The Centre for International Research on Education Systems (CIRES) at Victoria University has been commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training (DET) to prepare a research paper on the Socio-Economic Status (SES) score methodology. The SES score is used to allocate Australian Government recurrent funding to non-government schools, and is intended to...

Socio-economic status (SES) scores provide a relative ranking of all non-government schools based on the income, education and occupation characteristics of the areas in which students at each school reside. The National School Resourcing Board is calling for written submissions to inform their consideration of the SES score methodology.

This discussion paper seeks stakeholder views on reform options to address issues relating to unduly short courses in vocational education and training.

This study looks at how many commencing students have completed their tertiary studies, how many are still studying, and how many have not completed an award course. Cohort analysis reports also present outcomes of students by selected characteristics.

The federal government is seeking feedback on implementation arrangements for the measure to extend the demand driven funding system to approved sub-bachelor courses at public universities.