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How young people are faring 2013: the national report on the learning and earning of young Australians

This report is the 15th edition of the annual series produced by the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA). The se ... Show more
This report is the 15th edition of the annual series produced by the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA). The series provides point-in-time and trend information on the education and training outcomes of young people in Australia as they make the transition from school to further study and work. This edition also examines the nature of young people’s jobs and the broader social context for young people, including trends in independence, marriage, fertility, home ownership and life satisfaction.
Key findings include: teenagers (15 to 19 year-olds) and young adults (20 to 24 year-olds) in Australia are participating in formal education and training at higher rates than in the past; despite this increase, young people living in remote or very remote locations and Indigenous young Australians continue to experience far lower education and training engagement and achievements; there has also been an increase in youth unemployment, underemployment, labour underutilisation and rates of casual employment among young people; and overall, young Australians are delaying full-time work, independence from parents, marriage, starting a family and owning a home.
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Authors: Stanwick, John; Lu, Tham; Karmel, Tom; Wibrow, Bridget

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: How young people are faring

Subjects: Youth; Outcomes; Participation ... [+] Show more
Are we there yet?: overview of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth

This overview opened the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research forum entitled 'Are we there yet? ... Show more
This overview opened the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research forum entitled 'Are we there yet?: youth transitions in Australia', held at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney on 11 April 2013. Youth longitudinal surveys have a long history in Australia, dating back to the Youth in Transition study which commenced with a cohort of young people born in 1961. The initial motivation for the surveys was an increase in unemployment, and the changes in the labour market since the 1970s have kept youth transitions an important policy issue. The overview also maps the breadth of topics being researched and how they have changed over the past 25 years. A bonus is a long list of research papers that look at the longitudinal youth data. Show less

Authors: Karmel, Tom

Conference name: LSAY National Research Forum

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Conference paper

Subjects: Youth; Employment; Research ... [+] Show more
Opinion pieces 2013

Five opinion pieces were released in 2013: (1) 'Cultural identity a factor in Indigenous education' by Howard Salko ... Show more
Five opinion pieces were released in 2013: (1) 'Cultural identity a factor in Indigenous education' by Howard Salkow (released 22 April); (2) 'Schools play a role in impacting tertiary entrance rankings and university enrolment' by Tom Karmel (released 1 June); (3) 'Teaching numeracy in VET' by Tom Karmel (released 22 July); (4) 'Skilling numeracy practitioners' by Howard Salkow (released 14 August); (5) 'Inconsistent university policy and practices impact VET graduates' by Howard Salkow (released 28 November). Show less

Authors: Salkow, Howard; Karmel, Tom

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; Europe ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: NCVER opinion pieces

Subjects: Culture and society; Indigenous people; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more
The impact of school academic quality on low socioeconomic status students

The authors of this paper explore whether low socioeconomic status (SES) students benefit to a greater or lesser ex ... Show more
The authors of this paper explore whether low socioeconomic status (SES) students benefit to a greater or lesser extent from attending high-quality schools when compared with their more advantaged peers. They find that academic school quality is even more important for students from low-SES backgrounds in terms of Year 12 completion. The differential impact for low-SES students also holds for tertiary entrance rank (TER) and the probability of going to university.
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Authors: Lim, Patrick; Gemici, Sinan; Karmel, Tom

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: LSAY research report

Subjects: Students; Outcomes; Secondary education ... [+] Show more
Maximising the use of data: vocational education and training

The range of data collected by NCVER for the national vocational education and training (VET) system and how it is ... Show more
The range of data collected by NCVER for the national vocational education and training (VET) system and how it is disseminated is discussed in this conference paper. The author talks about how analytical techniques are used to maximise what can be extracted from those collections; the current focus on expanding the range of data to contribute to the 'transparency agenda'; and current gaps in VET data in the collections. He ends with some comments on the challenges NCVER faces in maximising the use of data.
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Authors: Karmel, Tom

Conference name: NatStats Conference

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Conference paper

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Statistics; Providers of education and training
Interview with Tom Karmel on 'The impact of schools on young people's transition to university'

In this interview, Steve Davis talks with co-author Tom Karmel about this report which uses data from the 2006 coho ... Show more
In this interview, Steve Davis talks with co-author Tom Karmel about this report which uses data from the 2006 cohort of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) to investigate how schools influence tertiary entrance rank and university enrolment over and above young people's individual background characteristics. A point of discussion was the authors' finding that schools do matter and although young people's individual characteristics are the main contributors to university entrance, the school characteristics are responsible for almost 20 per cent of the variation in tertiary entrance rankings.
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Authors: Karmel, Tom; Davis, Steve

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Webinar or podcast

Series name: Vocational voices

Subjects: Students; Youth; Secondary education ... [+] Show more
Over-education, under-education and credentialism in the Australian labour market

This webinar presents the findings of recent research by Paul Miller and Mike Dockery on the pay-off to education f ... Show more
This webinar presents the findings of recent research by Paul Miller and Mike Dockery on the pay-off to education for people who secure jobs that are a good match for their level of qualification, and the pay-offs to those who end up in jobs for which they are under-qualified or over-qualified. The effects of credentialism - the trend towards increasing general levels of education unrelated to job requirements - is also explored and the implications this has for labour market and education policy.
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Authors: Dockery, Michael; Karmel, Tom; Mavromaras, Kostas G.

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Webinar or podcast

Series name: NCVER webinar series

Subjects: Labour market; Qualifications; Employment ... [+] Show more
Socioeconomic disadvantage and participation in tertiary education: preliminary thoughts

This paper was written in 2010 to encourage policy-makers to think about how to measure socioeconomic status (SES). ... Show more
This paper was written in 2010 to encourage policy-makers to think about how to measure socioeconomic status (SES). The findings show that measurement of SES is a complex issue, and that the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) measures perform quite well in measuring the aggregate relationship between socioeconomic status and education participation. People who are currently not in any education (typically of higher socioeconomic status) are more likely, in an expanded higher education section, to participate in university than those students studying vocational education and training.
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Authors: Karmel, Tom; Lim, Patrick

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: NCVER occasional paper

Subjects: Culture and society; Research; Participation ... [+] Show more
The impact of schools on young people's transition to university

This report uses Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) data to look at the impact of schools on a student ... Show more
This report uses Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) data to look at the impact of schools on a student's tertiary entrance rank (TER) and the probability of them going to university (controlling for TER). It shows that the characteristics of schools do matter: although young people's individual characteristics are the main drivers of success, school attributes are also responsible for almost 20 per cent of the variation in TER scores. The three most important school attributes for TER include sector (Catholic and independent/government); gender mix (single sex/co-educational) and the extent to which a school is 'academic'. The socioeconomic status of schools didn't emerge as a significant influence on TER. For the probability of going to university, after controlling for TER, the most significant school characteristics include the proportion on non-English speaking background students; the sector; and the socioeconomic make-up of the student body.
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Authors: Gemici, Sinan; Lim, Patrick; Karmel, Tom

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: LSAY research report

Subjects: Students; Youth; Secondary education ... [+] Show more
How effective are different approaches to higher education provision in increasing access, quality and completion for students in developing countries?: does this differ by gender of students?

This review focuses on how to effectively increase access to and quality in higher education in developing countrie ... Show more
This review focuses on how to effectively increase access to and quality in higher education in developing countries. One hundred and seventy-five research papers on the impact of higher education policies and methods of provision on access, quality and gender issues in developing countries, available in English language, were systematically reviewed. The majority of the studies fell into six main categories: affirmative action; cross-border, distance and open education; financial policies/programmes (including cost-sharing policies and student loan programmes); technical and vocational education and training (TVET); and institutional type.
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Authors: Clifford, Megan; Miller, Trey; Stasz, Cathleen; Goldman, Charles ... [+] Show more

Date: 2013

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: EPPI-Centre report

Subjects: Governance; Quality; Gender ... [+] Show more