Dear Members, network partners and colleagues.

Please find some links to information about the Master of Education Policy (International) (MEPI) program that is run by the University of Melbourne, which may be of interest to you, your staff, network colleagues or anyone interested in post-compulsory education and training systems.

The Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning [CPELL], located within the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, has been providing this course since 2004. During 2008 there have been more than 50 students enrolled in the "MEPI" from across Australia including students from Queensland, NSW, the ACT, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia in addition to those from Melbourne and regional Victoria.

Originally a full-fee course, from the beginning of 2008 the MEPI has been offered in Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) mode (subject fees in this mode were $1019.25 during 2008). The course can be completed full-time or part-time: over 12 months, 18 months or two years.

The focus of the course is on post-compulsory education and training systems, i.e. it focuses on the school, vocational education and training, university and labour market interface for 15-20 year-olds.

One subject – Education Policy in Australia - (25%) deals in detail with the Australian policy framework, while Comparative Education Policy (25%) and Education Policy - International Study (25%) focus on European systems in the OECD context. The remaining subject (Education Policy - Negotiated Project – 25%) allows participants to focus on their own professional context.

A key feature of the MEPI is the Education Policy - International Study, a three week intensive Study Tour in three European countries.

Further information, including the structure of the course, the teaching staff and the scheduled session dates for 2009, is in the attached document.

Please email Dr. Veronica Volkoff on vvolkoff@unimelb.edu.au or call on 03 8344 8392 if you or any of your colleagues have any questions or would like further information.

Dr Veronica Volkoff
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning (CPELL)
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Level 3 Doug McDonell Building
The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010

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