This report presents the results from the 2001 national survey of students who undertook vocational education and training (VET) during 2001. The survey covered TAFE graduates and TAFE module completers.
TAFE graduates were defined as students who attended a TAFE institute in Australia and who completed a Certificate, Advanced Certificate, Associate Diploma, Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Bachelors Degree of at least 200 hours or one semester duration, and had an Australian address as their usual address. A questionnaire was sent to a stratified, randomly selected sample of graduates with a national response rate of 52 per cent (39,426 graduates responded).
TAFE module completers were defined as students who were not graduates, had attended a TAFE institute in Australia and successfully completed some training in a course irrespective of the number of hours of the training, and left the TAFE system. A similar questionnaire to that which was sent to graduates was sent to a stratified, randomly selected sample of module completers resulting in a national response rate of 41 per cent (almost 30,128 module completers responded).
The information collected in the survey includes: the nature of the training undertaken; the outcomes achieved as a result of completing the training in relation to employment; an indication of whether students were satisfied with the training; and whether students achieved the goals they had set for themselves before commencement. This report presents key results at a national level, giving an overview of the results and exploring the trends that emerge when comparisons are made with previous survey data. This national report is complemented by a suite of briefer publications: Australian vocational education and training statistics: student outcomes survey 2001: national report in summary (TD/TNC 67.582); and State and Territory student outcomes survey ‘at a glance’ reports (TD/TNC 67.583 to TD/TNC 67.590).
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