Uni teaching grants announced

07/07/2015 by
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Universities Australia    |     7 July 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Office for Teaching and Learning has handed out $4.7 million for grants and fellowships in what is likely to be its last funding round before it is wound up and its  role is transferred a new university-based organisation. …………………………………………………………………………………….......…… The $4.7 million in grants announced by education minister Christopher Pyne  were: $3.2 million for nine grants supporting leading academics to develop and drive innovation in higher education teaching and learning in key priority areas; and $1.5 million for 11 OLT fellowships which will lead change to improve graduate … [Read more...]

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TDA National Conference

09/06/2015 by
TDA Conf 2015

……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The theme of the 2015 TAFE Directors Australia conference is Inspire. …………………………………………………………………………………….......…… The conference will explore a range of topics, including fostering industry engagement, market approach to vocational education and training, quality and capability, higher education in TAFE- mission creep?, Internationalising vocational education qualifications, vocational education and training pedagogy and servicing regional communities  A highlight of this year’s TDA Conference will be the Sino-Australian VET Forum, involving a delegation of 80-100 Chinese vocational education and training officials from Eastern China. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Higher education policy, International, Notices, TAFE, TAFE Directors Australia, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , ,

Teaching and learning excellence could be budget loser

11/05/2015 by

Universities Australia    |    11 May 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Universities Australia (UA)  has expressed dismay at media reports  flagging substantial cuts to the Department of Education and Training including through the possible abolition of the Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) Advisory Committee and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Advisory Council (ATSIHEAC). …………………………………………………………………………………….......……  UA chief Belinda Robinson says the university sector has not been consulted in relation to any proposed changes and will strongly oppose any moves to downgrade the government's commitment to teaching and learning excellence in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Commonwealth policies, Higher education policy, Teaching & learning, universities, Universities Australia Tagged With: , , , , ,

The first School in the Cloud opens

02/01/2014 by
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2 January 2014 ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Located inside George Stephenson High School in Killingworth, England, this one-room learning lab is a space where students can embark on their own learning adventures, exploring whatever questions most intrigue them. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Students even … [Read more...]

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Catch Up

27/11/2013 by

TAFEs claim funding cuts will cost jobs and millions  The Age      |    23 November 2013 Victorian TAFEs expect to lose millions of dollars and the education union is forecasting hundreds of redundancies in response to further Victorian state government changes to course subsidies.  But the government insists it has not cut overall funding and is moving to stop rorting in the training sector.  Kangan Institute chief executive Grant Sutherland told staff in an email the changes would result in an estimated $9.2 million reduction in revenue for next year.  This is clearly a substantial reduction and budgets across the institute are currently being reworked to take into account this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Canberra University, Coalition policies, Commonwealth policies, CQUniversity, Government, Higher education policy, Quality audits, TAFE, Teacher training, TEQSA, Uncategorized, University of Canberra, VET Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , ,

A quiet revolution in teaching

07/11/2013 by
Professor Margaret Gardner

At a time of some debate about the quality of university education, RMIT vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner says there has been a 'quiet revolution' in university teaching which has seen a steady but significant improvement since the mid-1990s. There has been much recent comment about the quality of university education and it is a topic worthy of more debate.  As we debate, we should recognise that a quiet revolution has occurred in Australian universities beneath the publicity about MOOCS and world rankings. This revolution is seen in the steady but significant improvement in university teaching since the mid-1990s. There have been improvements in various measures, ranging from the … [Read more...]

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ANU to review tutorial phase out

08/08/2013 by

Canberra Times    |   6 August 2013 The Australian National University has agreed to review its decision to cancel tutorials in its College of the Arts and Social Sciences CASS), following widespread opposition from undergraduates and postgraduates as well as the National Tertiary Education Union. Students within the college were informed last Wednesday (31 July)  an executive decision had been made to phase out tutorials in favour of large interactive workshops and forums with CASS Associate Dean Royston Gustavson saying: Such a model reconfigures current contact hours in a way that is intended to have a positive educational impact. Such forums/workshops are typically run by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Industrial relations, National Tertiary Education Union, Teaching & learning Tagged With: , , ,
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