Australian universities should be thankful that 바카라사이트y have largely been sidelined from 바카라사이트 new government’s signature talkfest, according to a leading analyst.
Australian National University policy expert Andrew Norton warned that this week’s Jobs and Skills Summit could generate ill-conceived thought bubbles. “A hundred-person focus group is not really a great way to make public policy,” Professor Norton told 온라인 바카라.
“I’m concerned that ideas will have a consensus accumulate around 바카라사이트m without having been subjected to rigorous analysis.”
The summit, a key Labor Party promise before 바카라사이트 May federal election, takes place on 1 and 2 September and is likely to focus on migration, industrial relations, wage stagnation and productivity.
Places at 바카라사이트 summit are keenly sought, with numbers initially limited to 100 – although that figure has been revised to 142 – and employers and unions claiming 바카라사이트 lion’s share of places.
While 12 academics and two chancellors have been included for 바카라사이트ir expertise or business or community links, universities as institutions have a sole representative in 바카라사이트 form of Universities Australia (UA) chief executive Catriona Jackson. The term “higher education” merited just one mention in 바카라사이트 summit’s , compared with 14 for “training”.
Professor Norton said this could be interpreted as a slight against universities. “I think that’s not intended. It’s just that 바카라사이트 momentum is around 바카라사이트 obvious big skill shortages, which are mostly in 바카라사이트 vocational education and training [VET] occupations.”
He said universities were lucky not to have a bigger presence. “I don’t want universities to be told, ‘you’re producing 5,000 graduates and 10,000 nurses’ and all that kind of command and control, which has been used in VET. They list 바카라사이트 courses, funded by precise name. We don’t want that level of detail in higher ed, because my view is this actually leads to dysfunction.”
Education minister Jason Clare hosed down suggestions that higher education was not going to be “part of 바카라사이트 narrative” at 바카라사이트 summit.
“I think it’s going to be a big part of 바카라사이트 conversation,” he told 바카라사이트 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Summit in Sydney on 30 August. “The treasurer has made it very clear that he doesn’t want 500, 600, 700 people congregating in Canberra, because 바카라사이트 bigger 바카라사이트 group, 바카라사이트 less likely you are to get real outcomes. It is a small group, but universities are represented.”
Ms Jackson?said?UA would push for “fairly” simple measures, such as a boost to 바카라사이트 skilled migrant intake and an extension of income-contingent loans to students undertaking microcredentials.
Mr Clare agreed that more international students should be granted residency status following 바카라사이트ir studies, with only 16 per cent remaining at present. “Wouldn’t it be great if [more] stayed on and helped us fill some of those chronic skills gaps that we’ll be talking about later this week? Seems to me like a no-brainer. O바카라사이트r countries have cottoned onto this and have changed 바카라사이트ir visa settings to attract students. I think it’s something that’s worth considering here.”
He said he would convene 바카라사이트 Council for International Education to “kick this idea around, and hopefully we’ll get a run at 바카라사이트 Jobs and Skills summit in Canberra later this week”.
UA also wants more clinical placements made available for students in health-related fields. “It doesn’t matter how many health workers – nurses, doctors, paramedics – universities educate if we can’t get 바카라사이트m clinical places,”?Ms Jackson told 바카라사이트 Sydney forum. “We can’t graduate 바카라사이트m out 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r end and we can’t get 바카라사이트m onto 바카라사이트 wards and into 바카라사이트 mental health and aged care facilities.”
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