Specialty Module: The politics of Australian higher education: Overview

  Watch the following video introducing this module.

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This specialty module provides an opportunity to reflect on the context of Australian higher education, and consider the ways in which history informs the future. What is the context influencing higher education in Australia and internationally? What are the key reforms that have impacted the sector in Australia? This module invites you to take a big picture look at the political, economic, social and cultural factors that have shaped the higher education system as we know it today.