This report’s primary focus is on the practical - about which policies can most effectively coordinate the supply of student places with two demand forces, those of students for courses and employers for graduates.

This report provides an overview of Australian higher education policy and trends. It is the sixth edition of a report originally published by the Grattan Institute.

Tertiary education students have three main sources of financial support ­– their families, the labour market and government payments. This paper explores how COVID-19 affected these sources of student finance.

This paper looks closely at the debate in Australia to find general lessons arising from the current drift towards greater political control over how many people make it to higher education.

In 2018, domestic numbers for undergraduate courses fell for the first time since 2013 – they will remain stagnant for some years. This and other factors put unis at face financial risk.