Academic Workforce in Higher Education Round Table: The operating context for Australian universities in the short, medium and long term
Held at Boat House by the Lake, Menindee Drive, Barton Canberra on 23 November 2009.
The Business/Higher Education Round Table approached Skills Australia, Universities Australia and Professions Australia to collaborate on a roundtable on an Academic Workforce Roundtable to discuss strategies to resolve the projected shortage of academic staff within the higher education sector. This is particularly critical in the context of government policy which will increase student participation rates over the next two decades.
The program included speakers in the morning to set the context which was followed by a discussion of the issues. Approximately 35 people were invited, representing higher education, government and business. The roundtable was chaired by David Hind, President, B-HERT.
download Round Table Summary Notes (379KB pdf)
Presentations
Philip Bullock, Chair, Skills Victoria—The academic workforce in Higher Education: Workforce Futures (2MB pdf)
Professor Graeme Hugo, Director for the National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems and Professor of Geography, University of Adelaide—The Changing Demographics of the Academic Workforce: Implications for the Future (1.7MB pdf)
Dr Hamish Coates, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research—Engaging People in the Academic Profession: An International Analysis and National Challenge (2.3MB pdf)
Dr Joanne Bright, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research—Supply, Demand and Characteristics of the Higher Degree by Research (430KB pdf)
