1. Anatomy of Failure: The Publicly Funded Australian VET System Dr Phillip Toner Honorary Department of Political Economy University Of Sydney GTA National Conference Adelaide April 2016

2. 1.Why is VET important Trades and Technician Training Equity 2.Some key trends in VET enrolments and public funding of VET 3. Some key trends in VET graduate labour market outcomes

5. PUBLICLY FUNDED - TAFEPRIVATELY OPERATED RTO Major Field Of Education ∆ In Student Enrolments 2003-2014 % ∆ in the FOE Contribution to ∆ 2003-2014 ∆ In Student Enrolments % ∆ in FOE Contribution to ∆ 2003-2014 1. NATURAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES 105517%<1%32968240%1% 2. INFORMATION TECH.-33284-54%-12%182467%1% 3. ENGINEERING-55457-25%-20%46284134%19% 4. ARCHITEC. & BUILD-14229-15%-5%16971364%7% 5. AGRIC. & ENVIRON.-24043-34%-9%3786%0% 6. HEALTH-13047-16%-5%451747%2% 7. EDUCATION481010%2%12324666%5% 8. MANAG’T & COMMER.-104130-39%-37%4938186%20% 9. SOCIETY & CULTURE-16011-12%-6%66535530%27% 10. CREATIVE ARTS-23849-45%-8%58936%0% 11. FOOD, HOSPITALITY & PERSONAL SERVICES -45335-38%-16%25406107%10% 12. MIXED FIELD PROG’S -25686-19%-9%14821189%6% 13.(Not known/Award only) 6638123%68183% Total -282825-21.7%249144149% Slide 5 Student X Field of Education. TAFE and Private RTO Australia. 2003-2014 Source: VOCSTATS Students 2003-2014 Major program field of education by Year and Reporting type Counting: Students

10. 2006 %2015% Change 2006-2015 Employed after training 79.972.3-9.5% Fully or partly achieved main reason for doing the training 85.181.5-4.2% Of those employed after training Found the training relevant to their current job 76.177.82.2% Received at least one job-related benefit 78.177.8-0.4% Of those employed before training Employed at a higher skill level after training 25.019.8-20.8% Of those not employed before training Employed after training 52.239.6-24.1% Improved employment status after training 66.358.7-11.5% Slide 10 Student Graduate Outcomes TAFE and Other Public Providers. Australia Source: Government-funded student outcomes 2015 Index 3: Time series of key findings by provider type and funding source (2006-2015). Table 1. Percent reductions are statistically significant at 95% confidence limit

11. AustraliaVictoria 20062015% Change 2006-2015 20062015% Change 2006-2015 Employed after training 86.574.5-13.9%90.068.9-23.4% Fully or partly achieved main reason for doing the training 89.077.7-12.7%87.574.5-14.9% Of those employed after training Found the training relevant to their current job 78.978.7-0.3%80.171.0-11.4% Received at least one job-related benefit 76.572.6-5.1%74.869.4-7.2% Of those employed before training Employed at a higher skill level after training 22.614.4-36.3%24.212.3-49.2% Of those not employed before training Employed after training 66.243.6-34.1%76.141.4-45.6% Improved employment status after training 70.557.9-17.9%70.552.1-26.1% Slide 11 Student Graduate Outcomes Private Providers. Australia and Victoria