and improve examiner consistency in examinations for medical specialty colleges, report Daniel Urbach and Jacob Pearce.

21 Nov 2017

E-texts as impactful teaching and learning tools

Anne-Marie Chase reports on a review of research into the formal use of e-texts within educational settings.

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