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Funding Models for the FutureFunding Models for the Future
Colin WaltersColin WaltersHigher Education GroupHigher Education Group
Department of Education, Science and TrainingDepartment of Education, Science and Training
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Today’s Presentation
• Backing Australia’s Future (BAF)– The national agenda– Recent developments
• Backing Australia’s Ability (BAA)
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Backing Australia’s Future (BAF)
• Reform package announced in May 2003• More than $AU10 billion in additional
funding to sector over next 10 years– $AU6.9 billion in direct funding to
institutions– $AU3.7 billion to students through loans
• Package included an additional $AU2.6 billion over four years
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BAF – 4 Key Principles
DiversityEquity
Sustainability Quality
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Sustainability: additional Government funding
• $11 billion in new support for higher education over 10 years
• Record $7.8 billion for higher education in 2005-06• Over $400 million for scholarships to equity groups such
as regional, rural and indigenous students (Commonwealth Learning Scholarships)
• $160 million for National Priority areas (teaching & nursing)
• Other new programmes and funding increases
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Sustainability: support for institutions – Commonwealth Grants
Scheme• Partial deregulation of fees & increased capacity to
generate non-government revenue• More Commonwealth funding per student place -
$AU404.3m over 3 years– conditional on adherence to new National Governance
Protocols and Commonwealth workplace relations policies
• Institutions to set student contributions within a range from $AU0 to a Commonwealth set maximum
• Increased capacity for full fee paying students• More support for regional campuses - $AU122.6m over 4
years
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Sustainability: additional student places
• In 2006, more Commonwealth funded places will be available than ever before (over 417,000 places)
• Over 39,000 new Commonwealth supported student places will be offered from 2004 to 2009
• New places have been established in National Priority areas (Teaching & Nursing)
• New places are being established in medicine and other key health related disciplines
• Unmet demand has dropped by 45% between 2004 and 2005 with the Government’s injection of 10,665 new places in 2005
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Sustainability: support for students
• New Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) includes HECS and two new loans – FEE-HELP and OS-HELP
• HECS remains income-contingent, repayment threshold raised to $AU30,000 from 2005
• New FEE-HELP loan for students paying full fees at public and eligible private institutions
• New OS-HELP loan for students to study for part of their degree overseas
• Commonwealth Learning Scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds - $AU160m over 4 years
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Quality: enhancing offshore qualityQuality: enhancing offshore quality
• Australian universities are increasingly operating campuses off-shore
• Need to maintain our very high quality provision in all operations including those overseas
• $590,000 in 2005 to improve higher education offshore quality assurance
• MCEETYA agreed to the Transnational Quality Strategy framework in November 2005
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Equity: Support for a more equitable system
• $AU10.4m extra over 3 yrs - Indigenous Support Fund
• Indigenous Higher Education AdvisoryCouncil
• Indigenous Staff Scholarships• $AU2.3m pa extra for Higher Education Equity
Programme• $AU1.1m pa more to assist students with
disabilities
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Diversity: Support for a more diverse system
– Learning & Teaching Performance Fund -$AU54.7m in 2006 rising to $AU83.8m in 2007
– Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund – additional $AU20m over 3 years
– New Workplace Productivity Programme to encourage institutions to pursue a broader workplace reform agenda - $AU55.2m over two years
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Learning and Teaching Performance Learning and Teaching Performance Fund (LTPF)Fund (LTPF)
• Established to reward universities that best demonstrate excellence in teaching and learning
• Around $250 million in funding over three years to 2008
• Funding for 2006 was determined in two stages• Discussion paper released for comment in
December 2005, with sector consultations in March/April 2006
• An advisory group will assist with the allocation process for 2007
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Collaboration and Structural Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund (CASR)Reform Fund (CASR)
• $34m in funds (2006-08) to foster collaboration between higher education providers and business and other groups:– for better outcomes in teaching,
learning, research and innovation– through university amalgamations and
rationalisation of courses and campuses
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Higher Education Workplace Higher Education Workplace RequirementsRequirements
• Introduced in 2005• Designed to encourage choice in agreement
making• Direct relationships between employers and
employees• Workplace flexibility• Productivity and performance• Freedom of association
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Compliance and Funding Compliance and Funding IncreasesIncreases
• Universities that comply with the workplace reforms and the National Governance Protocols will receive additional funding under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme (5% in 2006 and 7.5% in later years)
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Higher Education Workplace Higher Education Workplace RequirementsRequirements
• Driven significant reform• 40 higher education providers met
requirements as at 30 November 2005• The sector will now receive an
additional $147 million in 2006
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Workplace Productivity Workplace Productivity ProgrammeProgramme
• Commencing 2006 • Encourage higher education institutions to
further progress workplace reform to increase workplace productivity
• $83 million available between 2006 and 2008 • Invitation for proposals to review or reform
financial arrangements and operational management
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Diversity: welcoming a diverse range of providers
• Release of two discussion papers in 2005 to encourage debate:– Building Better Foundations for higher education – Building University Diversity
• Re-examination of the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes
• Approval of private higher education providers to access Commonwealth supported places in National Priority areas and FEE-HELP for students
• Approval of first foreign university to operate in Australia (Carnegie Mellon University)
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Backing Australia’s Ability• Additional investment to boost
Australia’s science and innovation performance, $AU8.3 billion from 2001–02 to 2010–11
• Three key research themes:– Strengthening Australia’s ability to
generate ideas and undertake research
– Accelerating the commercialisation of ideas
– Developing and retaining skills• Total Government investment in science
and innovation over this period will be around $AU52 billion
• Research Quality Framework under development
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Research Quality Framework Research Quality Framework (RQF) – Key Features(RQF) – Key Features
• Announced in May 2004 Budget, the RQF will measure the quality of research in universities and Publicly Funded Research Agencies
• 12 Expert Assessment Panels will assess the quality and broader impact of selected outputs of nominated research groupings
• Ratings will be assigned on a 5 point scale for quality and a 3 point scale for impact
• Universities will be able to choose research groupings to be nominated
• Separate reporting of quality and impact ratings
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RQF – Progress to date• The Expert Advisory Group finalised their advice on
the preferred RQF model at the end of December 2005
• RQF ratings will influence funding of:– All of the Institutional Grants Scheme– At least fifty per cent of the Research Training Scheme
• There will be ongoing work through 2006 to develop the RQF guidelines and other technical work, carried out in consultation with the university sector.
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Thank youThank you
Colin WaltersColin Walters
Higher Education GroupHigher Education Group
Department of Education, Science and TrainingDepartment of Education, Science and Training