2011 Next Step Report
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nextstep 2011 A report on the destinations of Year 12 completers from 2010 in Queensland Acknowledgments The Next Step team gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the members of the Next Step survey reference group and the organisations they represent: Independent Schools Queensland Queensland Catholic Education Commission Education Queensland Queensland Studies Authority Queensland University of Technology Queensland Secondary Principals' Association Association of Principals of Catholic Secondary Schools of Queensland Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (Qld branch) Department of Education and Training Office of the Government Statistician The Next Step team extends its sincere thanks to the many thousands of Queensland Year 12 graduates who gave up their time to complete surveys and participate in telephone interviews. This research is funded by the Queensland Government. This work is licensed under an Australian Creative Commons Attribution licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au © State of Queensland (2011) ii Next Step Queensland 2011 Message from the Minister When students graduate from Year 12, they stand on the cusp of adulthood with an almost limitless number of study, training and career possibilities ahead of them. The choices they make will shape not only their future, but the future of Queensland. Since 2005, the Queensland Government has measured how young Queenslanders are fulfilling their work and study aspirations post-school. The Next Step survey report is a comprehensive picture of the employment, study and life choices of the class of 2010. More than 37 000 young people from 459 state, Catholic and independent schools and TAFE secondary colleges completed the survey between March and May 2011. This represents around four-fifths of last year’s graduates. The results show six months after leaving school, the overwhelming majority of graduates are studying, working or combining the two, which is a fantastic endorsement of our learning and earning initiative. This means the Bligh government is another step closer to achieving its Toward Q2 target of three out of four Queenslanders holding trade, training or tertiary qualifications by 2020. The information in this report will be used to help determine the best ways to prepare future Year 12s for success after school. I thank everyone who contributed to the 2011 survey and congratulate all graduates on their achievements. Whether they are working, training or studying, these young Queenslanders are building their place in tomorrow’s Queensland today. Cameron Dick MP Minister for Education and Industrial Relations Next Step Queensland 2011 iii Contents Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................... ii Message from the Minister .......................................................................................................... iii List of tables .......................................................................................................................................................................... vi List of figures ........................................................................................................................................................................ vii Glossary ................................................................................................................................................................................ ix Executive summary ....................................................................................................................... 1 Background ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Summary of findings ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 Learning: Education and training destinations ....................................................................................................................... 4 Earning: Employment destinations ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Not learning or earning ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 Different people, different pathways ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 8 Aims of the project .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Policy context ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Methodology ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Terminology .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Profile of Year 12 completers ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Response rates .................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Effects of rounding ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Data editing .......................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Referral service .................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Longitudinal study ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Summary of survey results ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Chapter 2 Main destinations of Year 12 completers ................................................................ 15 Destinations by sex .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Study and work ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Deferring study ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Main destinations 2007–2011 .............................................................................................................................................. 22 Chapter 3 Learning: Education and training destinations of Year 12 completers ................ 23 All Year 12 completers in education or training .................................................................................................................... 23 Sex differences ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Study load ............................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Field of study ........................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Study provider ...................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Comparing students who work and students who do not ..................................................................................................... 30 Chapter 4 Earning: Employment destinations .......................................................................... 32 All Year 12 completers in employment ................................................................................................................................. 32 Casual workers ..................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Working and not