澳大利亚大学协议：2024-2025预算摘要报告（英文版）

AustralianUniversitiesAccord BudgetSummary TheDepartmentofEducationacknowledgestheTraditionalOwnersofthelandsandwatersonwhichAustralianslive,workandstudy,andpaysrespectstotheirElders,pastandpresent.Australia’sFirstNationspeoplesarethecustodiansoftheworld’soldestcontinuousculturesoflearningandthepassingdownofknowledge.TheDepartmentofEducationalsoacknowledgesthedetermination ofFirstNationsleadersovergenerationstoensurethathighereducationisaccessibletoFirstNationspeople,reflectsknowledgesandlaw,andsupportsresearchledbyFirstNationspeopleabouttheircommunity,landandculture. WiththeexceptionoftheCommonwealthCoatofArms,theDepartment’slogo,anymaterialprotectedbyatrademarkandwhereotherwisenotedallmaterialpresentedinthisdocumentisprovidedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution4.0International(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)licence. ThedetailsoftherelevantlicenceconditionsareavailableontheCreativeCommonswebsite(accessibleusingthelinksprovided)asisthefulllegalcodefortheCCBY4.0International(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode) Thedocumentmustbeattributedasthe AustralianUniversitiesAccord–BudgetSummary. Minister’sForeword TheAustralianUniversitiesAccordprovidesaonceinagenerationopportunitytoreshapethetertiaryandhighereducationsystemtobewhatAustralianeedsforthefuture. Ifwewantastrongereconomy;ifwewantafairercountry;ifwewantmorejobsandmorebusinesses;ifwewantafuturemade inAustralia;thenwehavetomakethoseskillsinAustraliainouruniversitiesandourTAFEs. UnderBobHawkeandPaulKeatingthepercentageofyoungpeoplefinishinghighschooljumpedfromabout40percenttoalmost80percent.Thatwasnationchanging. Nowwehavetotakethenextstep. OverthenextquarterofacenturyAustraliaisgoingtoneedmoreteachers,morenurses,moredoctors,moreICTworkers,moreengineersthanwehavetoday.Thatmeans moreAustraliansgoingontouniversityorTAFE. TheAustralianUniversitiesAccordprovidesuswithablueprinttohelpustakethisstep. TheGovernmentissettingthenationchanginggoalofliftingtertiaryeducationattainmentto80percentofworkingagedpeopleby2050. Reachingthisambitioustertiaryeducationattainmenttargetwilldeliverbenefitsdirectlytoindividualsaswellasthenationaleconomy. Itmeanswewillhavetheskilledworkforceournationrequirestomeetthechallengesofthefuture.ItalsomeanshigherincomesandlessrelianceonsocialsecuritysupportformoreAustralians. Toachievethiswehavetobreakdowntwobigbarriers.OneofthoseistheinvisiblebarrierstoppingalotofAustraliansfrom disadvantagedbackgrounds,theoutersuburbsandtheregionsgettingaccesstohighereducation.Theotheristheartificialbarrierbetweenourhighereducationsystemandourvocationaleducationsystem. That’swhatourreformsintertiaryeducationareallabout. Aspartofthe2024–25Budget,theGovernmentisdeliveringonreformsrecommendedbytheAustralianUniversitiesAccord.Thisincludes afairerHELPsystem,costoflivingreliefforstudents,supportforpeoplefromtheoutersuburbsandregionstogotouniversityandstructuralreformstoourtertiaryeducationsystem. TheHonJasonClareMP MinisterForEducation Minister’sForeword|1 TheAustralianUniversitiesAccord InNovember2022theGovernmentcommissionedtheAustralianUniversitiesAccord(theAccord).Thiswasthebiggestandbroadestreviewofthehighereducationsectorin15years.TheAccordwaschairedbyProfessorMaryO’KaneACandwastaskedwithdevelopingrecommendationstoimprovethequality,accessibility,affordability,andsustainability ofhighereducation. On25February2024,theMinisterforEducation,theHonJasonClareMPreleasedtheAccord’sFinalReport(theReport).TheReportwastheproductofmorethan12monthsofwork,informedbymorethan820publicsubmissionsandextensiveconsultationwithstakeholders. Itoutlinedanambitioustertiaryeducationreformagendaforasubstantialandbroad-rangingtransformationoftheAustralianhigher educationsystem. TheReportfocusesonprioritiesincludinghelpingmorepeoplefromunderrepresentedbackgroundsgotouniversity;supportingstudents,includingthroughcostoflivingmeasures;buildingandusingnewknowledgethroughresearch;andaddressingworkforceandgovernanceissues. ReviewingtheAustralianeducationsystem FinalReport 2|AustralianUniversitiesAccord–BudgetSummary Through47recommendations,theAccordsetsoutanambitiousplantotransformhighereducationoverthenextdecadeandbeyond.Keyreformsinclude: Highereducationandvocationaleducationandtraining(VET)workingtogethertodeliverskills AnewCommissiontoprovidestewardshipofthetertiaryeducationsystem Anewhighereducationfundingsystemdesignedtodelivergrowthandequity Needs-BasedFundingtosupportstudentstosucceedinhighereducation ChangestotheHigherEducationLoanProgram(HELP)tomakeitfairer Increasingtheimpactandcompetitivenessofuniversityresearch. Abetterandfairereducationsystem HighereducationiscentraltodeliveringafuturemadeinAustralia,butallpartsofAustralia’seducationandtrainingsystemmustworktogethertosupportstudentstoaccesstertiaryeducationandentertheworkforce.ThatiswhytheGovernmentcommissionedreviewsacrosstheAustralianeducationsystem,intoearlychildhoodeducationandcare,schools,andhighereducationtoprovideablueprintforreformstotheeducationsystem.AtthesametimethenewN