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Private Higher Education – the Australian Experience Claire Field, Chief Executive Officer Australian qualifications framework Certificate I V E T Certificate II/ Year 12 Certificate III Certificate IV Diploma Advanced Diploma/Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Bachelor Honours Degree/ Graduate Certificate/Graduate Diploma Masters Degree Doctoral Degree Higher Ed Regulation VET Higher Education VET Quality Framework Higher Education Standards Framework Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Tertiary Education Quality & Standards Agency (TEQSA) Australian Qualifications Framework Australia’s tertiary education providers Higher Education 174 providers VET Uni - 38 TAFE - 58 TAFE - 11 Enterprise - 400 Private 125 Private 4,400 4,860 providers Types of providers - VET • Vocational education courses prepare students for jobs in: – Retail – Hospitality and Tourism – Community services & nursing (early childhood education, care for people with a disability, aged care) – Manufacturing, mining, transport and logistics – Business studies, management, commerce – ICT – Licensed trades – electrician, plumber, building & construction Laboratory operations Commercial cookery Automotive repair Dealing with hazardous goods Types of providers – higher education • Higher education courses prepare students for jobs in: – Hospitality and tourism – Business management, accounting – Engineering – Law – Medicine (including nursing) – Creative industries – Architecture • Also Dual Sector providers offering both qualifications Film & TV Nursing Business Fine Arts Delivery Delivery can be: – Classroom – In the workplace – Online – Simulated work environments • Instructors and lecturers must have industry experience and keep it current • VET instructors must hold a teaching qualification (delivered in the vocational sector) • Higher education lecturers are encouraged to have teaching qualifications Online delivery - EIT By region EIT’s customers include: - North America: • Chevron, The Department of Energy, Exxon, General Motors, Honeywell, Lockheed, Texas Instruments, NASA, Coca Cola. - Europe: • BOC Gases, BBC Engineering, Euro Tunnel, Glaxo, National Grid, Rolls Royce, Siemens, Shell, GE Oil & Gas. - Africa, Asia & The Pacific: • De Beers, Alcoa, BHP, Carter Holt Harvey, Ericsson, Fisher & Paykel, Hewlett Packard, Fonterra, Thales. All taught online from Perth, Western Australia. Students – higher education • More than 1 million higher education students (~85,000 choose a private higher education provider) • Currently the government subsidises students studying at public universities • New announcements this month that subsidies will be extended to private higher education students Students – VET • More than 3 million VET students – approx 1.7 million are publicly funded • Privately funded provision can be funded by student or employer • ACPET represents 20% of private provider institutions & ACPET members generate 80% of revenues earned by private providers Outcomes • Average salaries of higher education graduates immediately after graduating $48, 000 (42,937,193 Kiyats) • Average salaries of VET graduates immediately after graduating $55,700 (many VET students are working while they study – re-training etc) (49,825,034 Kiyats) • Australia’s skilled trades people with vocational qualifications earn more than the average university graduate over the course of a lifetime Defining quality • Measures of quality – qualification completion rates – student satisfaction – student outcomes – jobs, further study, salaries – employer satisfaction rates • Providers generate revenues through ensuring students achieve their aims and employers are satisfied with graduates Quality as a business driver Navitas: 1994 – partnership with Edith Cowan University – new pathway to provide academic and social support and address the cultural and linguistic challenges facing international students – opened with 198 students Navitas: 2013 – 55,000+ students each year from more than 85 countries – 28 countries (100+ campus locations), 4000+ staff – Navitas partner universities: Australia (10); UK (6); USA (5); Canada (2); Singapore (1) – market capitalisation AUD $1.6 billion (1,431,239,777,950 Kiyat) ACPET supporting quality • Code of Ethics for ACPET members • National Professional Development Framework : business development (new business opportunities) – business management and administration – teaching and learning – student engagement and support • Quality ‘health checks’ against ASQA & TEQSA requirements • Onsite support for regulatory compliance by ACPET staff The quality stamp