1 Converting RPL into academic capital: Lessons from Australian universities Tim Pitman Lesley Vidovich Faculty of Education, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley 6009 Western Australia Tim.pitman@uwa.edu.au Tim Pitman researches in the field of lifelong learning and equity in higher education at the University of Western Australia. His research focus is education policy and social inclusion. Lesley Vidovich is a Professor of Education at the University of Western Australia. Her primary research focus is education policy, in both schooling and higher education sectors. Her research extends from macro (global) trends to micro level practices within educational institutions. She has conducted and published research in a number of different countries across Europe, Asia, North America and Africa, as well as Australia. While she has published on a wide range of policy domains, her largest volume of work is concerned with policies on accountability, quality, equity, curriculum and internationalisation.