Increased financial support leads to fewer deferrals

17/12/2013 by
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ACER News      |     17 December 2013 Analysis by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) reveals that, while there has been a substantial decline in the proportion of university deferrals in Victoria since student financial support has been increased, location and socioeconomic status continue to play a role in restricting access to higher education. _____________________________________________________ In the latest ACER Joining the Dots research briefing, Principal Research Fellows Drs Sheldon Rothman and Daniel Edwards use data from Victoria’s annual post-school transitions survey to explore the extent to which deferral rates have changed since 2008, and the … [Read more...]

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Coates appointed to lead CSHE

04/12/2013 by
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4 December 2013 Hamish Coates has been appointed to the  Chair of Higher Education at The University of Melbourne’s influential Centre for the Study of Higher Education, succeeding Simon Marginson. A specialist in assessment and evaluation, Coates focuses on improving the quality and productivity of learning, academic work and leadership.  Coates says he welcomes the opportunity to contribute to CSHE’s research and professional development: Universities have never been more important for our future, yet funding is tight and complexities abound. In coming years we’ll lead R&D that creates new value for higher education, helping to further build Melbourne as an international … [Read more...]

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Latest PISA results ‘cause for concern’

04/12/2013 by
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ACER News    |     3 December 2013   Australian mathematics and reading achievement in decline    |     Significant gaps in student achievement by gender, Indigenous status, location and wealth  A report released  by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) reveals the mathematics and reading skills of Australian 15-year-olds have slipped backwards over the past decade.  Releasing the report, PISA 2012: How Australia measures up, ACER’s Director of Educational Monitoring and Research, Dr Sue Thomson said, Despite still performing above the OECD average, Australia’s backwards slide in achievement shows that there is some cause for concern. The 2012 Programme for … [Read more...]

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Low literacy and numeracy skills hurt Australians and the economy

18/10/2013 by
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ACER News   |  9 October 2013 The existence of large numbers of Australians with low literacy and numeracy skills has a negative impact on individuals, the economy and productivity, according the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Results from the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) have been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Developed with the support of ACER, the study assessed people aged 15-74 years in 25 countries in terms of proficiency in literacy, numeracy and problem-solving in a technology-rich environment. David Tout, Senior Research Fellow at ACER and a member of the Numeracy Expert Group for … [Read more...]

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ACER Higher Education Update – August 2013

21/08/2013 by
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Features Taking higher education assessment from the boutique to eBay The move to massive open online courses reflects the shift of higher education to an eBay approach to curriculum and teaching, but assessment remains a boutique enterprise, as Hamish Coates explains. Growing attainment in higher education Australia has seen significant growth in university enrolments in recent years, with private providers contributing to national aims of increasing attainment, as Daniel Edwards explains. Profiling the diversity of Australian universities A … [Read more...]

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More Australians relocating to study

19/07/2013 by
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ACER Media    |      15 July 2013 Australian students have become increasingly more likely to relocate for university during this century and are more mobile than the general population, according to a new analysis of Census data by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). In the latest ACER Joining the Dots research briefing, Principal Research Fellow Dr Daniel Edwards and ACER Research Fellow Eva van der Brugge tracked the movement of domestic undergraduate university students using the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2006 and 2011 Census of Australian Population and Households, to identify the residential location of students at the time of and five years prior to … [Read more...]

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Profiling exercise provides new perspectives on Australian higher education

25/06/2013 by
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Research by the LH Martin Institute and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has produced a multi-dimensional profile of every Australian university. Inspired by the European Commission’s U-Map and U-Multirank projects, the research team used data from numerous publicly available sources to present visual maps, or ‘sunbursts’, of each university’s activities and performance in the dimensions of teaching and learning, student profile, research involvement, knowledge exchange and international orientation. Professor Leo Goedegebuure, Director of the LH Martin Institute and one of the project’s researchers, stressed that the profiles are not another attempt to rank … [Read more...]

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The Scan Main Edition 4 April 2013

04/04/2013 by
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# 112 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Universities call for red tape to be cut A typical Australian university in 2011 spent almost a million dollars in meeting not even half of the reporting obligations of just one government department according a PhillipsKPA report, Review of Reporting Requirements for Universities, commissioned by the (then) Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE).   Universities together allocated around 66,000 staff days and $26 million in 2011 to meeting just 18 of 46 reporting requirements.  Universites Austalia chief Belinda Robinson … [Read more...]

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ACER HE Update

04/04/2013 by

 ACER   |    March 2013 rd Edition eleven of ACER's Higher Education Update reviews ACER's contributions to: Assessing learning Enriching student experiences Monitoring trends Evaluation and development Testing Together International meeting to advance the agenda of collaborative assessment of graduate competency in the professions 2-3 May 2013 University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia Visit website … [Read more...]

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The Scan Main Edition 28 March 2013

28/03/2013 by
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# 111 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Students give unis a tick A survey of 110,000 university students at campuses across the country has found found 80% rate their overall experience as "good" or "excellent", with all key demographic groups reporting consistent satisfaction.  However, more than half of those surveyed believe paid work affected their study. And a majority of Australian students say support services are irrelevant to their needs.....[READ MORE].... Emerson endorses expanded uni access New education portfolio minister Craig Emerson has endorsed Labor’s massive expansion of university … [Read more...]

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