Rethinking Tertiary Education
Building on the Work of Peter Noonan
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2023
Summary
The future of Australia as a post-industrial economy depends on how knowledge, skills and capabilities are learned and fostered. Every Australian will need to engage with the tertiary education system, both to acquire an initial qualification and to up-skill or re-skill over the course of their lives.
The time has come to address the divide between vocational and higher education and implement a reform agenda that has been in development over the last decade. This will involve reformi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522879964 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0522879969 |
| Author: | Megan Lilly, Robert Pascoe, Peter Dawkins |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Megan Lilly
Julia Gillard AC is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. Megan Lilly is executive director of the Australian Industry Group’s Centre for Education and Training and is a leading figure in education and training policy. She was a member of the Australian Qualifications Review Panel chaired by Peter Noonan in 2019.
Peter Dawkins was Vice-Chancellor and President of Victoria University from 2011 to 2020, where he introduced the revolutionary ‘block model’ of teaching and learning. In 2014 he wrote Reconceptualising Tertiary Education, an influential paper that resulted in a program of work at the Mitchell Institute led by Peter Noonan. In 2021 Dawkins jointly led a federal government review of University-Industry Collaboration in Teaching and Learning, which argued for reforms and initiatives to strengthen connections between industries and tertiary education.
Robert Pascoe is a well-known author and history professor at Victoria University, who teaches and researches world history, history of transport and Australian social history. He has written extensively about education.
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