DEST - Higher Education Report for the 2002 to 2004 Triennium  
Executive Summary
Overview of the Sector
Teaching and Learning
Research and Research Training
Appendices
References
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© Commonwealth of Australia 2002

ISSN: 1442-7680
ISSN: 1443-6000 (Online version)
DEST No. 6814.HEPA02A

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Executive Summary

Introduction
Purposes of higher education
Developments in teaching and innovation
The Government’s objectives
The Government’s achievements and directions
The 2002 to 2004 triennium

1. Overview of the sector

1.1 Students, equity and outcomes

Student enrolments and demand

Participation by equity groups

Regional access

Graduate destinations, starting salaries and satisfaction

1.2 Educational developments

Curriculum

Pedagogy

Assessment

Shared service delivery

1.3 Quality

Quality assurance framework

Australian Universities Teaching Committee

1.4 Internationalisation

Participation by international students

Expenditure by international students

Australian competitiveness

Qualification recognition

1.5 Prudential assurance

Liquidity and financial stability measures

Revenue and expenditure analysis

Sources of revenue

Expenditure analysis

Financial projections

1.6 Overview of Commonwealth funding

Outline of programmes and eligibility

Performance of institutions in 2001

National funding and student places for the 2002 to 2004 triennium

2. Teaching and learning allocations

2.1 Funded student places and base operating grants

Grants and places to institutions

Allocation of new fully funded places

Medical rural bonded scholarships

2.2 Student fees, contributions and loans

Higher Education Contribution Scheme

Fee-paying domestic undergraduate and postgraduate students

Postgraduate Education Loans Scheme

Open Learning Deferred Payment Scheme

2.3 Support for equity objectives

Indigenous Support Funding Programme

Higher Education Equity Programme

Additional Support for Students with Disabilities Programme

Enabling programme

2.4 Other operating resources

Workplace Reform Programme

Superannuation

Teaching hospital grants

Capital Development Pool

Higher Education Innovation Programme

Evaluations and Investigations Programme

3. Research and Research Training

3.1 Framework for higher education research and research training

Whole of Government objectives

The new funding arrangements

Research and Research Training Management Reports

Priority Research Areas

3.2 Block funding for research training

Research Training Scheme

Australian Postgraduate Awards Scheme

International Postgraduate Research Scholarships Scheme

3.3 Block funding for research

Institutional Grants Scheme

Research Infrastructure Block Grants Scheme

Systemic Infrastructure Initiative

Regional and rural assistance

3.4 Other support for research

Australian Research Council

The Health and Ageing Portfolio

Cooperative Research Centres and Major National Research Facilities

Other sources of Commonwealth research funding

Learned Academies

Anglo-Australian Telescope Board

Research Evaluation Programme

Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

Appendices

Appendix A

Student enrolments and completions by Field of Education/Study

Appendix B

Student enrolments by institution and level of course

Appendix C

Higher Education Cost Adjustment Factor

Appendix D

Diversity of Australia’s higher education system

Appendix E

Cooperative Research Centres and Major National Research Facilities

Appendix F

Abbreviations

References

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Tables

Exec1

Commonwealth fully funded student places, 2001 to 2004

Exec2

Commonwealth higher education funding through the Education, Science and Training portfolio, 2001 to 2004

1.1

Total student enrolments and completions, 1992 to 2001

1.2

Undergraduate award course enrolments and completions, 1992 to 2001

1.3

Postgraduate coursework enrolments and completions, 1992 to 2001

1.4

Higher degree research enrolments and completions, 1992 to 2001

1.5

Equity groups in higher education, 1991 to 2001

1.6

Students with a disability as a percentage of the domestic student population, 2001

1.7

Bachelor degree graduate destinations, 1989 to 2001 (%)

1.8

Australian Awards for University Teaching, individual awards, 2001

1.9

Australian Awards for University Teaching, institutional awards, 2001

1.10a

Onshore – overseas students by top 10 source countries and higher education sector, 1997 to 2000

1.10b

Offshore – overseas students by top 10 source countries and higher education sector, 1997 to 2000

1.10c

Total of overseas students by top 10 source countries and higher education sector, 1997 to 2000

1.11

Principal ratios and financial measures used

1.12

Institutional performance in delivering domestic higher education places, 2001

1.13

Total Commonwealth funding through the Education, Science and Training portfolio for 2001 and for the 2002 to 2004 triennium

2.1

Commonwealth fully funded places by institution, 2002 to 2004

2.2

Total Commonwealth fully funded places and base operating grant by institution, 2002 to 2004

2.3

Allocation of new fully funded higher education places (with 'pipeline')

2.4

Medical rural bonded scholarship places, 2002

2.5

HECS income thresholds and repayment rates, 2001–2002

2.6

HECS liabilities, payments and accumulated debt, 1989–1990 to 2004–2005

2.7

HECS remission cases finalised, 2000–2001

2.8

Proportion of HECS-liable to fee-paying students postgraduate coursework places, 1996 to 2000

2.9

Domestic fee-paying student places by course level, 2000 and 2001

2.10

OLA students and places, 1994 to 2001

2.11

Total fees charged by OLA and fees deferred under OLDPS, 1994 to 2001

2.12

OLDPS remission cases finalised, 2000–2001

2.13

Indigenous Support Funding allocations, 2002 to 2004

2.14

Higher Education Equity Programme allocations, 2002

2.15

Proportion of performance funds for equity target groups

2.16

Higher Education Equity Programme allocations by institution, 2002

2.17

First-round Workplace Reform Programme funding by institution, 2000 to 2003

2.18

Teaching hospital grants, 2002 to 2004

2.19

Capital Development Pool allocations, 2002 to 2004

2.20

Higher Education Innovation Programme grants, 2001

2.21

Evaluations and Investigations Programme grants, 2001

2.22

Evaluations and Investigations Programme – 2001 publications

3.1

Research Training Scheme allocations, 2002

3.2

Allocation of new Australian Postgraduate Awards and funding, 2002

3.3

Allocation of new International Postgraduate Research Scholarships and funding, 2002

3.4

Institutional Grants Scheme allocations, 2002

3.5

Research Infrastructure Block Grants Scheme allocations, 2002

3.6

Systemic Infrastructure Initiative allocations, 2002 to 2004

3.7

Regional Protection Fund, 2002 allocations

3.8

National Competitive Grants Programme allocations, 2002 to 2004

3.9

Health and Ageing portfolio grants, 1999 and 2000

3.10

CRC and MNRF grants, 2001–2002 to 2003–2004

3.11

Other sources of research funding by portfolio, 1999 and 2000

3.12

Grants-in-aid, 2001 to 2004

3.13

Learned Academies Special Projects funding, 2002

3.14

Research Evaluation Programme projects commenced in 2001

A1

Total student enrolments by broad Field of Education, 1993 and 2001

A2

Total student completions by broad Field of Study, 1993 and 2000

A3

Undergraduate award course enrolments by broad Field of Education, 1993 and 2001

A4

Undergraduate completions by broad Field of Study, 1993 and 2000

A5

Postgraduate coursework enrolments by broad Field of Education, 1993 and 2001

A6

Postgraduate coursework completions by broad Field of Study, 1993 and 2000

A7

Higher degree research enrolments by broad Field of Education, 1993 and 2001

A8

Higher degree research completions by broad Field of Study, 1993 and 2000

B1

Total student enrolments by institution, 1993 and 2001

B2

Undergraduate award course enrolments by institution, 1993 and 2001

B3

Postgraduate coursework enrolments by institution, 1993 and 2001

B4

Higher degree research enrolments by institution, 1993 and 2001

C1

The Cost Adjustment Factor Index, 1995 to 2002

D1

Indicators of the diversity of the Australian higher education system

E1

Cooperative Research Centres and their participating universities

E2

Major National Research Facilities and their participating universities

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Figures

1.1

Total, domestic and overseas students, 1991 to 2001

1.2

Composition of student population, 2001

1.3

Student completions by Field of Study, 2000

1.4

University applications and offers, 1992 to 2001

1.5

Number of students in higher education for each equity group, 1996 to 2001

1.6

Women’s participation in non-traditional areas of study, 1991 to 2000

1.7

Commencing Indigenous students, 1990 to 2001, and award course completions by Indigenous students, 1990 to 2000

1.8

Students from rural and isolated backgrounds in higher education, 1992 to 2001

1.9

Graduate starting salaries as a proportion of average weekly earnings, and unemployment rate, 1991 to 2001

1.10

Course experience questionnaire (CEQ) – (%) broad satisfaction, 1993 to 2001

1.11

The Australian Qualifications Framework

1.12

Overseas student enrolments by sector, 2000

1.13

Comparison of Australia’s major competitor countries in the onshore higher education sector – growth rates between current and previous year

1.14

Operating margin

1.15

Current ratio

1.16

External borrowing

1.17

Cash and investments

1.18

Net capital expenditure

1.19

Revenue and expenditure

1.20

Sources of revenue – trend analysis

1.21

Sources of revenue, 2000 – contribution analysis

1.22

Revenue from full-fee-paying overseas students

1.23

Expenditure analysis

1.24

Actual (1998 to 2001) and projected (2002 to 2004) number of places with total and undergraduate load targets (in equivalent full-time places)

2.1

Repayments and Commonwealth contribution as a percentage of the Higher Education (HECS) Special Account, 1990–1991 to 2003–2004

D1

Overseas students as a percentage of total students, 2001

D2

Higher degree research students as a percentage of total students, 2001

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