New Zealand’s leading vocational education research event is marking two decades of bringing researchers, educators, employers and policymakers together, with abstract submissions and registrations now open for the 20th New Zealand Vocational Education and Training Research Forum. Co-hosted by Skills Group and BCITO, this year’s forum carries the theme Building Bridges, reflecting the idea that […]
Kiwi teens are looking into trades as AI eats into entry-level office work. Budget 2026 leant in, doubling secondary school Trades Academy places to 20,000 over four years. But the apprenticeships they’re signing up for look little like the ones their parents did. Automation has already reached the workshop floor. Take training itself. Apprentices now […]
A national programme aimed at increasing the number of women entering construction, BCITO’s Girls in Construction initiative exposes the next generation to the trades sector. Built around the idea that ‘if you can see it, you can be it’, the programme takes students out of the classroom and into active worksites and supplier yards. So […]
A new report argues that New Zealand’s senior secondary education system is still failing to provide clear, structured pathways for the majority of young people leaving school, with university remaining the dominant and most clearly defined route. Published by Skills Group, Multiple Pathways to Success calls for a major shift in how schools, employers, […]
A heavy diesel mechanic and a policy analyst can complete similar lengths of training and, in some cases, enter the workforce with little or no student debt. Despite this, university education continues to be more highly regarded than vocational training in New Zealand, according to The New Zealand Initiative. The organisation says the […]
As building and infrastructure projects begin to move from planning to delivery across New Zealand, one issue continues to concern the industry: where will the skilled workforce come from? For many smaller building and engineering businesses, finding experienced staff is often the biggest barrier to taking on more work. Rather than competing in a tight […]
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