Welcome to the PSET Research Repository
The Department of Higher Education and Training (the Department) and its entities undertake research to better understand their various sub-sectors, and identify challenges and opportunities in an effort to guide resource allocations. The Post-School Education and Training (PSET) system produces research on the sector but the research is not available in a central location and it is sometimes hard to access. The Research Repository therefore serves as a central location for all research on PSET. The Research Repository stores and manages collections of research and other related documents.
The objectives of the Research Repository are to:
- create global visibility for the department commissioned research;
- collect content in a single location;
- provide open access to institutional research output by self-archiving it; and
- store and preserve other institutional digital assets, including unpublished or otherwise easily lost ("grey") literature (for example, theses or technical reports).
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The Effects of the KwaZulu-Natal Flooding on the Food and Beverages Manufacturing Sector
South Africa experienced major societal disruption through the KwaZulu-Natal floods which occurred in April 2022. The flooding had a gross impact on various business entities across the KwaZulu-Natal. Despite the extensive coverage given to the impact of the floods on the national economy, little...
Analysis of the Responsiveness of TVET College Programme Qualifications (PQMs) to the World of Work
The extent to which there is alignment between available qualifications and skills possessed by the labour force and those demanded by employers is critical. This is particularly evident in South Africa where persistent inequalities in access to higher education, vocational training and the labou...
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Enhancing employability: What can be done to improve TVET students' chances of finding work?
Unemployment of young people in South Africa is regarded as a crisis that needs urgent intervention. Disaffected and disillusioned youth are a potential threat to the long-term stability of the society as a whole. When graduates from institutions such as the Technical Vocational Education and Traini...
This Conference report covers the Conference on the reform of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) held in Gaborone, Botswana on 4-6 August 2003.
FET college lecturers: The 'devolving' link in the South African skills development equation
National attention on the role of skills development has focused on the role of Further Education and Training (FET) colleges in providing intermediate-level education and training necessary to meet the South African national development challenge. In particular, attention has been focused on reorga...
The marketing of public FET colleges in South Africa: Issues for policy and practice
This paper considers the rising trend of introducing marketing practices into public education through the lens of South African further education and training colleges. It provides a review of the international literature on 'for-profit' and 'non-profit' marketing of products and services. It exami...
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