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Selected Works

2001

Dr Phillip McKenzie

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Full-Text Articles in Education

Employability Skills For Australian Industry : Literature Review And Framework Development, David Curtis, Phil Mckenzie Dec 2000

Employability Skills For Australian Industry : Literature Review And Framework Development, David Curtis, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

Australia has assigned considerable resources during the 1990s in attempts to embed the Mayer Key Competencies into education and training provision, especially in the VET sector. However while there is general agreement that all young Australians need a set of skills which will prepare them for employment and further learning, there is a lack of consensus about what those skills should be. This report draws on Australian and international literature on key employability skills to: clarify concepts and terminology; analyse the principles and purposes in different approaches to key employability competencies; develop a framework of key employability competencies for use …


An Evaluation Of Education And Training Financial Statistics: Report To The Australian Bureau Of Statistics, Gerald Burke, Ross Harold, Phil Mckenzie Dec 2000

An Evaluation Of Education And Training Financial Statistics: Report To The Australian Bureau Of Statistics, Gerald Burke, Ross Harold, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

This report develops a framework for financial statistics for education and training in Australia, it reviews the current Australian education and training financial statistics against that framework and makes recommendations for further developments of financial statistics by the National Centre for Education and Training Statistics. The need for this study arises from known gaps in current data, inconsistencies or lack of important detail in the available data sets and new needs for education and training data arising from the changing nature of the workforce, globalisation and the increasing attention to lifelong learning both in and out of education and training …


Issues In The Financing Of Higher Education And Vet, Gerald Burke, Phil Mckenzie Dec 2000

Issues In The Financing Of Higher Education And Vet, Gerald Burke, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

This paper reviews options for providing additional funds for a tertiary institution and for improving efficiency in the use of funds. It reviews the context of the funding for VET and higher education in Australia and specifically for the Northern Territory, then considers some possible ways of increasing funding or reducing the costs of providing education and training. Ways in which public funding could be expanded are discussed, as is private funding, and finally ways of increasing the efficiency of delivery and hence reducing the cost per EFTSU or per student hour.


How To Make Lifelong Learning A Reality : Implications For The Planning Of Educational Provision In Australia, Phil Mckenzie Dec 2000

How To Make Lifelong Learning A Reality : Implications For The Planning Of Educational Provision In Australia, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

This paper focuses on some of the key policy issues for furthering the goals of lifelong learning. The paper addresses five main questions: What is lifelong learning? What are the key elements of the policy agenda? What are the highest priorities? How much will lifelong learning cost? How can investment in lifelong learning be stimulated?


Ceet's Stocktake: The Economics Of Vocational Education And Training In Australia, Chris Selby Smith, Fran Ferrier, Damon Anderson, Gerald Burke, Sonnie Hopkins, Michael Long, Leo Maglen, Jeff Malley, Phil Mckenzie, Chandra Shah Dec 2000

Ceet's Stocktake: The Economics Of Vocational Education And Training In Australia, Chris Selby Smith, Fran Ferrier, Damon Anderson, Gerald Burke, Sonnie Hopkins, Michael Long, Leo Maglen, Jeff Malley, Phil Mckenzie, Chandra Shah

Dr Phillip McKenzie

The book builds on CEET's review of the economics of vocational education and training for the Australian National Training Authority in 1994. Seven chapters discuss: the overall purpose of the review; changing employment patterns; demand for VET; supply of VET; special supply issues; finance and market issues; and finally, future research, access and equity, and research impact.