Key internet links on Education
GENERAL RESOURCES AND INTERNATIONAL LINKS - EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - SCHOOL EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING - INDIGENOUS EDUCATION - INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIA - ADULT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION
General resources and international links
The Australian
Qualifications Framework is the
national policy for regulated qualifications in Australian education and
training. It incorporates the qualifications from each education and training
sector into a single comprehensive national qualifications framework.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations
Ministerial Council for Education, Early
Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA)
Standing Council on Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics – National Centre for Education and
Training Statistics
Education
at a Glance: OECD Indicators provides
comparative data on the education systems of member and partner countries of
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Latest edition is 2011.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Key organisations
Australian Council for Educational Research
Australian Council of Deans of Education
Australian Education Union
Independent Education Union of Australia
International links
EURYDICE: the Information Network on Education in
Europe
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and
Development (OECD) Directorate for Education. Provides links to the education departments of OECD member countries.
United Kingdom
Department
for Education – responsible for schools, children and young people,
and education and training provision for 16- to 19-year-olds.
Department for Business & Skills Innovation – responsible for higher education and further education and skills.
Higher
Education Funding Council for England
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Education
United States
Department of Education – includes links to state education departments
Education Commission of the States
Early childhood education
About early childhood education
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations (DEEWR) Early Childhood website provides access to information about national and Australian Government early
childhood education policies and programs.
National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education (see also DEEWR’s Early Childhood Education National Partnership website) endorsed by the Council of Australian Governments
(COAG), commits to, by 2013, universal access to an early childhood education program for all children in the year
before formal schooling. This is part of the wider COAG early childhood reform agenda.
The Steering Committee for the Review
of Government Service Provision’s, Report on Government Services, Children’s Services chapter, provides an
overview of early childhood education, funding information and key
statistics.
Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Childhood Education and Care, Australia, ABS cat. no. 4402.0.
The annual National Preschool Census
is a national collection of preschool enrolments with a focus on Indigenous
children. Latest survey report is 2009.
Steering Committee for the Review of
Government Service Provision, Report on Government Services, Children’s Services chapter.
Key organisations
Early Childhood Australia
School
education
About school education The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for
Young Australians (2008), agreed to by state,
territory and Australian Government education ministers, sets the direction
for Australian schooling for the next 10 years.
Department of
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Schooling website provides access to information about Australian
Government school education policies and programs.
The Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial
Relations (IGA) provides for the
Australian Government’s National Schools Specific Purpose Payment (SPP) for
government schools.
The National Education Agreement (NEA), formulated as part of the IGA, defines the
objectives and outcomes for schooling, the roles and responsibilities of each
level of government, performance indicators and benchmarks, reporting
mechanisms and policy and reform directions.
The Schools
Assistance Act 2008 –
provides funding
for the non-government school component of the National Schools SPP and the Schools
Assistance Regulations 2009 specify
the performance and transparency requirements under the Act. The Schools Assistance Act 2008 Administrative Guidelines: Commonwealth Programs for Non-government
Schools, 2009 to 2012: 2011 Update provide an overview of the funding
arrangements for non-government schools and performance and accountability
requirements.
The Australian
Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is responsible for the development of the
national curriculum, the national assessment program and national data
collection and reporting.
My School provides, for all schools in
Australia, key facts and figures, financial information, and students’
literacy and numeracy achievement results.
The Steering Committee for the Review
of Government Service Provision’s, Report on Government Services, School Education chapter, provides an
overview of school education, funding information and key statistics.
The National Report on Schooling in Australia, published by MCEECDYA until 2008. From the 2009
edition, will be published by ACARA.
School term dates
Resources compiled by the
Parliamentary Library M Harrington, Australian Government Funding
for Schools Explained, Background Note, 31 January
2011.
Schools by Commonwealth Electoral Division (for senators, members and parliamentary staff only)
Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Schools Australia, ABS cat. no. 4221.0.
National Report on Schooling in Australia
Steering Committee for the Review of
Government Service Provision, Report on
Government Services, School Education chapter.
Student achievement statistics:
Key organisations
Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia
Australian Council of State School Organisations
Australian
Primary Principals’ Association
Australian
Secondary Principals Association
Australian Parents Council – represents
the interests of parents of non-government school students
Independent
Schools Council of Australia.
National Catholic Education Commission
Save Our Schools
State and territory government links
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Higher Education
About higher education
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace
Relation (DEEWR)’s Higher Education website provides access to information about Australian Government higher education policies
and programs. It includes an overview of Australia’s higher education system and the
latest news on government programs through the Higher
Education 2020 Newsletter.
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) is Australia’s regulatory and quality agency for higher education.
The Higher Education Report is an annual report on programs, funding and
statistics.
Going to Uni has information on courses, admission centres, fees and the HELP student loans scheme.
Universities Australia provides a profile
of each university and links to university websites
Australia University Rankings
Statistics
DEEWR’s Higher Education Statistics Collection includes current and time series data on finance,
students and staff.
Graduate Careers
Australia conducts research into the outcomes and experiences of higher education
students and graduates including graduate
employment and earnings.
Higher Education Report
Key organisations
Universities Australia is the national representative body for Australian universities. This site
contains useful links, policy documents and statistics.
The Group of Eight universities.
The Australian
Technology Network is an alliance of five distinctive Australian
universities.
The National Tertiary Education Union represents employees in the tertiary education
sector.
The National Union of Students is the national representative body for university students.
The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations aims to protect and further the interest of postgraduate
students.
Vocational education and training
About vocational education and training (VET)
The Annual National Report of the
Australian Vocational Education and Training System includes an overview of the national VET system,
an analysis of the system’s performance and key statistics, and a summary of
Australian, state and territory government developments. Latest edition 2009.
The Steering Committee for the Review
of Government Service Provision’s, Report on Government Services, Vocational Education and Training chapter,
provides an overview of the VET system, funding information and key
statistics.
The Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Skills website provides access to information about Australian Government VET policies and
programs. Includes links to VET stakeholders.
The Intergovernmental
Agreement on Federal Financial Relations (IGA), agreed to by the
Council of Australian Governments, provides for the Australian Government’s
National Skills and Workforce Development Specific Purpose Payment (SPP).
The National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development (NASWD),
formulated as part of the IGA, defines
the objectives, outcomes, outputs and performance measures and the roles and
responsibilities that guide the Australian and the state and territory
governments in the delivery of services across the skills and workforce
development sector.
The annual National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development: performance
report is a report on governments' progress
against the agreed objectives and outcomes of the NASWD.
There
are two National Partnerships associated with the NAWSD – the National
Partnership on the Productivity Places Program (see also DEEWR’s Productivity
Places Program website) and the National
Partnership on Youth Attainment and Transitions (see also DEEWR’s Youth Attainment
and Transitions website).
The Australian
Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is the national regulator for
Australia’s VET sector.
training.gov.au is the official national register of information
on training packages, qualifications, courses, units of competency and
Registered Training Organisations.
Australian Apprenticeships is
the Australian Government’s program to support apprenticeships and
traineeships.
VET FEE-HELP is a student loan scheme for the VET
sector and is part of the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP). The VET FEE-HELP Annual Statistical Report includes
information about students, fields of study undertaken, amount of VET FEE-HELP
assistance, and provider level statistics.
Statistics
Annual National Report of the Australian Vocational Education and
Training System.
National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development: performance
report
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
Steering Committee for the Review of
Government Service Provision, Report on
Government Services, Vocational Education and Training chapter.
VET FEE-HELP Annual Statistical Report
Key organisations
The Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) is the national industry association for
independent providers of post-compulsory education and training.
Skills
Australia is an
independent statutory body, providing advice to the Minister for Tertiary Education,
Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations on Australia’s current, emerging and
future workforce skills needs and workforce development needs.
TAFE
Directors Australia.
Provides links to TAFE Institutes.
State and territory government links
Australian
Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Indigenous education
About Indigenous education
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
(DEEWR)’s Indigenous website provides access to information about Australian Government Indigenous
education policies and programs.
The Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act
2000 provides for a range of targeted
programs, collectively known as non-ABSTUDY payments, to support the
educational objectives for Indigenous students. The Indigenous Education (Targeted
Assistance) Act 2000 Program Guidelines 2009-2012 provide information about these programs.
The Prime Minister reports annually on progress against the Closing the Gap targets agreed to by the Council of
Australian Governments.
Steering Committee for the Review of
Government Service Provision, Report on Government Services: Indigenous Compendium.
ABSTUDY is the financial assistance scheme for Indigenous students.
Statistics
Steering Committee for the Review of
Government Service Provision, Report on Government Services: Indigenous Compendium.
International students in Australia
About international students
The Department of
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) International website provides access to information about Australian
Government policies and programs for international students.
The Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses
for Overseas Students (CRICOS) lists all providers registered to offer courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered.
Australian
Education International, which is part of
DEEWR, works to develop and support the Australian international education
and training industry.
The Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (ESOS
Act) and its associated legislative
framework is the means by which DEEWR
regulates the education and training sector’s involvement with students on
student visas studying in Australia.
Statistics
Australian
Education International’s International
student data website reports on overseas enrolments in all education sectors.
Adult and Community Education
Adult
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