Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 10—Education and training 413
10.7 HIGHER EDUCATION STAFF, By Classification and Sex—1989 and 1999
1989 1999
Males Females Persons Persons Males Females Persons Persons
% % % no. % % % no.
Academic staff
Above senior lecturer 92.1 7.9 100.0 4 528 84.4 15.6 100.0 6 626
Senior lecturer 85.6 14.4 100.0 6 772 72.1 27.9 100.0 8 114
Lecturer 65.7 34.3 100.0 10 308 56.6 43.4 100.0 11 302
Below lecturer 49.0 51.0 100.0 4 912 48.2 51.8 100.0 6 364
Total academic staff 72.2 27.8 100.0 26 520 64.5 35.5 100.0 32 406
Non-academic staff 44.1 55.9 100.0 38 443 39.1 60.9 100.0 43 634
Total 55.6 44.4 100.0 64 963 49.9 50.1 100.0 76 040
Source: Department of Employment, Education and Training, ‘Selected Higher Education Statistics 1989’; Department of
Education, Training and Youth Affairs, ‘Staff 1999: Selected Higher Education Statistics’.
10.8 HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS, By Level of Course and Field of Study(a)—1999
Postgraduate
degree
Postgraduate
diploma or
equivalent
Bachelor
degree
Diploma and
advanced
diploma
Other
education
Field
’000
’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000
Agriculture, animal husbandry 1.4 0.4 6.8 2.7 0.1 11.5
Architecture, building 1.3 1.2 12.9 0.1 — 15.4
Arts, humanities and social sciences 18.3 6.2 138.7 1.9 2.5 167.7
Business, administration, economics 27.4 13.2 136.2 0.6 1.4 178.8
Education 11.4 9.6 49.3 0.8 1.1 72.4
Engineering, surveying 5.8 1.2 42.8 0.7 0.1 50.6
Health 11.4 7.7 57.8 0.8 0.1 77.7
Law, legal studies 2.7 1.4 26.8 2.5 — 33.4
Science 13.0 5.5 90.5 1.1 0.9 111.0
Veterinary science 0.3 — 1.5 — — 1.8
Total 92.9 46.6 522.1 11.1 13.6 (b)686.3
(a) DETYA changed the method of compiling these data in 1998. Students undertaking combined courses are now counted in
each field they are studying. Because of this, the field of study components will not necessarily add to All students. (b) Includes
students in non-award courses.
Source: Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, ‘Students 1999: Selected Higher Education Statistics’.
Total
courses
Students and courses
The basic undergraduate course at most
institutions is a bachelor degree of three or four
years’ duration. At some institutions, courses may
also be offered at the diploma or advanced
diploma level. Most institutions also offer
postgraduate level study. One to two years of
full-time postgraduate study are required for a
master’s degree and three to five years for a
doctoral degree. Postgraduate diplomas and
certificates are offered in some disciplines. In
1999, 76% of higher education students were
enrolled in bachelor courses, with a further 20%
enrolled in higher degree and other postgraduate
courses (table 10.8). Candidates for master’s
degrees (by research or course work) were the
largest single group among post-graduate
students (10% of all higher education students).
Higher education institutions offer a great variety
of courses embracing such areas as agriculture,
architecture, arts, business, dentistry, economics,
education, engineering, health, law, medicine,
music, science and veterinary science. Fields of
study with the largest numbers of award course
students in 1999 were Business, administration
and economics (26%); Arts, humanities and social
sciences (24%); and Science (16%) (table 10.8).
The proportion of higher education students
who were female was virtually unchanged
between 1994 and 1999 (54% and 55%
respectively) (table 10.9). Higher education
students were predominantly in the younger
age groups, with 60% less than 25 years old.