Jobs & Skills Hub

For the Commonwealth Government’s Jobs and Skills Summit on 1-2 September 2022, The Policymaker has collated a collection of our recent articles on building a better future for the Australian economy.

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Articles

    Microcredentials: Small steppingstones towards a more inclusive future?

    10 October 2023

    Skills mismatches will grow due to climate change and its economic fallout. Microcredentials can enable rapid and inclusive re-skilling while offering universities an opportunity to re-invent their mission in a “climate changed” world.

    Jack Isherwood

  • “Freedom within a framework” – how Australia’s universities can make a full economic contribution

    30 August 2022

    Is now the moment to (re)introduce an independent "buffer body" for the tertiary sector that will enable universities to respond to future jobs, skills and research needs?

    Libby Hackett

  • Australia’s innovation future: an agenda to transform our economy

    18 August 2022

    While fiscal stimulus applied during the COVID-19 crisis has boosted employment, the much bigger challenge remains productivity and wage stagnation. This will require an ambitious national reform agenda to transform Australian industry.

    Roy Green

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  • Young people must be at the centre of the government’s jobs and skills plan

    31 August 2022

    The new Labor government has a historic opportunity to boost young people’s wellbeing as part of its economic agenda—here’s how.

    Travers McLeod

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