Anne Walstab is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning (CPELL) at the University of Melbourne. Since joining CPELL in 1999 (EORU at the time), Anne has conducted both qualitative and quantitative research projects on a state and national basis.

From 2004 to 2006 Anne managed the administration and analysis of a three-year longitudinal study of learners in Adult and Community Education. Other recent research projects include a MCEETYA study of interstate differences in student retention, an evaluation of the Youth Learning Officer Model in Tasmania, longitudinal tracking of school student outcomes in Victoria and of VET in Schools students in NSW, and mapping the composition and participation in Vocational Education and Training across Australia at regional level in order to identify drivers of participation in VET, as part of a national study of emerging skill needs and regional adjustment for NCVER.

Anne is currently undertaking a PhD in Education at the University of Melbourne entitled The VET sector and schooling: interactions and outcomes.

B.A. (Hons)/ B.Sc.

Post-compulsory Education and Training
Student Outcomes – gender, socio-economic, regional and cultural differences
Adult and Community Education
Vocational Education and Training
Student transition from school to further study and work
Educational policy

Anne is currently undertaking a PhD entitled The VET sector and schooling: interactions and outcomes.

V. Volkoff & A. Walstab, Setting the scene: investigating learning outcomes with a view to the future, Victorian ACFE Board, 2007

A. Walstab & S. Lamb, Participation in VET across Australia: a regional analysis, NCVER, 2007

R.Teese, A. Walstab, Social area differences in VET participation, NCVER, 2007

V. Volkoff, K. Clarke & A. Walstab, Impact of TAFE Inclusiveness Strategies NCVER, 2007

A. Walstab, “Adult and community education in Victoria, Australia: diversity in learning”, Proceedings of the ESREA international conference on Adult Learning and the Challenges of Social and Cultural Diversity, 2007

A. Walstab, Indigenous and non-Indigenous participation in education, training and work: young people aged 5-19 years, selected Local Government Areas, Victoria, ABS Census 2001, Department of Planning and Community Development, 2007

A. Walstab, “ACE Connects with learners: findings from a longitudinal study”, Fine Print, Vol. 9, no. 1, 2006

A. Walstab, V. Volkoff, & R. Teese, ACE longitudinal study: ACE makes a difference: building pathways, providing opportunities and creating outcomes, ACFE Board Victoria: Melbourne.

V. Volkoff, J. Keating, A. Walstab, & B. Marr, Effective TAFE, ACE, Private Provider delivery to young people, 15-24 years, Victorian Department of Education & Training, 2006

V. Volkoff, A. Walstab, L. Barker & M. Chalk, ACE Circle of Professional Research Practice: A community studies approach to researching strategic issues in ACE, ACFE Victorian Department of Education & Training, 2006

A. Walstab, V. Volkoff, R. Teese, ACE Connects! Building Pathways to Education, Employment and Community Engagement, Victorian Department of Education & Training, 2005

V. Volkoff, A. Walstab, J. Keating & K. Clarke, Youth Learning Officers Model Evaluation, Tasmanian Office of Post-Compulsory Education and Training, 2005

A. Walstab, R. Teese, A community-studies approach to researching strategic issues in ACE, Victorian Department of Education & Training, 2005

R. Teese, L. Robinson, A. Walstab, S. Lamb & M. Lacy, Opportunities and Outcomes in the North-West of Melbourne, Victorian Department of Education & Training, 2005

S. Helme, J. Polesel, R. Teese, T. Nicholas, & A. Walstab, Raising Expectations: Improving student retention in NSW schools, NSW Department of Education and Training, 2005

S. Lamb, A. Walstab, R. Teese, M. Vickers, R. Rumberger, Staying on at school: student retention in Australia, Queensland Department of Education and the Arts, 2004

R. Teese, A. Walstab, The Changing Social Profile of Upper Secondary Education in Catholic Schools in Victoria, 1985-2002, Catholic Education Office, 2004

A. Walstab, Participation in Adult and Community Education, regional socio-economic and other population differences, Victorian Department of Education and Training, 2004

R. Teese, J. Polesel, A. Walstab, K. Mason, Young People’s Participation in VET: Patterns and Outcomes, ANTA, 2003

S. Helme, A. Hill, J. Balatti, G. Mackay, A. Walstab, T. Nicholas, J. Polesel, Hands on the Future, project for improving access for Indigenous students in VET in School programs, ANTA, 2003

R. Teese, J. Polesel, Undemocratic schooling: equity and quality in mass secondary education in Australia, with the assistance of M. Davies, M. Charlton and A. Walstab,
Melbourne University Publishing, 2003.

M. Davies, A. Walstab, Evaluation Paper: MIPs Program, Victorian Department of Education and Training, 2002

A. Walstab, J. Polesel, S. Helme, M. Charlton, R. Teese, Do they succeed? A cohort study of outcomes for New Apprentices, NCVER, 2002

Walstab, “VET in Schools works for apprentices”, Australian Training, p. 25, June 2002

R. Teese, J. Polesel, A. Walstab, Outcomes of VET for young people: a strategic review of the research, ANTA, 2002

A. Walstab, B. Golding, R. Teese, M. Charlton, J.Polesel, Attrition and Wastage in Tertiary Education, University of Canberra, 2001

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