Rethinking Tertiary Education

Building on the work of Peter Noonan

Megan Lilly, Robert Pascoe, Robert Pascoe

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Melbourne University Press
07 November 2023

Philosophy & theory of education; Organisation & management of education; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Universities; Industrial or vocational training

The current higher education system is flawed, so what needs to happen next?

The future of Australia as a post-industrial economy depends on how knowledge, skills and capabilities are learned and fostered. Every Australian will need to engage with the tertiary education system, both to acquire an initial qualification and to up-skill or re-skill over the course of their lives.

The time has come to address the divide between vocational and higher education and implement a reform agenda that has been in development over the last decade.

This will involve reforming the Australian Qualifications Framework to give greater recognition to skills alongside knowledge, and enable the vocational and higher education sectors to design fit-for-purpose courses. It will also require reform of the pathways, partnerships, curriculum, funding and regulation and to provide the coherence, quality, navigability and relevance needed for students, providers and industry.

The central figure in the development of this policy agenda was Peter Noonan, professor of Tertiary Education at Victoria University, who sadly passed away in 2022 after forty years as Australia's leading tertiary education policy thinker and adviser to both sides of government.

By: Megan Lilly, Robert Pascoe, Robert Pascoe
Imprint: Melbourne University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9780522879964
ISBN 10: 0522879969
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 07 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julia Gillard AC is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. Megan Lilly is executive director of the Australian Industry Group’ s Centre for Education and Training and is a leading figure in education and training policy. She was a member of the Australian Qualifications Review Panel chaired by Peter Noonan in 2019. Peter Dawkins was Vice-Chancellor and President of Victoria University from 2011 to 2020, where he introduced the revolutionary ‘ block model’ of teaching and learning. In 2014 he wrote Reconceptualising Tertiary Education, an influential paper that resulted in a program of work at the Mitchell Institute led by Peter Noonan. In 2021 Dawkins jointly led a federal government review of University-Industry Collaboration in Teaching and Learning, which argued for reforms and initiatives to strengthen connections between industries and tertiary education. Robert Pascoe is a well-known author and history professor at Victoria University, who teaches and researches world history, history of transport and Australian social history. He has written extensively about education.