Reflecting our concern about the longer term economic and social impacts of ongoing professional skills shortages, Professions Australia has been working with our member associations to better understand the nature of these shortages (or in some instances – oversupply) and to explore possible approaches to better matching supply and demand over the longer term. Our […]
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Introduction The Australian Council of Professions acknowledges the importance of the matters raised in the Discussion Paper on Higher Education Research and Research Training and appreciates the fact that the Minister is giving proper attention to this area. Nevertheless, it is generally acknowledged that the university system, including university research, is seriously affected by funding
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The Australian Council of Professions’ policy on the recognition of overseas professional qualifications is as follows: each profession has the sole responsibility for setting and maintaining its standards within Australia; each profession should recognise the qualifications of an overseas trained professional only if that person is as competent to perform in the profession as a
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