ABSTRACT

Over the last twenty years, tertiary education in Australia has radically changed. Major growth in the sector and federal government policy and funding changes have resulted in an increase of providers and a diversification of the quality of education available on the market, particularly in vocational education. Although change presents insecurity and ambiguity for education providers, it also presents an opportunity for proactive and adaptable providers to transform and disrupt the sector by designing an innovative value creation strategy to diversify or target their offering. To understand the current landscape, this paper explores the business models of 50 Australian tertiary education providers and groups these into seven business model typologies. Focusing on public vocational education providers, the paper identifies the ability of their current business model to meet skills-based gaps in the future, including their future customers, and states potential ‘white space’ opportunities for innovation.

摘要

在过去的二十年里，澳大利亚的高等教育发生了根本性的变化。该部门和联邦政府政策和资金变化的重大增长导致提供者的增加和市场上可用教育质量的多样化，特别是在职业教育方面。尽管变化给教育提供者带来了不安全感和模糊性，但它也为积极主动和适应性强的提供者提供了一个机会，通过设计创新的价值创造战略来实现其产品的多样化或目标化，从而改变和颠覆该行业。为了解当前形势，本文探讨了 50 家澳大利亚高等教育机构的商业模式，并将其分为七种商业模式类型。专注于公立职业教育提供者，