{"product_id":"rethinking-tertiary-education-by-megan-lilly-9780522879964","title":"Rethinking Tertiary Education","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe future of Australia as a post-industrial economy depends on how knowledge, skills and capabilities are learned and fostered. Every Australian will need to engage with the tertiary education system, both to acquire an initial qualification and to up-skill or re-skill over the course of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe time has come to address the divide between vocational and higher education and implement a reform agenda that has been in development over the last decade. This will involve reforming the Australian Qualifications Framework to give greater recognition to skills alongside knowledge, and enable the vocational and higher education sectors to design fit-for-purpose courses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt will also require reform of the pathways, partnerships, curriculum, funding and regulation to provide the coherence, quality, navigability and relevance needed for students, providers and industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe central figure in the development of this policy agenda was Peter Noonan, professor of Tertiary Education at Victoria University, who sadly passed away in 2022 after forty years as Australia's leading tertiary education policy thinker and adviser to both sides of government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRethinking Tertiary Education\u003c\/em\u003e by Megan Lilly, Robert Pascoe, and Peter Dawkins explores these crucial reforms in detail, charting a path forward for Australia's education system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46658059927788,"sku":"9780522879964","price":43.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3934183482374.jpg?v=1752508418","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/rethinking-tertiary-education-by-megan-lilly-9780522879964","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}