Abstract
The policy goal of developing a more integrated tertiary education sector in Australia has significant implications for the workforces in the myriad of education and training institutions that make up the current higher and vocational education sectors. This essay explores the scope of tertiary education workforces and the outcomes that these workforces need to achieve in the current policy climate. The capacity of the existing higher and vocational education workforces to meet these goals will be examined. It is argued that the workforces emerging from the existing 'kaleidoscope' of institutions will consist of a range of occupational groups that service particular segments of the tertiary market. However, these workforces will only be realised if serious attention is paid to workforce development "” underpinned by a clear understanding of the goals that an integrated tertiary education sector needs to achieve "” across the vocational and higher education sectors.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Structures in Tertiary Education and Training: a Kaleidoscope or Merely Fragments?: Research Readings |
| Editors | Francesca Beddie, Laura O'Connor, Penelope Curtin |
| Place of Publication | Adelaide, S. Aust. |
| Publisher | NCVER |
| Pages | 36-47 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781922056504 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |