We have a duty of care to our Children

In line with the BPA’s core ethos;

“To create a social and economic environment in which the citizens of Australia are

Occupied and are able to Prosper”

We owe a duty of care to our children, to get them job ready for the real world so they can support themselves and be a productive, confident member of the Community and have the ability to Prosper.

There is a growing trend by universities to offer what are best described as “Non-Core” courses to students coming out of the school system.

To define what we mean by Non-Core;

1. A course for which there is no recognised salaried employment.
2. A course that, for the vast majority of students would result in self-employment.

Our policy would be to have a panel of experts review available courses offered by Universities and categorise them as “Core” or “Non-Core”. This would be a “Living” List and be amended on a regular basis.

Where a student wishes to undertake a “Non-Core” Degree then the University must couple a “Core” Degree with the “Non-Core” degree giving the student a double degree at the end of the course.

We acknowledge that it will cost the student more to complete and take a year longer however it also allows the student to peruse their dreams, but at the same time give them a “Plan B” should they need one.

We need our young people to have the skills necessary to inherit the responsibility of managing our country in the future.