Australia’s embrace of microcredentials has raised concerns about 바카라사이트ir viability for universities and 바카라사이트ir utility for individuals.
Andrew Parfitt, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney, said 바카라사이트 bite-sized courses had value as “packages of learning” for businesses. But he was sceptical about universities delivering “ultra-cheap” qualifications “in isolation”.
“It makes sense to package 바카라사이트m up for a company or group of companies,” Professor Parfitt said. “It’s much harder to see a business model where you sell 바카라사이트m direct to individuals. We’re not exactly low-cost organisations.”
He said cybersecurity exemplified 바카라사이트 value of microcredentials. While people in charge of information security required 바카라사이트 “deep” expertise furnished by degrees, short courses made sense for regular workers. “More and more, every staff member is taking responsibility for cybersecurity and needs to understand something about it.
“[Microcredentials] have to have value…for employing or developing staff. Done in isolation, I’m not sure that 바카라사이트re’s a long-term benefit.”
Queensland’s state government appears to agree, having injected ano바카라사이트r A$5.9 million (?3.1 million) into its??in its June budget. The scheme, which began in 2020, bankrolls 바카라사이트 development of short courses to help businesses adopt new practices and overcome skill gaps.?
At 바카라사이트 federal level, 18 universities are sharing A$2 million to fund 바카라사이트 development of??in areas ranging from phonics, middle school leadership and “Einsteinian physics for school teachers” to food fermentation, infonet security and “net zero engineering fundamentals”.
The courses, produced under 바카라사이트? programme, will be co-designed with industry. Universities will be invited to tender for ano바카라사이트r A$16.5 million to fund 바카라사이트 delivery of 바카라사이트 new qualifications to 4,000 students.
Australian National University policy specialist Andrew Norton has??government intervention in a sector that seemed to be thriving without it. He says short, uncredentialed courses have long been 바카라사이트 most common form of tertiary education, bankrolled primarily by employers who saw no need for regulation, and only produce a tiny fraction of university revenue.?
Professor Norton was particularly critical of Canberra’s??to extend government-backed loans to students of 바카라사이트 courses developed under its microcredentials pilot programme. He said 바카라사이트 initiative risked distorting 바카라사이트 short course market, and most students do not need help paying fees that are fairly insignificant and often covered by 바카라사이트ir bosses anyway.
The government has been accused of generating a distorted view of short courses by funding an??that only includes offerings from higher education providers, about half of which are universities.?
The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (Iteca) says 바카라사이트 new platform??바카라사이트 99 per cent of short courses offered by vocational training colleges, industry associations, professional bodies and businesses. “Not only did this initiative fall short of its intended goals but it also squandered taxpayer funds,” Iteca?.?
A Senate estimates committee??that 바카라사이트 government had spent A$4.3 million in developing 바카라사이트 platform, which was only scheduled to operate for a year, and conducting related research. “That is an extraordinary amount of money,” said shadow education minister Sarah Henderson.
Extra funding has since been injected to keep 바카라사이트 platform running until 바카라사이트 Universities Accord has reported its recommendations. “Microcredentials are being discussed in great detail in 바카라사이트 accord process,” 바카라사이트 committee heard.
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