Higher Education Report 2005

Following from the 2002 Review of Higher Education, the Australian Government announced a package of new higher education policies in the 2003-04 Budget, to be implemented between 2004 and 2008.  Legislation to give effect to the Our Universities: Backing Australia’s Future reform package, the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) was passed by Parliament on 5 December 2003.

2005 represented the first year in which the majority of the Australian Government’s higher education reforms were introduced.  Funding allocations for 2005 are set out in the various tables and figures throughout this report. 

This Report also provides:

• an overview of the higher education sector and its achievements in 2005, including ongoing implementation of the Our Universities: Backing Australia’s Future package of higher education reforms, new Australian Government policies and recent sector developments;
• details of funding under the Higher Education Support Act 2003;
• a review of the performance of higher education providers in delivering student places and other Australian Government funded outcomes in 2005; and
• information on funding allocations in 2005.

Full Version download PDF    (532.0 KB)

Contents, Introduction and Major Developments download PDF    (45.1 KB)

Chapter 1 – The Higher Education Sector in Australia in 2005 download PDF    (102.9 KB)

Chapter 2 – Funding Under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 download  PDF    (342.4 KB)

Chapter 3 – Additional Initiatives download PDF    (42.2 KB)

Chapter 4 - Institutional Accountability download PDF    (55.8 KB)

Appendices - download PDF    (47.3 KB)