Australian higher education policy

This Substack contains cross-posts from my blog on Australian higher education policy issues.

By Andrew Norton

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Trends in domestic postgraduate coursework education

I have a paper coming out soon, co-authored with Ren-Hao Xu, on the rise of Commonwealth supported places in postgraduate coursework degrees.

17 hrs ago•Andrew Norton

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Job-ready Graduates - its effects on university Commonwealth supported places decisions

The student contribution increases of Job-ready Graduates get regular media coverage, focusing on the plight of debt-laden arts graduates. Far less…

Jun 15•Andrew Norton

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Self-reported status by educational attainment, an update

It’s common to hear concern about the ‘status’ of vocational education.

Jun 10•Andrew Norton

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Rule by email in higher education policy - over-enrolment and governance

This post is about unlegislated higher education policies.

May 20•Andrew Norton

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TEQSA's response to the Australian National University's governance issues

Julie Bishop quit as ANU Chancellor last Friday, but not without a parting shot:

May 11•Andrew Norton

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ATEC's interim statement of strategic priorities

This week the Australian Tertiary Education Commission issued an interim statement of strategic priorities. This statement will guide university mission…

May 7•Andrew Norton

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Treasury's take on student debt repayment times under Job-ready Graduates

Thanks to a Guardian story based on a FoI request we now know that Treasury has modelled changes to HELP debt repayment times under Job-ready Graduates…

May 5•Andrew Norton

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The $1 billion spent on undelivered student places

Last year I wrote about payments to universities under the Higher Education Continuity Guarantee, a Morrison-era program to compensate universities for…

Apr 27•Andrew Norton

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