This report has been prepapred by the University of Melbourne Graduate School Of Education. The report presents the findings of research on international approaches to measuring teacher effectiveness and their applicability to Australia. Measures of teacher effectiveness are vital for understanding what impact teachers have on student outcomes and how to build teachers’ capacity to...

This is the third release of the Department’s annual completion rate publication and includes data from 2005 to 2014. The report includes: a cohort study of compeltion rates for domestic bachelor students. Domestic bachelor students attending Table A universities were tracked from commencement using student ID (within institution) and Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number...

The Government welcomes the Higher Education Standards Panel’s Report on how the admissions policies and processes of higher education providers can be made clearer, easier to access and more useful, to inform the choices and decisions of prospective students and their families. Over recent years, the variety of pathways through which a prospective student can...

The roadmap sets out Australia’s national research infrastructure priority areas for the coming decade. These priorities will support areas of research, science and innovation in areas where Australia excels, can deliver the greatest long-term national benefit and foster strategic international partnerships. The recommendations and priority areas outlined in the Draft 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap...

The aim of this paper is to summarise and provide analyses of the considerable body of research that investigates the costs and benefits of vocational education and training (VET). It does so from three different perspectives; the government, business and the individual. This paper considers a broad array of costs and benefits accruing to each...