Policies & Programs

Universities Australia undertakes a variety of tasks on behalf of its 38 member universities to promote individual institutions and the higher education sector as a whole.

Universities Australia is responsible for developing and implementing policies on issues such as:

• Teaching & learning
• Indigenous education
• Equity
• Research funding & support
• Cross-sector collaboration

This role involves extensive interaction with universities, research agencies, Commonwealth Departments, Government, and politicians from all parties.  Universities Australia also carries out analyses of legislation, guidelines and statistics relating to higher education, as part of Universities Australia's services to its member universities.

Information pages for various departments within Universities Australia are also listed in this section.