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The power to issue particular types of qualifications is the most In this opening section, we explore the issue by examining the important defining feature of a higher education provider. [...] While universities educate most higher education students, they are a minority of higher education Qualifications are differentiated according to the knowledge and providers in Australia – 39 of the approximately 180 operating in skills required for their successful completion. [...] The legal key to being a higher education provider is the licence There are also a significant number (28) of institutions with a to issue higher education qualifications. [...] The universities that were created as a result are still 1.3.1 Research sometimes referred to as ‘Dawkins universities’ (after the minister behind the policy, John Dawkins).11 The description was partly The most important aspect of a university as a higher education intended to distinguish them from the ‘real’ pre-1988 universities. [...] example, the children of technicians and trade workers with Depending on the definition, in 2010 low SES students were higher education are only 9% of the higher education population, between 15.4% and 16.5% of domestic undergraduates.38 but 23% of their own population.