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"As part of the federal government’s bid to overhaul higher education, the
Universities Accord discussion paper is seeking to “widen” opportunities for
people to access university. It also wants to “grow a culture” of lifelong
learning in Australia. As the review team note, most people in Australia who
study at university are under 35.
Lifelong learning can help to ensure that workforce skills are up to date
and that jobs in high demand can be filled, as well as enabling people to
create new job opportunities through innovation.
These issues need to be approached in many ways. And will inevitably include
proposals for shorter forms of learning as well as addressing the financial
cost of attending university.
My proposal – also outlined in this journal article – is that a proportion of
educational resources generated by publicly funded universities should be made
public and freely available.
This could radically expand opportunity and flexibility and potentially allow
students to design their own degrees, by doing multiple different units from
different universities."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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