The My University website is not unique – the Germans have been doing it for years.

The Federal Government has been warned to learn from the mistakes of their problem-plagued My School website when developing its tertiary equivalent, My University.

This chapter offers an Australian perspective on a number of issues facing the nation related to access, equity, quality, and accountability.

In her speech, The Hon Julia Gillard, Minister for Education, reported on the progress the Government has made in response to recommendations from the Bradley review.

Denise Bradley has backed federal Education Minister Julia Gillard's plans for a My University website, arguing it is in line with the new "student demand-driven" system being rolled out.

How will mission-based compacts help inspire radical reform in teaching and learning.

Universities Australia is pressuring the Rudd government to immediately boost higher education spending by $881 million and has warned that any large-scale expansion of the sector could jeopardise quality.

There is very little difference between old performance measures and the new ones. Except in one very important area.

The Higher Education Report 2008 provides:

* an overview of the higher education sector and its major achievements in 2008;
* an overview of the Review of Australian Higher Education (the Bradley Review) ;
* program descriptions and details of funding allocations under the Higher Education Support Act 2003; and
* an overview of program outcomes (including the allocation of places).

University students could be made to sit a generic skills test to assess what value has been added by their tutors as part of Education Minister Julia Gillard's plans to link university funding to performance targets from 2012.