The VOCEDplus landmark documents are key documents considered by history and authoritative commentary to have influenced the development of the Australian vocational education and training (VET) system, providing vision and/or leading to significant change. This paper is part of a series of forthcoming overviews that analyse and describe how these landmark documents impacted on the development of various aspects of Australia's VET sector. The paper charts the history of the systems of governance, the associated institutional frameworks and the processes of policy formulation in... [+] Show more
The VOCEDplus landmark documents are key documents considered by history and authoritative commentary to have influenced the development of the Australian vocational education and training (VET) system, providing vision and/or leading to significant change. This paper is part of a series of forthcoming overviews that analyse and describe how these landmark documents impacted on the development of various aspects of Australia's VET sector.
The paper charts the history of the systems of governance, the associated institutional frameworks and the processes of policy formulation in Australian VET as reflected within key landmark documents. It focuses on the following landmark documents: Commonwealth-State Apprenticeship Inquiry [Wright report] (available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 119.1095); Tertiary education in Australia [Martin report] (TD/TNC 110.565); TAFE in Australia: report on needs in technical and further education [Kangan report] (TD/LMR 85.637); Education, training and employment: report of the Committee of Inquiry into Education and Training [Williams report] (TD/LMR 85.677); Tertiary Education Commission report for 1979-81 triennium (TD/LMR 85.700); Tertiary Education Commission report for 1982-84 triennium (TD/LMR 85.697); Tertiary Education Commission report for 1985-87 triennium (TD/LMR 85.698); Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Labour Market Programs [Kirby report] (TD/LMR 85.649); Quality of education in Australia: report of the Review Committee, April 1985 [Karmel report] (TD/LMR 85.639); Skills for Australia [Dawkins and Holding] (TD/LMR 85.648); A changing workforce [Dawkins] (TD/LMR 85.675); Industry training in Australia: the need for change [Dawkins] (TD/LMR 85.664); A changing workforce [Dawkins] (TD/LMR 85.675); Improving Australia's training system [Dawkins] (TD/LMR 85.676); Australia reconstructed: ACTU/TDC Mission to Western Europe (TD/LMR 85.647); Training costs of award restructuring [Deveson report] (TD/LMR 85.635); National competition policy [Hilmer report] (TD/LMR 85.705); Young people's participation in post-compulsory education and training: report of the Australian Education Council Review Committee [Finn review] (TD/LMR 85.641); Working nation (TD/LMR 85.650); No small change: proposals for a research and development strategy for vocational education and training in Australia (TD/LMR 85.670); Successful reform: competitive skills for Australians and Australian enterprises [FitzGerald report] (TD/LMR 85.636); Report of the Review of the ANTA Agreement (TD/LMR 85.652); Review of Australian higher education [Bradley review] (TD/LMR 85.696); Skilling Australia: new directions for vocational education and training (TD/LMR 85.657); Foundations for the future: proposals for future governance, architecture and market design of the national training system (TD/LMR 85.702); Creating a future direction for Australian vocational education and training (TD/LMR 102.715).
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