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Access Implications of Income Contingent Charges for Higher Education: Australia
URL: http://cepr.anu.edu.au/pdf/DP463.pdf
Category: Australian
The authors describe Australia?s Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), and analyse its impact on the social composition of university participation before and after the introduction of HECS. Their findings suggest that income contingent charging systems for higher education have the potential to protect the access of the disadvantaged.
Achieving Equitable and Appropriate Outcomes: Indigenous Australians in Higher Education
URL: http://www.backingaustraliasfuture.gov.au/...table_outcomes/1.htm
Category: Australian
A ministerial issues paper from the 2002 Higher Education at the Crossroads Review which discusses a wide range of initiatives that may further improve the outcomes of Indigenous people in higher education while acknowledging that improved participation of Indigenous Australians in higher education is highly dependent on improvements in participation in education from early childhood through to secondary education and vocational education and training.
Australia's Tertiary Education Sector
URL: http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1442.html
Category: Australian
Australia's tertiary education sector comprises two sectors: higher (university) education and vocational education and training (VET). In this paper Tom Karmel and Nhi Nguyen contrast the two sectors in terms of the way they are defined, their size and recent growth, the characteristics of their students, and access and equity within the two sectors. The paper also considers the links between the two sectors.
Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET)
Category: Australian
The Australian Disability Clearing House on Education and Training (ADCET) provides up to date and comprehensive information about inclusive teaching, learning and assessment strategies, accommodations and support services for people with disabilities in post secondary education and training. ADCET services are primarily targeted at disability practitioners, teachers, learning support staff and researchers but also holds information and resources that may be useful for students. Topics include: Assistive Technology, Disability Information, Employment Options, Ideas and Issues, Legislation, Policy, Networks, Physical Access Services, Adjustments, Teaching, Assessment, and Transition to Education.
Australian higher education fees policy 1850-2005
URL: http://www.griffith.edu.au/....edu.au/vc/ate/content_he_fees.html
Category: Funding Australian
This table sets out the fee charging policies for Australian higher education from the establishment of the first institution in 1850 to 2005.
Australian Research Council (ARC) Publications
URL: http://www.arc.gov.au/general/arc_publications.htm
Category: Education reports Publications Australian
This site contains information about and links to Australian Research Council publications, both online and hard copy.
AVCC Guidelines Relating to Students with a Disability
URL: http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/...ityGuidelinesMay06.pdf
Category: Australian
These guidelines for universities, from the AVCC, give advice on good practice, with the aim of assisting institutions to fulfil their responsibilities to students with disabilities through strategies and arrangements which are appropriate to their local circumstances.
URL: http://www.dest.gov.au/.../profiles/innovation_report_2005_06.htm
Category: Australian
The report found that Australian Government funding has assisted Australian scientists and researchers in developing world-first technologies including: an artificial knee; the production of functional foods with proven health benefits for the heart; tools that will enhance the severe thunderstorm warning service for the Australian public; and technology that will significantly reduce the costs of manufacturing thermoplastics. The report also highlighted support for the successful commercialisation of Australian inventions, such as the Virtual Critical Care Unit (ViCCUTM) which allows doctors to provide long distance care and been instrumental in strengthening Australia's skills base, and reinvigorating an interest in science and innovation. The University of Newcastle's Science and Engineering Challenge, for example, has led to remarkable growths in physics, chemistry and advanced mathematics enrolments at the schools which participated. The report includes the Australian Innovation Scorecard 2004, the second of the biennial series measuring Australia's innovation performance in comparison to other OECD economies. Astralia's strengths include expenditure on R&D by the Government and the Higher Education sector, a highly educated workforce and widespread use of information and communication technology.
URL: http://www.borderlands.net.au/
Category: Australian
A refereed international journal which aims to open spaces for new forms of thought and writing in the humanities. This e-journal seeks to publish articles, essays and reviews in a wide range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, and to promote and support new forms of writing which blur the lines between fiction, journalism, and essayistic prose.
Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST): Science
URL: http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/science_innovation/
Category: Australian
This DEST page links to science committees, funding programmes and policy, and publications and resources.
