The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Education at a Glance 2024 report shows how tertiary education in Australia is tracking, and how government spending sits in relation to other countries. The report, released annually, provides a snapshot of ...
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Lifelong learning has always been viewed as a worthy pursuit, but the precarious world of today will increasingly force the labour market to “stay ahead” by engaging in formal training throughout their lives. A new OECD report has warned that ...
More »Australia ‘below OECD average’ in public education funding as inequity gap widens
The latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report highlights that Australia’s public spending on education is shrouded by private investment and is below the OECD average. Dr Emma Rowe, an expert in school funding and education policy at ...
More »OECD report puts uni student mix back in the spotlight
A new OECD report shows a snapshot of higher education in Australia but our intake of international students is the finding that's grabbing headlines. The Education at a Glance 2019 report found that while they made up 14 per cent of those enrolled in ...
More »At an OECD glance, we’re an education mélange
The title of the 'Australia' section of the OECD's latest annual, education-centric report could be 'nevertheless'. This is because most negatives seemed to be counterbalanced with positives. For example, Education at a Glance 2018 revealed that while our university fees are relatively high, ...
More »Australian students in top 10 for problem-solving: PISA report
Australian students are some of the world’s best collaborative problem-solvers, according to a report released yesterday. The PISA report included an assessment of collaborative problem solving for the first time, and ranked Australia 10th out of 52 countries – behind Canada and ...
More »Global perspectives on mass higher education
Australia is a world leader in considering access and quality issues in widening access to higher education Last month, the OECD hosted the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) General Conference, titled Attaining and Sustaining Mass Higher Education. The conference ...
More »NZ will reap its education failures
Maori and migrant communities will soon form New Zealand’s majority – but the system is failing them. Two strands of discussion have come together this week in New Zealand, in much the same way as they did in Australia a ...
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