Education and Training

Evaluation of excellence in higher education and socioeconomic educational disparities.

Completed projects

• Employer Feedback on Quality of Graduates
• The Effects of Tertiary Qualifications in Different Disciplines on the Transition to the Labour Market
• Ranking Australian Universities: Controlling for Scope
  • Executive Summary (pdf 38k)
  • Main Paper (pdf 241k)
• Discipline Ratings for Australian Universities 2006
  • Executive Summary (pdf 33K)
  • Paper - Rating Major Disciplines in Australia Universities: Perceptions and Reality (pdf 108K)
• International Standing of Australian Universities 2004
  • Main Paper (pdf 406 Kb)
  • Executive Summary (pdf 46 Kb)
  • Appendix A (pdf 17 Kb)
  • Appendix B (pdf 359 Kb)
• Higher Education and Research - Returns to Investment in Higher Education

Papers and presentations

Williams, R. (2005) "Broadening the Criteria: Lessons from the Australian Rankings", paper presented at the first International Conference on World Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, June 2005. PDF (93 KB)

Williams, R. and Van Dyke, N. (2005). Measuring the International Standing of Universities with an Application to Australian Universities. Journal of Higher Education, forthcoming

Van Dyke, N. (2005). Twenty Years of University Report Cards. Higher Education in Europe, 30(2) PDF (356 KB)

Williams, R. & Van Dyke, N. (2004). The International Standing of Australian Universities. Seminar presented at The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

 

In addition, we conduct research adjacent to the industrial area such as labour market analysis. Other projects have included:

• The Labour Market for Australian Teachers

  Webster, E, Wooden M and Marks G. 2004. Reforming the Labour Market for Australian Teachers. Published as Webster E, Marks G & Wooden M. 2006. Reforming the Labour Market for Australian Teachers. Australian Journal of Education. 50 (2): 185-202.
  Webster, E. Wooden, M. and Marks, G. (2005) Teaching and the Teacher Labour Market. The Case for Reform, Australian Economic Review, 38(1), 91-8.
  
  

• Work and Training Histories in the Trade Labour Markets

  Webster E and Jarvis K, 2003. The Occupational Career Paths of Australian Tradesmen. Published as Webster, E. and Jarvis K. (2003) The Occupational Career Paths of Australian Tradesmen , Labour and Industry. 14(2), 61-82.
  
  

• Working Holiday Maker Labour Market Effects

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• Training for the Skilled Trades in Australia: 1980 To 2000

  Please click here for report.