Policy Paper

12 Implementation and Review

The package has been designed for the implementation of key initiatives from the beginning of 2005, although some enabling initiatives will commence in 2003. A number of initiatives will be implemented from 2006.

Implementation will be monitored continuously to ensure smooth operation of new systems and to give early warning of any unanticipated outcomes. A full evaluation will be undertaken by 2009. This evaluation will focus on the effectiveness of the package in terms of the four key principles on which it is based – sustainability, quality, equity and diversity.

Table E: Implementation Schedule
 

	2003	2004	2005	2006
Commonwealth Grant Scheme Initiatives
Regional loading		x
Institutions funded according to discipline mix			x
Increasing Commonwealth grant funding by 7.5 per cent by 2007 (2.5% a year)			x	x
Transition Fund			x
Conversion of marginal places			x	x
Introduction of Funding Agreements			x
New arrangements for industry supported places			x
Institutions to set own course fees			x
Provision of Growth Places from 2007
Governance and Workplace Relations Initiatives
Implementation of National Governance Protocols	x
Consequential amendments to the Australian National University Act 1991 and the Maritime College Act 1978	x
Association of Governing Bodies of Australian Universities (AGBAU) professional development	x
Amendment to the Workplace Relations Act 1996	x
Workplace Productivity Programme				x
National Priority Initiatives
Increased Commonwealth grant for nursing places		x
Additional nursing places in public institutions		x
Student contributions in nursing			x
Increased Commonwealth grant for teaching places			x
Student contributions in teaching			x
1400 places for private institutions in areas of national priority			x
Student Financing Initiatives
Increased maximum number of fee paying students in Commonwealth funded courses from 25 to 50 per cent			x
Removal of restrictions on postgraduate fee payers			x
Partial deregulation of medical places			x
Amended HECS arrangements			x
Student Learning Entitlement			x
Partial deregulation of course fees			x
OS-HELP			x
FEE-HELP			x
Scholarship Initiatives
Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships (CECS)		x
Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships (CAS)		x
Growth in Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA)				x
Equity Initiatives
Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council (IHEAC)	x
Indigenous Staff Scholarships		x
Indigenous Support Funding (ISF) increased			x
Higher Education Equity Programme (HEEP) modified and increased			x
Increased funding for Disabilities programme			x
Teaching Initiatives
National Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education		x
Revised Australian Awards for University Teaching				x
Learning and Teaching Performance Fund				x
Research Initiatives
Knowledge and Innovation evaluation	x
Research Infrastructure Taskforce	x
Taskforce to examine closer collaboration between universities and major publicly funded research agencies	x
ARC to fund Chief Investigator Salaries		x
Affiliation of the Australian Institute of Marine Science with James Cook University		x
Collaboration Initiatives
Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences	x
Ministerial Council for Business-Industry-University Collaboration	x
Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund			x
Quality Initiatives
Continued funding for Graduate Destination Survey & Course Experience Questionnaire	x
Overseas audits			x
Graduate Skills Assessment (GSA) – enhance and promote			x
Other Initiatives
Marcus Oldham		x
Higher Education Information Management System (HEIMS)		x
Implementation costs for public institutions		x

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