25 September | John Ross (The Australian) andAndrew Stevenson (Sydney Morning Herald) have been named co-winners of the Minister's Award for Journalism in Education, presented in Sydney on 24 September by the Australian Council of Deans of Education. Joel Werner won the student journalism award for a feature about the competitive pressure facing research scientists. … [Read more...]
UQ joins MOOCs rush
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By Charis Palmer, The Conversation, 24 September 20121 The University of Queensland has become the latest institution to embrace open online learning, committing to offer up to 12 courses in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) format over the next two years. UQ has also entered into discussions with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to explore the benefits of online education for campus-based students. Many universities haven’t responded proactively to a student need for online education said Phil Long, director of UQ’s Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology, meaning class recordings have taken on a role not originally intended. Australia was a first … [Read more...]
You can run but you can’t hide…
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24 September 2012 Australian universities operate a “reverse-Qantas business model”, writes former Macquarie vice-chancellor Steven Schwarz. Qantas makes money on its domestic passengers but loses a fortune on international customers. Universities lose money on domestic students but make it up by charging high fees to international ones. But international student numbers plummeted this year to a five-year low as the high Australian dollar, problems over visa processing and competition from the US have hammered the sector. To assist universities to recruit students, the Australian government has liberalised its visa regime. Similar to the English system, Australian … [Read more...]
Quality and accreditation body goes global
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University World News 19 September 2012 The US-based Council for Higher Education and Accreditation (CHEA) has launched a new international division, called the CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG), arguing that as internationalisation spreads, there is a need for institutions around the world to work together to establish a shared global system of quality assurance. For many years, the role of universities was relatively straightforward – educate the youth and produce original research. But in an increasingly globalised world, tertiary institutions function more as nodes in a much larger global network that involves not only other universities, but a slew of businesses, … [Read more...]
