Concepts in Educationalist Thought Series, Concepts in UQ Philosophy and History

Australian Higher Education System is Stuck, Why Can NOT the VC See nothing has changed in the last two decades?

September 22, 2023
Dear University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and Griffith Vice-Chancellors, From the RMIT VC,  Professor Alec Cameron: “Higher education and vocational education can work together to support the myriad journeys through learning and work, giving people flexible options to meet their life goals as those evolve”, since “’the goal of reform must be growth for […]
Dear University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and Griffith Vice-Chancellors,

From the RMIT VC,  Professor Alec Cameron: “Higher education and vocational education can work together to support the myriad journeys through learning and work, giving people flexible options to meet their life goals as those evolve”, since “’the goal of reform must be growth for skills through greater equity’ from the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report.”

 

But, Professor Cameron, although the ideals are noble, I’m not seeing any details which is the not the same rhetorical strategy without the comprehensive outlook of education, in the last two decades:

 

 

“‘Earn and learn’ courses, as well as more modular, stackable and transferable units of study, including microcredentials, should be better understood, supported and integrated into a more aligned, inclusive skills-based tertiary system, based on the view of moving into “the next phase of reform – moving beyond a ‘predict and provide’ skills model and developing local infrastructure in cities and regions to support innovation for our future economy.”

 

 

That was promised two decades ago. The strategy will continue to fail because it is missing something important: comprehensive education — deep applications of the thinking from broader histories, sociologies, and social psychologies, going to the first principles of asking, what are the kind of societies we wish to live in, and how we can live together to create that vision.

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Dr Neville Buch is an expert on histories and historiography of big belief and doubt, within the scope of Queensland intellectual history. He has worked as higher education policy researcher for the Vice-Chancellor, Professors Roy Webb, Glyn Davis, Kwong Lee Dow, and Alan Gilbert, along with work for Chancellors, Mr. Ian Renard, and Sir Edward Woodward (1998-2008). He has been a Q ANZAC Fellow at the State Library of Queensland (2015-2016). He has recently published on the influence of Charles Strong in Queensland. He has worked as a community participatory teacher for 41 years across the humanities and the social sciences.

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Neville Buch

Professional Historian at Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc.
Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.
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