Submission to the Review of Australian Higher Education
On 13 March 2008, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, announced a major review of Australia’s higher education system which will examine and report on the future direction of the higher education sector, its fitness for purpose in meeting the needs of the Australian community and economy and the options for ongoing reform. [From the DEEWR website]
A Discussion Paper was released on 10 June 2008.
The Discussion Paper was followed by consultation sessions hosted in capital cities around the country, in which CAPA and its affiliates were participants.
- Casuals
- Commonwealth Higher Education Funding
- Coursework Postgraduates
- Department of Education, Employement and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) (Formerly DEST)
- Disability
- Doctorate (PhD)
- Early Career Researchers
- Equity
- External Students
- Fees (Coursework Postgraduate)
- Generational Change in the Higher Education Workforce
- Higher Degree by Research
- Income Support
- Indigenous
- International Students
- Minimum Resources
- Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA)
- National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)
- Part-time Enrolment
- Postdoctoral Programs
- Postgraduate Association Activities and Resources
- Quality and Quality Assurance (QA)
- Queer
- Research Training
- Research Training Scheme (RTS)
- Scholarships
- Universities Australia (formerly AVCC)
- Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU)
- Women