A Lucrative Export – Engineering D Ross, H Ku, P Penfold

Education has becom e an Australian lucrative export. It is therefore necessary to write this pap er to tell readers m ore abou t this
export. A lot o f literature has been fo u n d to describe education in prim ary an d secondaiy education in Australia but only one
abou t engineering education up to first degree level is available an d it was pu blished in 1990, i.e. pre-D aw kin era in higher
education. This p ap er m entions the program s av ailable fo r year 10 school leavers to professional engineers holding master's
degrees; it starts with Techn ical an 4 Further Education (TAEE) colleges, follow ed by the newly fo rm ed Australian Technical
Colleges. Universities were lastly m entioned an d the description was divided into three sections o f first degree, master's degree
an d doctorate degree. It appears that Australian Technical Colleges w ould likely be absorbed into the TAFE system by the actions
taken by the present government. The future education an d training o f professional engineers are likely to end up with the 3+2
year bachelor-m aster m odel. Professional engineering doctorate will likely becom e widely available to future professional
engineers but Doctor o f Philosophy (PhD) program will still be there.

Keywords

Professional Engineers Engineering Technologists Engineering Officer Bachelor of Engineering Technology Associate Degree Advance Diploma Certificate IV Master's Degrees Doctor of Philosophy Professional Engineering Doctorate and Engineering Doctorate

References

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[1] (1) The Australian, The Starved Sector, 12 March 2008a, p.1.

[2] (2) The Australian, The Long Road to Bologna, 20 March 2008b, p.20.

[3] (3) Australian Technical Colleges, 2008a, www.australiantechnicalcolleges.gov.au/

[4] . viewed on 8 April 2008.

[5] (4) Australian Technical Colleges, 2008b, www.australiantechnicalcolleges.gov.au/faqs.htm

[6] . viewed on 8 April 2008.

[7] (5) Biggs, J., Teaching for quality learning at university: What the student does, Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, Buckingham, 1999.

[8] (6) Blackall, S. (Project Editor), The Book of Australia: an almanac 1991–92, Hodder and Stoughton (Australia) Pty. Ltd, pp. 365–392.

[9] (7) Curtin Postgraduate Courses Online Handbook, 2008.

[10] (8) Carrick Institute, Addressing the Supply and Quality of Engineering Graduates for the New Century, March 2008, pp.1–150.

[11] (9) DEST, Australian Technical Colleges, 2008, viewed on 8 April 2008.

[12] (10) Green, B., Maxwell, T.W., and Shanahan, P.J. (eds), Doctoral Education and Professional Practice: The Next Generation?, Kardoorair, Armidale, Australia, 2001.

[13] (11) Goh, S., Ku, H., and Ahfock, T., Flexible Engineering Degree Programs with Remote Access Laboratories in an Australian regional University known for Excellence in e-learning, Journal of Applications of Computers in Engineering Education, 2008 (accepted for publication).

[14] (12) Herrera, A., An Integrated Curricula between Master and Doctoral Engineering Programs, Proceedings in Education Conference, 1997, Vol.2, p.809.

[15] (13) Howes, I., Pearson, S., and Ivey, P., Education in engineering through virtual institutes: an e-learning case study, Proceedings of the 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 5–8 January 2004, Reno, Nevada, pp.1–6.

[16] (14) Kemp, S., Professional doctorates and doctoral education, International Journal of Organizational Behaviour, 2004, Vol.7 No.4, pp.401–410.

[17] (15) Ku, H. and Ross, D., Doctorate Engineering Education: Down Under, Delhi Business Review, 2008 (submitted for publication).

[18] (16) Maxwell, T.W., and Shanahan, P.J., Professional doctoral education in Australia and New Zealand: Reviewing the scene, in Doctoral Education and Professional Practice: The Next Generation?, Kardoorair Press, Armidale, Australia, 2001.

[19] (17) McWilliam, E., and Taylor, P., Rigorous, rapid and relevant: Doctoral training in new times, in Doctoral Education and Professional Practice: The Next Generation?, Kardoorair Press, Armidale, 2001.

[20] (18) Monash Handbook, 2008a, http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/research/programs/admissions.html

[21] (19) Morgan, M., Fulcher, R., and Ku, H., Innovative Residential Schools for Engineering Degree Courses, Journal of the Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists, December 1999, pp.53–58.

[22] (20) Neumann, R., The Doctoral Education Experience Diversity and Complexity, Evaluations and Investigations Programme Research, Department of Education, Canberra, 2002.

[23] (21) Pearson, M., and Ford, L., Open and Flexible PhD Study and Research, Report 97/16, Evaluations and Investigations Program, DETYA, Canberra, 1997.

[24] (22) QUT Handbook, 2008a, www.app.qut.edu.au/

[25] ... viewed on 8 April 2008.

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[27] ... viewed on 8 April 2008.

[28] (24) Ramsden, P., Learning to Teach in Higher Education, Routledge, London, 1992.

[29] (25) Swinburne Handbook, 2008, https://courses.swinburne.edu.au/

[30] ... viewed on 8 April 2008.

[31] (26) U of Adelaide Handbook, 2008, www.adelaide.edu.au/

[32] ... viewed on 8 April 2008.

[33] (27) U of Melbourne Handbook, 2008, www.unimelb.edu.au/Statutes/r3047.html

[34] viewed on 8 April 2008.

[35] (28) University of NSW, Research Handbook, 2008, www.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/education.html

[36] viewed on 8 April 2008.

[37] (29) University of Queensland Handbook, 2008, http://www.uq.edu.au/study/program.html?acad_prog=7505

[38] viewed on 8 April 2008.

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[42] (33) University of Western Australia (UWA) Handbook, 2008, http://courses.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/courses/c6092

[43] viewed on 8 April 2008.

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