Higher education policy

2005 onwards

The Vice Chancellor invites you to consider current Higher Education issues and discussion papers and to review Griffith University's submissions to previous reviews: Please find below links to current government discussion and issues papers on tertiary education. Comments about any of these papers may be directed to the Principal Policy Adviser.

Current government discussion and issues papers on tertiary education.
Topic Government paper Griffith submission
Strengthening the Australian qualifications framework
Strengthening the AQF: a proposal (PDF 870k) May 2009
Australian Qualifications Framework Council's consultation on strengthening the AQF (PDF 20k) 29 May 2009
Design of the national training system
Skills Australia’s position paper Foundations for the future: draft proposals for future governance, architecture and market design for the national training system (PDF 904 k), April 2009
Response to Foundations for the future (PDF 18 k), May 2009
Review of the national innovation system Venturous Australia - building strength in innovation, report on the review of the national innovation system Response to venturousaustralia - building strength in innovation (PDF 39k), September 2008
2009 learning and teaching performance fund 2009 discussion paper (PDF 57k), June 2008 Response to the discussion paper for the 2009 learning and teaching performance fund (PDF 41k), 1 July 2008
Review of the national innovation system A call for submissions (PDF 337k), February 2008 Submission to the Review of the National Innovation System (PDF 492k), 30 April 2008
Excellence in Research for Australia Consultation paper (PDF 392k), June 2008 Griffith's submission (PDF 143k), June 2008
House of Representatives inquiry into research training and research workforce issues in Australian universities Terms of reference, 23 April 2008 Griffith submission (PDF 118k), June 2008
Expansion of the Commonwealth scholarships program Scholarships for a competitive future, 7 April 2008 Response to the Australian Government???s discussion paper on the expansion of the Commonwealth scholarships program (PDF 20k)
Skilling Australia for the future Skilling Australia for the future discussion paper 2008 (PDF 366k), 1 April 2008 Response to the Australian Government???s discussion paper Skilling Australia for the future (PDF 18k)
Review of Australian higher education Terms of reference - review of Australian higher education (PDF 106k), March 2008

Discussion paper June 2008(PDF 4.08MB)

Griffith University initial submission - the big picture (PDF 39k), April 2008

Griffith submission: Australian higher education's contribution to social inclusion , 4 July 2008 (PDF 124k)

Griffith University Final Submission - July 2008 (PDF 382k)

Higher education endowment fund Government paper: Higher Education Endowment Fund consultation paper, October 2007 (PDF 352k) Griffith submission: Griffith University submission to the Higher Education Endowment Fund consultation paper, December 2007 (PDF 52k)
Funding clusters Review of the funding cluster mechanism (PDF 71k), December 2006 Submission: Review of funding clusters and pipeline for new places (PDF 100k), February 2007
Study of public support for science and innovation Productivity Commission's issues paper, April 2006 Submission to the Productivity Commission study of public support for science and innovation (PDF 70k), July 2006
Future directions of the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund 2006 Federal Government's discussion paper, December 2005 Comment on the discussion paper (PDF 46k), March 2006
Proposed changes to the higher education student collection to improve data on credit-transfer and articulation DEST's consultation paper (PDF 69k), February 2006 Griffith University's response to the DEST higher education student collection to improve data on credit-transfer and articulation consultation paper (PDF 135k), March 2006
Queensland's proposed responses to the challenges of skills for jobs and growth Queensland Government green paper (PDF 1,006k), August 2005, Griffith University's Submission to Queensland's proposed responses to The challenges of skills for jobs and growth: A green paper (PDF 221k), August 2005
Building university diversity: future approval and accreditation processes for Australian higher education Federal Government issues paper, March 2005 A coherent national tertiary education system: Response to 2 Commonwealth issues papers ( PDF 274k), April 2005
Building better foundations for higher education in Australia: a discussion about re-aligning Commonwealth-State responsibilities Federal Government issues paper, March 2005

Pre-2005

Enquiries regarding any of these submissions may be directed to the Principal Policy Adviser.

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