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This index features all of Universities Australia's policy and information relating to resourcing and regulation of universities. Indexes relating specifically to sectoral guidelines and quality assurance, legislation and governance, and sources of funding and expenditure are also available.

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Policy & advocacy

  • Health policy & clinical placements For information on access to Clinical Training please visit Health Workforce Australia.¦ Read More
  • Quality assurance TEQSA Universities Australia is currently in consultation with the Australian Government on the establishment of the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA), a new unifed body to monitor quality and set standards across the tertiary sector.¦ Read More
  • TEQSA Universities Australia supports the development of the Tertiary Education Quality & Standards Agency (TEQSA) as a single national regulator for tertiary education, based on clear, consistent and credible standards.¦ Read More
  • Research quality assessment Universities Australia is working with government on the establishment of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.¦ Read More

Submissions & reports

  • AQF and TEQSA July 2010 On 2 August 2010, Universities Australia held a workshop on AQF, TEQSA and related matters. It was attended by some fifty representatives, mostly Vice-Chancellors and Deputy Vice-Chancellors. This letter outlines the areas on which the workshop participants reached consensus.¦ Read More
  • ESOS legislation amendment July 2010 Universities Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Legislation Amendment 2010.¦ Read More
  • Collaboration development June 2010 The CDP is a potentially valuable addition to the Government's existing mechanisms for encouraging collaboration between research institutions and end-users of research.¦ Read More
  • Structural Adjustment Fund May 2010 Universities Australia supports the purpose of the fund to enable institutions to make significant structural changes in order to be sustainable in the new student demand driven funding environment.¦ Read More
  • Regional Loading March 2010 Executive Summary Universities Australia strongly supports a policy framework that facilitates student choice of study location and ensures that sustainable, high quality regional university provision is a key part of the choices available.¦ Read More
  • Performance funding February 2010 General comments The discussion paper specifically, and the entire Performance Funding program more generally, needs to be more clearly connected to university Compacts.¦ Read More
  • Linkage Projects February 2010 Universities Australia is the peak body representing Australia's 39 universities in the public interest both nationally and internationally. Universities Australia is pleased to provide a submission in response to the ARC Linkage Projects (LP) scheme Consultation Paper.¦ Read More
  • HEPPP February 2010 Universities Australia welcomes the development of the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) and strongly supports the intention behind the allocation of funding to support low Socio-Economic Status (SES) participation and educational partnerships.¦ Read More
  • 2010 Budget January 2010 Executive summary Universities Australia strongly supports the Government in maintaining all the commitments it made in the May 2009-10 Budget in Transforming Australia's Higher Education System. A new framework and resourcing for higher education in Australia were defined there.¦ Read More
  • Baird ESOS Review October 2009 Universities Australia provided a submission to Australian Education International's Review of the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000 (the 'Baird Review'). The internationalisation of Australia's universities has played out over the last half century.¦ Read More
  • ESOS Senate inquiry September 2009 Universities Australia provided a submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee's inquiry into the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009.¦ Read More
  • Academic standards - AUQA August 2009 Universities Australia supports robust national quality assurance and accreditation requirements for all higher education providers, and is supportive of the aims of Recommendations 19 and 23 of the Review of Higher Education, which discuss this issue of standards.¦ Read More
  • Strengthening AQF July 2009 Strengthening the Australian Qualifications Framework discussion paper Universities are supportive of a strong and widely utilised qualifications framework for Australia, and we endorse the aim the Australian Qualifications Framework Council (AQFC) proposals to bring Australian ...¦ Read More
  • Response to the Bradley Review February 2009 Universities Australia remains strongly supportive of the Review and the overall direction of its recommendations.¦ Read More
  • 2009 Budget January 2009 Australia's requirements to sustain economic activity and provide for future nation building can both be served by a prudent enhancement of support for higher education and research.¦ Read More
  • Nation Building Funds Bill November 2008 Universities Australia provided a submission to the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into the Nation Building Funds Bill 2008.¦ Read More
  • Response to Cutler Review September 2008 Universities Australia welcomed the opportunity to comment on venturousaustralia, the report of the Review of the National Innovation System ('the Review'), which was released on 9 September 2008.¦ Read More
  • Bradley Review submission July 2008 Australia's universities contribute substantially to Australia's national goals. They are central to each of economic progress, social development and ecological sustainability: the nation's triple bottom line.¦ Read More
  • Cutler Review submission April 2008 Universities Australia's submission to the Review of the National Innovation System (the 'Cutler Review') outlined the strong linkages between the higher education sector and innovation, the role of innovation in sustaining a vibrant economy, and the need for funding and support ...¦ Read More
  • Bradley preliminary statement April 2008 Introduction Universities Australia welcomes the Review of Australian Higher Education and will be pleased to help the Committee in any way that it can. We consider the future of our universities to be critical for the future of Australia.¦ Read More
  • National Governance Protocols Information relating to Review of National Governance Protocols - Joint submission by the University Chancellors Council and Universities Australia (July 2007).¦ Read More
  • Building Australia's human capital This position paper was prepared in the context of the 2008 Federal Budget, proposing a package of support to allow universities contribute to the government's broader national goals into the future.¦ Read More
  • Relative funding June 2010 Universities Australia commissioned Access Economics to undertake a study of the relationship between current Commonwealth funding structures and costs of various university teaching and research activities.¦ Read More
  • Economic modelling Universities Australia commissioned KPMG Econtech to assess the economic impact of the funding and reform recommendations outlined in the Review of Australian Higher Education.¦ Read More
  • Accreditation body March 2008 Universities Australia made a submission to the MCEETYA Joint Committee on Higher Education's inquiry into the desirability of a national higher education accreditation body.¦ Read More

Media centre

  • EIF decisions Universities Australia welcomes the Commonwealth Government's decision to augment the current allocation from the Education Investment Fund (EIF) by $200 million, and its advice that successful projects from Round 3 will be announced over the next several weeks.¦ Read More
  • Federal election statement Australia's ability to prosper as a productive, healthy and sustainable society depends crucially on its capacity to make the most of its people's potential. The future is one of rapid change, with enormous social and environmental challenges, and economic restructuring.¦ Read More
  • Education third largest export The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its International Goods and Services December 2008 trade data, confirming the contribution of education as Australia's third largest export industry, directly behind coal and iron ore.¦ Read More
  • Implementing Bradley Review Universities Australia expressed strong support for the announcements made today by the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Julia Gillard MP as she opened the inaugural Universities Australia Higher Education Conference in Canberra.¦ Read More
  • University reforms will drive growth Universities Australia today released the results of a KPMG study that shows implementation of the recommendations of the Review of Australian Higher Education (the "Bradley Review") will drive Australian recovery and growth, and provide increases in future skills, productivity, exports ...¦ Read More
  • Cuts unfortunate Universities Australia, the peak body representing Australia's university sector, has responded to the mid-year budget statement released today by Treasurer the Hon. Wayne Swan MP.¦ Read More