Longitudinal surveys of Australian youth annual report 2013

The purpose of LSAY LSAY is designed to examine major transition points in young people’s lives, including completing school and transitioning to work or further training and education, as well as other aspects of their lives. LSAY follows nationally representative cohorts of young people over a ten-year period, with interviews taking place annually. Each cohort starts out with about 14 000 students. Survey participants enter the study when they turn 15 years or, for earlier studies, when they were in Year 9. To date, there have been five cohorts,1 the first starting in 1995 (known as Y95), followed by further cohorts in 1998, 2003, 2006 and 2009 (known as the Y98, Y03, Y06 and Y09 cohorts respectively). The last three of these cohorts were still active in 2013 (although it was the last year for the Y03 cohort). Interviews are conducted by telephone, with online interviews also possible from 2012. Since 2003, the sample for the initial wave has been coordinated with the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Only six other countries have surveys that use the PISA sample (Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Uruguay), making LSAY a relatively unique survey. LSAY provides a rich source of data relating to the transitions of students from school to post-school destinations; it also explores their social outcomes, such as wellbeing. Information collected as part of the LSAY program covers a wide range of school and post-school topics, including: student achievement; student aspirations; school retention; social background; attitudes to school; work experiences; and what students do when they leave school

Preparing sport graduates for employment: satisfying employers expectations

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore from an employer’s perspective the skills, attributes, and capabilities required of a sports graduate, whilst also discovering how a student is expected to demonstrate these skills in the context of a sports organisation. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a qualitative interpretive case study approach through the use of face to face interviews with six employers from sports organisations involved in the delivery of sport. Interviews lasted between 30-42 minutes and were recorded. This was followed by a thematic review to allow for common themes to be selected and represented. The results were then reviewed and evaluated by a further 15 industry professionals and sports educators. Findings The results suggest employers seek skills that are characteristically enterprise/ entrepreneurship skills, together with an articulation of a ‘sports graduate’ mind-set. This mind-set is described by the employers as being something which is demonstrated through a combination of behaviours and attributes. The paper concluded that in the classroom the use of case studies and challenges where students have to respond to and solve problems by the very nature of the activity is optimal. Originality/Value The originality of this paper lies in both the context of study and the integration of enterprise and entrepreneurship skills that are needed for the changing world of work in sport. The value of the papers is in both the employer’s description of the graduate mind-set and also examples of how the skills can be applied in the context of sport

Jurisdictional approaches to student training entitlements: commonalities and differences

The past two decades have seen some evolution towards a more nationally consistent vocational education and training (VET) system. One of the challenges is to find the right balance between national consistency and appropriate flexibility, to accommodate the regional and local industry requirements and learner preferences that best serve the needs of states and territories. This report documents the implementation of the student training entitlement funding model by the Australian states and territories, and assesses the commonalities and differences. As at March 2015, the minimum requirements of student entitlement, as set out in the National Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform, were met by all jurisdictions. The implementation differed, however, in how the jurisdictions used the flexibility built into the agreement to go beyond the minimum requirements. Differences exist in the eligibility requirements, the courses eligible for an entitlement, course subsidy levels, the quality requirements of providers, and the information provided to students

Enhancements to the longitudinal surveys of Australian youth

The Commonwealth Department of Education commissioned the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to assess the value and implications of eight enhancements to the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY). The objective of LSAY is to track young Australians as they move from school into further study, work and other destinations to provide a meaningful dataset through which to understand youth transitions. Enhancements to LSAY are considered in this paper in the context of continuing to enable researchers to track young people over time and examine relationships between the variables that impact youth transitions

Young people in education and training 2014

Presents a summary of statistics relating to young Australians aged 15 to 19 years who participated in education and training during 2014. Highlights This publication presents a summary of statistics relating to young Australians aged 15 to 19 years who participated in education and training during 2014. It brings together data on young people in education and training from multiple sources. It is estimated that, as at August 2014, 82.7% of young Australians aged 15 to 19 years old participated in education and training. The estimate suggests: 55.8% were at school, of these: - 14.6% participated in VET in Schools programs 15.9% were enrolled in higher education 4.7% were undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship, which was not part of a VET in Schools program 6.1% were enrolled in other VET programs. In the 2014 calendar year, there were: 1.5 million young Australians 823 700 school students aged 15 to 19 years 236 600 schools students aged 15 to 19 years participating in VET in Schools programs 324 900 higher education students aged 15 to 19 years 78 300 commencements in apprenticeships and traineeships by 15 to 19-year-olds 825 100 total VET students aged 15 to 19 years (reported in the first transition year of mandatory reporting)

LSAY 2006 Cohort: Wave 1 (2006) Questionnaire, Frequency tables and Codebook: Technical Paper No. 46

The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) program studies the progress of several groups of young Australians as they move from school into post-secondary education and work. In 2006, a nationally representative sample of 14,170 15 year-old students was selected to participate in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). This sample became the fourth LSAY cohort. All subsequent waves of data were collected by telephone interviews. This series of documents provides supporting information for the LSAY dataset of the 2006 cohort at wave 1 (2006). It includes a questionnaire, codebook and frequency counts

LSAY 2003 Cohort: Wave 5 (2007) Questionnaire, Frequency tables and Codebook: Technical report No. 45

The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) program studies the progress of several groups of young Australians as they move from school into post-secondary education and work. This series of documents provides supporting information for the LSAY data set of the 2003 cohort at wave 5 (2007). It includes the questionnaire, code book and frequency count

LSAY 2006 Cohort: Wave 2 (2007) Questionnaire, Frequency Tables and Codebook: technical Paper No. 47

The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) program studies the progress of several groups of young Australians as they move from school into post-secondary education and work. This series of documents provides supporting information for the LSAY dataset of the 2006 cohort (Y06) at wave 2 (2007). It includes a questionnaire, codebook and frequency counts

LSAY 1998 cohort: Wave 10 (2007) Questionnaire, Frequency tables and Codebook: Technical paper No. 44

The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) program studies the progress of several groups of young Australians as they move from school into post-secondary education and work. This series of documents provides supporting information for the LSAY data set of the 1998 cohort at wave 10 (2007). It includes a questionnaire, codebook and frequency counts