On 11/6/21 11:36 am, Stephen Loosley wrote:
https://www.utas.edu.au/study/certificates#faqs
The government's aim may be to get students used to studying in smaller
chunks (six months instead of three years), which is a good idea, but
one universities may not like.
Students are unlikely to find a six month certificate sufficient, but
they might then enroll at another uni for further study and demand full
credit for it. This could lead to pressure for unis to standardize
programs, so the certificate from one is compatible with the programs
from another (as TAFE do).
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2020/05/undergraduate-certificates-to-be-added.html
The government has talked about micro-credentials, which are even
shorter than certificates: weeks, rather than months. Unis are
experimenting with these, but integrating them into a degree is
challenging. Imagine a degree made up of micro-credentials, nested into
certificates, nested in diplomas: four micro-credentials make a
certificates, diplomas, and degrees. That is how VET education works,
but this requires administrative, teaching and educational design skills
which most university academics don't have.
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/search/label/microcredential
100% HECS Waiver on Various Undergraduate Certificates (4 Units) from
UTAS ...
A little misleading, as UTAS is not providing a HECS Waiver, the Federal
Government is, for students across universities. Other universities more
accurately describe these as "Commonwealth Support Places (CSP)":
https://science.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/graduate-certificate-webinar-series
Job-ready certificates ...
Are there any jobs for which these new undergraduate certificates are a
suitable qualification?
Our short, flexible qualifications will give your career a real
boost. ...
Perhaps "career start" would be my realistic, than a boost. If you got
into a career with a TAFE certificate then an undergraduate certificate
is not going to get you much further. But it could be a good step from
VET education to university.
Best of all, you can study online ...
How else would you be studying?
... and without fees.
Reminds me of the Whitlam era. ;-)
Whether you’re already a qualified professional ...
If you are a qualified professional, why would you be doing an
*undergraduate* certificate? Wouldn't you be doing a graduate one?
... or you’ve never studied before ...
If you have never studied before and want to be job ready, you are
better off going to TAFE. Ideally a VET institution which has a
relationship with a university, like Federation University Australia.
Most of our certificates are offered fully online ...
Why would there be any certificates not offered fully online?
... you must complete at least two units by 31 December, 2021 and the remaining
units by 30 June, 2022 ...
Is it possible to do one unit at a time? As an online part time student
I found doing two units at once (half a full time load) too much work.
ps: I suggest Australia lead the education component of President
Biden's the Build Back Better World (B3W) program, to complement,
rather than confront, China's Belt and Road Education Plan:
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2021/06/education-for-better-world.html
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