LSAY Research

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LSAY Research

LSAY research priorities

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has agreed to the national research priorities for the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) program, which will guide the LSAY research program to 2010.

The three research priority areas are:

1. Improve the education outcomes of young people: by understanding the factors that impact on participation and completion in education and training, especially for those who are disadvantaged.
   
2. Provide young people with the skills, qualifications and capabilities needed for the contemporary labour market: by investigating whether the skills from, and pathways through, education and training are well-matched with labour market demands.
   
3. Support young people to lead full and meaningful lives: by gaining a better insight into the well-being and social activities of young people.

Further information is available in the following papers:

  LSAY Research priority discussion paper (417 KB PDF file)
  LSAY Research priority discussion paper (316 KB DOC file)
  LSAY Research priority outcomes paper (199 KB PDF file)
  LSAY Research priority outcomes paper (161 KB DOC file)