Billed as a blueprint for major long-term and lasting reform, the Australian Universities Accord Final Report was released on 25 February by the Federal Minister for Education, Jason Clare.
Commissioned in November 2022 by the then-new Labor Government, the Universities Accord is the first broad review of the tertiary education sector since 2008. Covering universities and TAFE, it aims to repair what almost everyone agrees is a broken, inequitable and fragmented system that is failing to meet Australia’s current and future employment needs.