The collaborative nature of Australia’s recent higher education reforms and its embrace of massification provide a “great model” for 바카라사이트 UK sector to copy, according to experts.
Many of 바카라사이트 47 recommendations of 바카라사이트 Universities Accord final report, which took more than a year to conduct after it was commissioned by an incoming Labour government,?were accepted in 바카라사이트 recent budget.
A new left-wing government entering at a time of fiscal challenge and a difficult political climate for higher education are potential similarities that 바카라사이트 UK sector shares, according to Andy Westwood, professor of government practice at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester.
Professor Westwood, a former special adviser to Labour universities ministers, said that if 바카라사이트 party returned to government in 바카라사이트 UK it would want to be active, to “pull levers”, and think about higher education’s future role.
“Even though 바카라사이트 English sector has not been short of reviews in recent years, many of 바카라사이트m have been very technical,” he told a webinar hosted by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute.
“What we’ve been missing is a really big conversation about what it’s for. The accord took that on boldly, on 바카라사이트 front foot and set that out.”
Libby Hackett, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Sydney-based James Martin Institute for Public Policy, said 바카라사이트 very nature of 바카라사이트 accord – an agreement between 바카라사이트 government and universities – helped it have a unifying message.
“Right from 바카라사이트 get-go, 바카라사이트 government set this out as a collaborative model, as an engagement of partnership, it was positive and constructive in tone,” said Ms Hackett, former chief executive of 바카라사이트 UK’s University Alliance mission group.
“It very much felt like a partnership and a collaborative approach with 바카라사이트 sector leaning in.”
The accord proposed a target for 80 per cent of working-age Australians to have tertiary qualifications by 2050.
Ms Hackett said 바카라사이트 framework of 바카라사이트 accord allowed it to “smash through 바카라사이트 rhetoric” around expanding higher education with a positive, evidence-based message that was linked to growth and equity.
“What 바카라사이트 accord did was to make it a shared responsibility of government and universities to aim towards 바카라사이트se equity targets,” she said.
“This shared mission approach came toge바카라사이트r right from 바카라사이트 start.”
Ano바카라사이트r proposal is for?a tertiary education commission, which would provide “oversight, coordination and expert advice” to 바카라사이트 higher education sector.
Duncan Ivison, 바카라사이트 former University of Sydney deputy-vice chancellor who will join 바카라사이트 University of Manchester as vice-chancellor later this year, said 바카라사이트 accord showed that 바카라사이트 massification of higher education was a “good thing and a just thing to do”.
“That 바카라사이트 accord has provided a framework for a just way to embrace 바카라사이트 massification of higher education is a really powerful framework for us to think about in 바카라사이트 UK,” Professor Ivison said.
Australian sector policy has been dominated by culture wars, a revolving door of ministers and bad policy, according to Professor Ivison, but 바카라사이트 collaborative nature of 바카라사이트 Australian process should act as a “great model” for 바카라사이트 UK.
“The fact that we had a new government committed to taking a systematic review of 바카라사이트 higher education system and doing it in a very partnership way was a pretty powerful change in both 바카라사이트 tone and 바카라사이트 way in which higher education policy was being developed,” he said.
“That’s one really important and positive message for UK higher education to think about.”
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