External Students

online, distance

Federal Government’s Reality Check on RTS

The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) has welcomed the release of the Consultation Paper for informing the development of the Federal Government’s Research Workforce Strategy. The Consultation Paper follows directly from Building Australia's Research Capacity, the Final report from the 2008 House of Reps Inquiry into Research Training and Research Workforce Issues.

Submission: Inquiry into Income Support for Students Bill 2009 and Rural and Regional access to Tertiary Education Opportunities

The following is in response to the invitation for submissions to the Senate Inquiry into the Social Security and Other Legislations Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009, which has also adopted terms of reference from the Senate Inquiry into Rural and Regional access to Secondary and Tertiary Education Opportunities. 

Inquiry into Research Training and Research Workforce Issues in Australian Universities




The House of Representatives Industry, Science and Innovation Committee
has announced an inquiry into the contribution that Australian
universities make to Australian research training, and the challenges
those universities face in recruiting, training and retaining quality
research staff. 

    


        

          

    
        

          

      


  




  

    
        
Improving access and equity for postgraduates from rural and isolated areas

    
    
    
    

      
In 1990 DEET designated six equity groups, including students from rural and isolated areas, for targeted action to increase these students' access to tertiary education. The strategies, set out in the policy paper A Fair Chance for All, were focused heavily on improving distance education as a means of raising higher education participation for rural and isolated students.

    


        

          

    
        

          

      


  




  

    
        
Out of sight, out of mind? Strategies for supporting external postgraduate students

    
    
    
    

      
Distance education increases access to postgraduate study for students who would not otherwise be able to attend a university campus.  This briefing paper discusses the educational experience of external postgraduate students, describing the difficulties they may encounter due to their distance from the university and suggesting strategies for their support.  The scope of this paper has been directed by CAPA Action Policy for 2003:

    


        

          

    
        

          

      


  




  

    
        
Increasing access to university education

    
    
    
    

      
CAPA welcomes the sixteenth recommendation of the Senate Committee report, Universities in Crisis, that public funding for universities be increased to support on-line education.


"Adequately funded, high quality on-line education will enable people who are not able to attend a university campus to access the benefits of higher education," said CAPA President, Mr John Byron.

    


        

          

    
        

          

      


  




  

    
        
Labor's Online University

    
    
    
    

      
The 100,000 place Australian on-line university proposed today by Kim Beazley as part of the Opposition's election platform is a very significant initiative which needs to be fully extended to postgraduate students.


Speaking from the Press Club in Canberra, CAPA President John Byron said, 'the Opposition's proposal will provide research and job opportunities in the on-line education field for Australian postgraduate students.

    


        

          

    
        

          

      


  

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