The debate surrounding financial support in work-integrated learning (WIL) has intensified. This paper explores whether paying all placement students is both sustainable and equitable. Through duoethnographic narratives from WIL educators, it examines contemporary experiences and perceptions of payment and value. For WIL relationships to be…

This article investigates the systemic barriers impeding qualification completion for students enrolled in National Accredited Technical Education Diploma (NATED) programmes at a South African Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college, focusing on the critical interplay between financial support and Work-Integrated Learning…

Many pre-service teachers prolong studies or fail to complete teaching degrees due to financial hardship. This attrition exacerbates the teacher shortage in Australian schools. Our research uses critical theory to explore the challenges for pre-service teachers as they complete the compulsory professional experience component of initial teacher…

Upper-secondary vocational education and training (VET) represents the largest share of VET in most countries. It comprises programmes that are predominantly school-based, as well as programmes with a substantial element of work-based learning. Upper-secondary VET offers students the opportunity to develop labour market relevant skills, alongside…

This playbook provides ways in which Community Based Organizations (CBOs) can blur the lines between high school, postsecondary education, and the workforce. CBOs play a significant role to Raise the Bar for student success by developing an "education-to-workforce system" that focuses on Unlocking Career Success.

"Seeing Green: CTE as a Catalyst for the Green Workforce" is a policy playbook that equips education and workforce leaders with actionable strategies to strengthen pathways into emerging green careers by leveraging the effective structures, mindsets, and collaboration provided through Career Technical Education (CTE). This policy…