Brief Introduction of Australian Higher Education

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Brief Introduction of Australian Higher
Education
Cultural Differences

• China Scholarship Council University
  Administrators Course

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Outlines

• I Structure of Higher Education System
• II International Education in Australia
• III University Governance Arrangements
• IV The Quality Assurance Framework
• V Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP)
• VI Reform Agenda for Higher Education
• Cultural Differences

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I Structure of Higher Education System

• 37 public universities
• 2 privately funded not-for-profit universities
• 1 Australian campus of an overseas university
• 4 non-university self-accrediting(??)
  institutions
• 150 private, non self-accrediting higher
  education institutions accredited by
  State/Territory authorities

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Higher Education

• Approaching 930,000 students enrolled, 75.3
  domestic.
• Vocational education about 4,000 providers but
  large state TAFE systems. Around 1.7 million
  students.
• Technical and Further Education,??TAFE,???????
• Vocational Education and Training,??VET.
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Australian Qualifications Framework
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Vocational Education

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II International Education

• International student enrolments totalled nearly
  544,000 in 2008, mainly in higher education
  sector.
• Largest number from China (127,000) ,but India,
  Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia also significant
  markets.
• Contributed 14.2 billion to Australian economy.
• Third largest export after coal and iron ore.
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III University Governance Arrangements????

• Universities governed by a Council /Senate/Board,
  chaired by a Chancellor. Chancellors role has
  been largely ceremonial but becoming more
  involved(??).
• University Council appoints a Vice-Chancellor/
  President Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive,
  responsible for academic and administrative
  operations.
• Board of Directors 5-9 elected members
  (including the Chair), plus CEO
• The Secretariat(???) - currently 21 full-time
  staff

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Policy and Funding Framework

• Commonwealth has primary responsibility for
  funding universities - teaching and learning,
  research and infrastructure.
• States and Territories contribute minor amounts.
• Universities raise other revenue from a variety
  of sources student fees, consulting,
  intellectual property, bequests(??) and
  donations.

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Relationships with Government

• Australian universities are public institutions
  established by State Governments
• Federal Government provides the majority of
  public funding under the Higher Education Support
  Act 2003
• Local Government requirements impact on campus
  development
• Multiple regulation levels federal, state, local

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IV The Quality Assurance Framework for Higher
Education

• Australian Government legislative
  requirements(????) Including
• The Higher Education Support Act 2003
• The Education Services for Overseas Students
  (ESOS) Act 2000 and its associated National Code
• The Australian Qualifications Framework
• Auditing(??) of individual universities by the
  Australian Universities Quality Agency

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V Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP)

• Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) provides
  financial assistance for student contribution to
  supported places (HECS- HELP), full fee places
  (FEE-HELP) and study abroad (OS-HELP).
• HECS-HELP for domestic students in Commonwealth-
  supported places
• FEE-HELP for eligible full fee-paying domestic
  students at public and eligible private providers
  
• OS-HELP for Commonwealth-supported domestic
  students to undertake some of their study overseas

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VI Reform Agenda for Higher Education

• Rudd Government has initiated a 10 year reform
  agenda for higher education and research.
• Major themes include improved attainment and
  participation and income support greater
  diversity and quality education improved
  funding upgraded infrastructure national
  quality assurance regional provision and
  improved tertiary pathways.

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Key Policy Directions Tertiary Pathways

• VET and higher education systems have particular
  purposes but objective is to have better
  connections between them.
• Ministerial Council(?????) for Tertiary Education
  and Employment to be established
• Australian Qualifications Council to improve
  articulation and connectivity(?????)
• Teaching and learning capital fund for VET
• Vocational education broadband network

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Overall Policy Directions

• Rudd Governments commitment to an Education
  Revolution to achieve a world-class education
  system that supports all Australians to learn
  from early childhood education to schooling, from
  skills and training to our universities.
• Education was a major focus of first (2008-09)
  and second (2009-10) Budgets.

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Cultural Differences

• There are many differences between China and
  Australia. There are some aspects that wed
  better learn from Australia.
• I. The way they bring up children
• Little kids are brought up in a more independent
  way. They seldom have a priority to do some
  things.

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On buses, there are notes like these

• If you see something, say something. If you see
  an unattended bag, package or are witnessing
  suspicious activity on public transport, dont
  keep it to yourself. Tell the bus driver or a
  transport staff member or phone the police on
  131. 444.
• Children are required to give up their seats
  when adults are standing.

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II. Strong conservation awareness ???????

• People seldom show off their wealth in public. On
  buses, we often found many government clerks
  bringing their lunches with them. There are not
  so many luxurious cars as in China, instead there
  are quite a few practical vehicles, such as
  hatchbacks(???) and trailers(??).

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III. Strong awareness of environment protection
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• Many kinds of birds are on the road.
• People often put the old newspaper into a plastic
  bag and do not throw them to the dustbins. I
  think they do these in order to let the old
  newspapers to be re-read. We often found some of
  the newspapers on weekends.
• Each family has two dustbins, which are used to
  contain the classified rubbishes. The yellow
  cover stands for the rubbish to be recycled.
• Cirgrette smoking is limited to special sections.
• The government encourages people to ride
  bicycles.

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IV. Energetic Old people

• Many old Australians have young mind toward life.
  Many old people are active in learning new
  things, such as the people in their 70s to
  80s, may drive, may operate computers and use
  internet to connect others, send messages by
  cell-phone.
• Another impressive thing is that there are some
  free buses in big cities taking guests to the
  main attractions in the city.

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