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Matching higher education and the labour market >

This presentation asks the following key questions: Why are some graduates unemployed? It questions the objectives of the Eastern Cape Graduate Destination Study on unemployment; details its methods and data and shares its findings before drawing som...

Schooling inequality, higher education and the labour market: Evidence from a graduate tracer study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa (briefing 1) >

This presentation focuses on the following topics with regard to the evidence from a graduate tracer study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa on Schooling inequality, higher education and the labour market: the South African context; some stylised fac...

Academic knowledge production and scholarship: Hostage to peer review >

This article concentrates mainly on the issue of the relationship between scholarship and peer review. Examining this relationship is important because of the need for broadening the conceptualisation and scope of engaged knowledge production especia...

Knowledge through deep and systematic study and by engaging with communities >

Whether the knowledge we seek is academic or not, especially in regard to important social issues, good understanding can be augmented by respectful scholarly engagements with communities, especially those communities that are directly implicated in...

Public scholarship, democracy and scholarly engagement >

The main purpose of this writing is to engage with ideas about and interpretations of 'socially engaged or public scholarship' - that is, scholarship that is derived from the co-construction of knowledge out of meaningful engagements between academic...

Labour Market Intelligence Partnership Policy Roundtable III: University perspective >

This presentation provides a university perspective on the following topics: the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training. Integrated systems at different levels; The university as a system: Political, economic, social and technological env...

Adapting to changing skill needs in South Africa >

This paper explores the current state of skill imbalances in South Africa. While noting that policy initiatives have been put in place, it makes suggestions as to what more could be done to improve skills development in South Africa.

Getting skills right: Adapting to changing skill needs >

This presentation details OECD's Getting Skills Right project. It highlights OECD Skills for Jobs indicators and skills needs indicators, skills shortage index; cognitive skills in shortage, routine/manual skills in surplus, and knowledge shortages i...

Ten questions for mathematics teachers ... and how PISA can help answer them >

The PISA student background questionnaire sought information about students' experiences in their mathematics classes, including their learning strategies and the teaching practices they said their teachers used. This information, coupled with studen...

Draft national maritime roadmap/oceans economy lab coordination strategy session >

This document provides the following overview of Draft national maritime roadmap/Oceans economy lab coordination strategy session: 1. Summary of the Operation Phakisa: Oceans Economy Lab Process 2. Governance Structure 3. Overview of the Operation Ph...

International comparative analysis of skills planning indicator systems across national contexts >

This report is one of a number of inputs into a broader selection process to determine the optimal set of indicators for the South African con-text. The selection of indicators in use within any labour market reflects the local policy priorities wher...

Plastic Chamber Research Project: Final report >

This research project was commissioned by the Plastics Chamber of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA). It is the continuation of a research process which began in 2012. The overall aim...

Plastics and rubber industry: Value chain maps >

Maps and infographics of the full plastic life cycle.

Skills supply and demand in the hairdressing industry in South Africa >

The Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) have undertaken a study on skills supply and demand in the hairdressing sector, in order to investigate, inter alia, the a...

merSETA disability research project >

Historically the inclusion of people with a disability in the learnership process has been managed without addressing the inherent requirements of both the learner and the learnership. It has been universally accepted that people with a disability ca...

Implementation Evaluation of the NQF Act (2008): Response to the Draft Evaluation Report >

This presentation reflects on the findings and recommendations of the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO); NQF successes; and NQF challenges; as well as providing recommendations for improvement to the NQF.

The development of new occupational qualifications: Implications for employability >

This presentation details the following topics: The QCTO is responsible for 'qualifying a skilled and capable workforce'; the Quality Assurance Framework, framed by the NQF Act; the QCTO mandate in SDA; skills development interventions that respond t...

Sport, recreation and fitness: Vacancy analysis survey >

As the custodian for skills planning, CATHSSETA conducts research to identify skills imbalances in the arts, culture and heritage industry. This information enables CATHSSETA to make informed decisions and investments on skills planning in the indust...

Survey of the financial and accounting services sector May 2008 final report >

The overall aim of the sector study was to provide Fasset with an integrated profile of the Financial and Accounting Services Sector, the education and training provision to the sector, and the skills needs and requirements of the sector. The specifi...

The impact of the 2008-2009 global economic crisis on merSETA firms: A focus on employment and skills >

This report sets out to provide merSETA with a better understanding of the impact of the 2008/9 global and local economic crises on the South African (SA) automotive, metals and plastics sectors. In line with merSETA's mandate to facilitate skills de...

The need for a learnership in financial markets >

In the 2008/2009 strategic planning session Fasset's board provisionally allocated an amount for the development of such a learnership but requested an objective research report on the need for the learnership before the money would be made available...

Women in management in the financial services sector in South Africa: A review of the literature >

The need to correct racial and gender imbalances and to increase the labour participation of all population groups in the South African economy is widely accepted. Despite legislation and other measures to eradicate inequalities, the 2007 employment...

Contextualising informality in the South African labour market: Indicators of the limits to evidence-based research? >

This paper addresses the following: how do we begin to understand informality (and related concepts like unemployment) in context? This is vitally important considering how significant informality (particularly informality at the base of buyer-driven...

Final research report on a study to boost local economic development through marine resources: A perspective of the local government SETA >

This study has begun to quantify the scale of non-compliance in the recreational fishery sector, and most importantly the relationships between non-compliance of the recreational fishers and small-scale fishers. This is the first study of this nature...

Matching higher education and the labour market >

This presentation asks the following key questions: Why are some graduates unemployed? It questions the objectives of the Eastern Cape Graduate Destination Study on unemployment; details its methods and data and shares its findings before drawing som...

Schooling inequality, higher education and the labour market: Evidence from a graduate tracer study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa >

This presentation at the International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) 59th World Assembly 'Challenging Disparities in Education' in Tokushima, Japan addresses the following subject: Schooling inequality, higher education and the labour mark...

Schooling inequality, higher education and the labour market: Evidence from a graduate tracer study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa (briefing 1) >

This presentation focuses on the following topics with regard to the evidence from a graduate tracer study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa on Schooling inequality, higher education and the labour market: the South African context; some stylised fac...

Final research report on a study to boost local economic development through marine resources: A perspective of the local government SETA >

This study has begun to quantify the scale of non-compliance in the recreational fishery sector, and most importantly the relationships between non-compliance of the recreational fishers and small-scale fishers. This is the first study of this nature...

LMIP Policy Roundtable: How do TVET providers develop intermediate skills to strengthen employability prospects for students? >

This presentation details the circumstances prevailing in the Forestry Industry which determine its skills needs.

A synthesis of current issues in the labour regulatory environment >

Over the past two years, a selection of research papers, in the main written by labour law experts, have provided critical input and guidance on the nature of the debate around the efficiency of the labour regulatory environment in South Africa. In N...

Analysing wage formation in the SA labour market: The role of bargaining councils >

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the role of bargaining councils in wage formation in the South African labour market. Specifically, the study aims to determine what premium is associated with Bargaining Council membership as distinct...

Higher education, employment and economic Growth: Exploring the interactions >

The main objective of this paper is to interrogate economic growth and performance through the human capital lens. We focus on three specific areas: I. Labour market trends by education cohort; II. The contribution to economic growth by education coh...

ICT skills in the labour market: An occupational-level analysis focusing on computer professionals and associate professionals, 1996-2005 >

formation and communication technologies (ICTs) are widely understood to be an enabler of economic growth (UNDP 2001a). South Africa's Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who launched the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative (Asgisa), indic...

Labour reform in South Africa: Measuring regulation and a synthesis of policy suggestions >

This paper, in trying to mature the debate on labour regulation and worker protection, has two key objectives. Firstly, we attempt to provide more nuanced and empirically-based measures of labour regulation and worker protection for South Africa, wit...

On the brink? Skills demand and supply issues in the South African automotive and components industry >

This research report is more than simply an exploration of skills demand and supply issues in the South African automotive components industry. It is a report that explores the South African institutional environment's ability to supply a high value...

Projected skills and supply for the electrical energy sector >

The research aims to: Provide support for government's AsgiSA initiative with a particular focus on skills development and job creation; Contribute to the better alignment between skills development policies with industrial or sector initiatives/poli...

Skills shortages in South Africa: A literature review >

This paper conducts a review of the literature on skills shortages in South Africa. It is demonstrated that different Government departments have different views concerning the definition of skills shortages. This is largely due to the omission in an...

Skills, technology and capital intensity: Employment and wage shifts in post-apartheid South Africa >

This presentation of the Labour Market Intelligence Partnership Policy Roundtable focuses on the following topics: Data; Changing Employment Landscape - Sectoral and Skills-biased trends; Skills-Biased Technological Change - A Decomposition Analysis;...

The role of skills and education in predicting micro-enterprise performance >

This presentation discusses the following topics in relation to the role of skills and education in predicting Micro-enterprise performance: Context and motivation; Research objective; Methodology; Data; Human capital profile of the SMME sector; Econ...

Understanding the efficiency and effectiveness of the dispute-resolution system in South Africa: An analysis of CCMA data >

While the economic growth performance in the first decade of democracy continues to be justifiably lauded, severe and seemingly intractable welfare challenges remain. Nowhere is this welfare need more acute than within the area of labour markets. An...

Transport planning in municipalities in South Africa: Final Report >

The LGSETA commissioned the WITS School of Governance to investigate the ability of municipalities to conduct transport planning with a specific emphasis on the skills, or the lack thereof, to undertake transport planning. A sample of 18 municipaliti...

merSETA report: Impact assessment of learnerships and apprenticeships >

This study was commissioned by the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services SETA (MERSETA) with the aim of ascertaining the efficiency and effectiveness of the learnership and apprenticeship systems and to assess their impact on the demand for...

Pathways through the education and training system: Do we need a new model? >

This brief presentation uses the existing pathways model to illustrate blockages and bottlenecks in education-labour market articulation. In so doing it suggests a revised pathways model of education and training in South Africa.

Smooth, staggered or stopped? Educational transitions in the South African Youth Panel Study >

This report uses the South African Youth Panel Study (SAYPS) - a longitudinal panel study - to follow Grade 9 learners who participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in order to explore the educational transitio...

Survey analysis of the pathways of public TVET college learners through NATED programmes >

A number of research studies were conducted within this theme of research. The key questions that each of the studies attempted to answer is reflected in the following topics: 1. What is the progression, graduation and destination of secondary school...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the development of the higher education system in South Africa: A description of the demographics and performance of NSFAS beneficiaries >

This paper focuses on the time period 2000 to 2012, beginning in the year after the NSFAS was established by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme Act of 1999. We use a non-public data set provided by the NSFAS that contains some demographic info...

The post-matriculation enrolment decision: Do public colleges provide students with a viable alternative? >

This paper uses National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) data for the period 2008 to 2015, together with administrative data on South African schools and post-secondary institutions, to estimate the relationship between enrolment in post-secondary educa...

HIV/AIDS pilot project >

Self-Empowerment International (SEI) were appointed by MERSETA to conduct a pilot project on assisting small and medium-sized enterprises to develop an HIV/AIDS strategy for their workplace. The pilot project was conducted for 37 companies. Key findi...

Skills supply and demand in the hairdressing industry in South Africa >

The Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) have undertaken a study on skills supply and demand in the hairdressing sector, in order to investigate, inter alia, the a...

Understanding skills supply and demand in the hairdressing industry: Report of stakeholder workshop >

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), in collaboration with the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) hosted a stakeholder workshop on Understanding Skills Supply and Demand in the Hairdressing Industry on...

A review of the impact of the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority Programmes 2018-2021 >

This impact study primarily involved a tracer study of learners that participated in Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority (INSETA) learning programmes - learnerships, internships,  bursaries, skills programmes and workplace-based le...

Demand side planning considerations on the skills planning mechanism >

This presentation highlights the following topics pertaining to Demand Side Planning Considerations on the Skills Planning Mechanism: Ensuring demand meets supply: the core challenges; why? what planning can do and cannot do; some consideration; comp...

Towards a national human resources database >

This report provides a synthesis of two research papers commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme (EPP) on the review and suitability of the National Learners Records Database (NLRD) to become the National Human Resources Database. The objec...