Report: Renewal of post-compulsory education in Australia
This completed inquiry includes three transformative recommendations that provides the pathway to a differently organised post-compulsory education system.
The final report:
- View the full final Report of the 2018 Monash Commission (PDF 684KB)
- View the summary Report of the 2018 Monash Commission (PDF 2MB)
- View the expert works prepared for the Commission
The inaugural Monash Commission was established in 2018 to reimagine post-compulsory education and training in Australia.
Chaired by Elizabeth Proust AO, the Commission identified that major and rapid increases in human knowledge and skills are required to meet the technological, economic, environmental and cultural transformations currently taking shape across the world.
To address the pressures and strains on the current system, the Commission considered possible new models across vocational education and training (VET), higher education and learning throughout life.
In conducting its inquiry, the Monash Commission canvassed research from scholars, conducted interviews with industry representatives, students, and leaders of educational institutions, and tested its recommendations with key individuals who have worked at the forefront of post-compulsory education.
The final report includes three transformative recommendations that provides the pathway to a differently organised post-compulsory education system that is more attuned to the contemporary and future needs of Australia and its people – one that will prepare us with the knowledge, skills and confidence to plan a future for ourselves and give us the tools to realise it.
The Monash Commission members for this inquiry were:
- Ms Elizabeth Proust AO, Immediate past Chair of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Nestle Australia and Bank of Melbourne.
- Professor Ian Chubb AC – former Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University and Flinders University, and former Chief Scientist
- Marie Persson – former Chair, NSW Skills Board Industry Reference Group, and former head of NSW TAFE and Community Education
- Professor Rory Hume – Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Education, and Dean of Dentistry at the University of Utah
- Mette Schepers – Mercer Australia’s client growth leader for the Pacific market, and financial and professional services executive
- Sir Nigel Thrift – former Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick, and former Executive Director of the prestigious Schwarzmann Scholars international leadership program