AHISA SUBMISSION

Australian Universities Accord Panel

4 April 2023

Response to Australian Universities Accord Discussion Paper

AHISA’s submission commented on the impact of the Job-ready Graduates (JRG) package (Section 3.9.3 of the discussion paper) on schools and their students, including:

• Disruption to the further education and/or career plans of school students enrolled in Years 10 to 12 in 2020
  
• Inequity in raising the student contributions of some courses to offset higher Commonwealth contributions in other courses
• Devaluation of the importance of the Humanities disciplines and their contribution to Australia’s economic and social wellbeing

In response to Section 3.2.5 of the discussion paper, Lifelong Learning, AHISA referred to the role of universities within the wider education context and suggested that to generate bold ideas for the future of tertiary education consideration of universities interactions with education providers – and education seekers – at all points on the education continuum was required.

Response to Australian Universities Accord Discussion Paper  – FULL SUBMISSION