Higher education policy - Griffith University

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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
Australian Qualifications Framework	Strengthening the AQF - consultation paper (PDF 1565k) July 2010 Strengthening the AQF - draft specifications (PDF 294k) July 2010	Griffith University response to Strengthening the AQF (PDF 121k) August 2010
Research Workforce Strategy	Meeting Australia's Research Workforce Needs - consultation paper (PDF 234k) June 2010	Griffith University submission to Meeting Australia's Research Workforce Needs (PDF 60k) August 2010
Measuring the Socio-economic Status of Higher Education Students	Measuring the Socio-economic Status of Higher Education Students - Discussion Paper (PDF 411k) December 2009	Griffith University response to Measuring Socio-economic Status of Higher Education Students (PDF 126k) January 2010
Regional Loading	Review of Regional Loading - Issues for Regional Provision - Issues Paper (PDF 366k) December 2009	Griffith University response to Review of Regional Loading - Issues for Regional Provision (PDF 44k) January 2010
Framework for Higher Education Performance Funding	An Indicator Framework for Higher Education Performance Funding - Discussion Paper (PDF 400k) December 2009	Griffith University response to An Indicator Framework for Higher Education Performance Funding (PDF 41k) January 2010
HEPPP Guidelines Draft	HEPPP (Higher Education Participation and Partnership Program) Guidelines (PDF 71k) December 2009	Griffith University response Draft HEPPP guidelines (PDF 151k) January 2010
Review of the ESOS Act	Review of the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000 - issues paper (PDF 966k) September 2009	Griffith University submission to the review of the ESOS Act (PDF 26k) 30 October 2009
Strenghtening the AQF	An architecture for Australia's qualifications: AQF Council consultation paper (PDF 691k) September 2009	Griffith University response to the AQF Council's consultation paper (PDF 61k) October 2009
Sustainable research excellence in universities	Sustainable research excellence in universities issues paper: a model for discussion (PDF 105k) July 2009	SRE issues paper: Griffith response (PDF 41k) August 2009
Setting and monitoring academic standards	Setting and monitoring academic standards for Australian higher education: a discussion paper (PDF 91k) May 2009	Griffith University response to the Australian Universities Quality Agency Discussion Paper (PDF 63k) June 2009
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.

Griffith University Response to the Queensland Government's Discussion Paper (PDF 95k),
"Queensland 's future - building on the Smart State", November 2004
Delivery of higher education programs through non higher education providers (PDF 25k):
Submission to the project on the further development of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs' national protocols for higher education approval processes, June 2004
Griffith University's Response to the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund Issues Paper (PDF 91k),
April 2004
Griffith University Submission to the Australian Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee Inquiry into University Funding and Regulatory Changes under Proposed Budget Legislation (PDF 98k),
October 2003
Griffith University Submission to the Department of Education, Science and Training's National Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Discussion Paper (PDF 54k),
October, 2003
Griffith University Response to the Department of Education, Science and Training's Issues Paper on the evaluation of Knowledge and Innovation Reforms (PDF 169k),
September, 2003
Griffith University Submission to the Department of Education, Science and Training outlining a model for distribution of new higher education places (PDF 180k),
September, 2003
Griffith University Submission to the Australian Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References Committee Inquiry into Current and Future Skills Needs (PDF 193k),
February, 2003
The Griffith Model for Reform of Australian Higher Education: Response to the Commonwealth's discussion papers Higher Education at the Crossroads (PDF 323k),
September, 2002