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Mr Peter Noonan is the Director of his own education and training
research and consulting firm, Peter Noonan Consulting and is an
Associate of the Faculty of Education at Monash University and an
Honorary Fellow Faculty of Education at The University of
Melbourne.
He established the practice in 2001 after 20 years of experience in
senior levels of government at state and national levels. Over that
period he has played a major role in shaping policy directions in
VET, Higher and Post Compulsory Education in Australia.
Mr Noonan played an instrumental role in the establishment of,
and was a General Manager of the Australian National Training
Authority and has also held senior management roles in the
Victorian and Queensland VET systems.
Mr Noonan’s major areas of expertise and interest are in the
development of long term education and training policy with a
particular focus on Commonwealth\State relations. He has also
undertaken major projects in areas such as emerging requirements
for skills and qualifications, the implications of demographic change
for education and training, regulatory reform, improving
intersectoral relationships and analysis of national and state
funding for education. He also works with individual universities,
higher education providers and TAFE Institutes on strategy and
organisational and profile reviews. Mr Noonan has also advised
major industry associations and companies on issues related to
education and training. He also has extensive experience in and
knowledge of international education and training systems. He was
recently appointed to the expert panel undertaking a major review
of the Higher Education System in Australia.
Mr Noonan holds degrees in Arts and Education from the University
of Western Australia and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to the
United States in 1993. |
