From Review to Reform:
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Prof Sandra DunnChair, CDU Academic Board
Prof Todd WalkerChair, UBallarat Academic Board
From Review to Reform:The post-Bradley era
• Increased access• Targets for low SES, Indigenous, regional & remote• Lift caps on CGS places (deregulated)
• Increased quality (TEQSA)• Unified ‘coherent’ HE (VET-university) system• Increased public funding
• Research performance• ‘Funding follows student’
http://www.deewr.gov.au/highereducation/review/pages/reviewofaustralianhighereducationreport.aspx
Bradley recommendations
• Access• Quality• Cost
Iron triangle
Pace of change – Inquiries over a 6 month period• Senate committee inquiriesCompulsory Student Fees
Industry Skills Councils
Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill
National Health and Hospitals Network Bill
• House of Representatives committee inquiriesAustralia's International Research Engagement
• Government departments InquiriesOverseas Student Health Cover - Submission to the Departmental
Review of Overseas Student Health Cover
Research Workforce Strategy - Department of Innovation, Industry, Science & Research consultation paper
Review of Immunity from Seisure legislation - submission to the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Simpler visas: Creating a simpler framework for temporary and permanent entry into Australia - Department of Immigration and Citizenship discussion paper
Collaboration Development Program - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations draft guidelines
Structural Adjustment Fund - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations draft guidelines
Review of the General Skilled Migration points test - Department of Immigration and Citizenship discussion paper
Review of Regional Loading - submission to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
An Indicator Framework for Higher Education Teaching and Learning Performance Funding - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations discussion paper
Migration Update - Universities Australia response to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations draft guidelines
Measuring the Socio-Economic Status of Higher Education Students - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations discussion paper
Quality and regulatory elements
TEQSA Bill 2011• Part 1 Objects and Definitions• Part 2 Basic Principles• Part 3 Registration• Part 4 Accreditation of Courses of Study• Part 5 Higher Education Standards Framework• Part 6 Investigative Powers• Part 7 Enforcement • Part 8 TEQSA• Part 9 Higher Education Standards Panel• Part 10 Administrative Law matters• Part 11 National register of HE Providers• Part 12 Miscellaneous
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/teqasaa2011466/index.htm l
• Regulatory necessity • Reflecting risk • Proportionate regulation
Part 2: Basic principles
Part 5: HE Standards Framework
Role of Academic Board
• Awareness• Harmonising institutional aspirations with the new environment
in which the University operates
• Communication- formal networks to ensure organisational goals are reached. - informal networks to share ideas, information and feedback
• Empowering• Subsidiarity – the lowest level in an organisation at which
decisions can be made provides formal authority to act