Transcript Welcome (translation) - TAFE Directors Australia

Impact of TEQSAs legislation on
TAFE Institutions
University & Tertiary Education Symposium
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
Martin Riordan
CEO, TAFE Directors Australia
31st August 2011
59 TAFE institutes…
Known as Institutes, Colleges and Polytechnics and, in Australia,
include 5 dual-sector universities
• Deliver 84% accredited training in over 1300 locations:
senior secondary school certificates
vocational certificates
diplomas, advanced diplomas
associate degrees, bachelor degrees and graduate qualifications
• Across range of:
 contexts – institutional, workplace and online
 variety of partnerships
• Provider
Category
in HE
• Provider
CategoryStandards
Standardshave
have existed
existed in
HEsince
since2000
2000(National
(National
Protocols)
Protocols)
• They
have
been
progressively
• They
have
been
progressivelyreviewed
reviewed and
and are
are
under
review
with TEQSA
under
review
againagain
with TEQSA
• Latest
proposessix
sixcategories:
categories:
Latest iteration
iteration proposes
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Australian
University
─Australian
University
Australian
University
College
─Australian
University
College
Australian
University
of Specialisation
─Australian
University
of Specialisation
Higher
Education
Provider
─Higher
Education
Provider
Overseas
University
─Overseas
University
Overseas
University
of Specialisation
─Overseas
University
of Specialisation
• 5,000+
5,000+RTO’s
RTO’sin
inVET
VETremain
remain undifferentiated
undifferentiated
Containment effect within HE reforms
 Higher Education Provider Standards
- case for Specialist Universities
- case for University Colleges
 Revenue constraints from uncapped places
 DIAC visa classifications for diploma and advanced
diploma disadvantages TAFE considerably
Figure 1
Distribution of VET students
Figure 2
Publically-funded VET providers
Table 1 – Equity Performance - % Students
Category
TAFE
University
Rural
46
19
Indigenous
4
1
Disabilities
6
4
NESB
12
4
Students + 25 years
35
20
Low Socio Economic
29.2
15
Student Numbers
1. 4(M)
800,000
Source NCVER 2009, 2007, DEEWR 2008
HE Provider Categories –
A Potential Template for VET
TDA has:
• analysed the configuration of Higher Education
Providers (HEPs) in four quadrants
• identified gaps and unevenness in provision as
well as barriers to diversity
• identified a new organisational type requiring
new nomenclature
OVERVIEW OF
AUSTRALIAN
HIGHER
EDUCATION
PROVIDERS
UNIVERSITY
(up to AQF 10)
QUADRANT 1
UNIVERSITY/BROAD-BASED
33% of all HEPS
39 Universities (inc. 14 RTOs)
•37 public
•2 private
BROAD-BASED/
GENERAL
3 other approved uses of
‘university’
Open Universities Australia,
Carnegie Mellon University
University College London
NON-UNIVERSITY
(up to AQF 9)
QUADRANT 2
OTHER HEP/BROAD-BASED
12% of all HEPs
16 HEPs (inc 14 RTOs)
•8 TAFE institutes + TAFE NSW
•2+ large private providers
•4 attached to universities
e.g Monash College, Deakin Prime
•1 indigenous
0 designated Australian
‘university college’
QUADRANT 3
UNIVERSITY/SPECIALIST
0% of all HEPS
O designated ‘University of
Specialisation’
SPECIALIST
QUADRANT 4
OTHER HEP/SPECIALIST
55% of all HEPS
70 HEPs (inc 33 RTOs)
67 private
2 public (NIDA, AFTRS)
1 TAFE
Specialising in:
Theology/Faith-Based
Business/IT
Creative Industries
Health
Hospitality
Other
17
16
15
12
6
4
Issues (contd)
•
66 out of 70 Quadrant 4 HEPs are accounted for by 5 specialisations:
- Theology / Faith-based (17)
- Business / IT (16)
- Creative Industries (15)
- Health (12)
- Hospitality (6)
•
No Quadrant 4 HEPs specialise in skill shortage areas such as:
- Building & Construction
- Electrical/ Electronics
- Engineering
TAFE has strong
expertise in these
and other areas
AUSTRALIA
USA
COAG & Bradley targets
Achieving the Dream & Obama
targets
Commonwealth Supported
Places (CSPs) x 2 TAFE
Institutes
Funded degrees legislated in 17
states across 180 Community
Colleges
Funding ‘one size fits all’
Differential College funding and
prices to students for degrees
Research component
Scholarship for Colleges
Uncapped places for universities
Skill shortage criterion
Income support reform (Kwong
Lee Dow Inquiry continuing)
Pell Loans
Articulation ad hoc
Various models including Florida
and Arizona
PM Julia Gillard address to CEDA
01 Feb 2011
“It is vital that we unlock all the potential of our
labour market for young people and adults … the
Government’s goal is to create the best education
system in the world, including a world-class,
market driven TAFE and vocational training
system.”
Blueprint for Australia’s
tertiary education sector
Key messages:
•The definition of tertiary qualifications as ‘those at diploma level
and above’
•The creation of a set of more unified tertiary education
protocols incorporating new nomenclature for a wider range of
organisational types
•Progressive movement towards a single tertiary regulator
•TAFE institutes offering degrees access Government funding for
Commonwealth Supported Places
TDA’s Blueprint…
Key messages (continued)
•TDA supports a diverse tertiary education sector as providing the
best opportunity for student choice
•TDA sees TAFE institutes as integral to diversity
–
–
as standalone institutes offering HE degrees or
as partners of other HE providers; multi-sector institutions already operating in
the tertiary space
•Provider Standards should reflect the diversity of the tertiary sector
– currently not the case
Thank you…
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