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: , , ,

Open Higher Education Markets in the UK: an Opportunity or Threat for Further Education Colleges?

23/07/2013 by
register

6.00-8.00pm, Wednesday 28 August 2013 LH Martin Institute Level 1, 715 Swanston Street, Carlton (Melbourne) Refreshments available. The English government has introduced funding changes that, among other things, make it possible for further education colleges to access public funding for higher education programs. Up until recent years, further education colleges relied on universities to accredit and fund their higher programs. They are now less reliant on universities for funding and can compete with them for students, if they choose to do so. In this seminar, leaders of the further education sector, John Widdowson and Amarjit Basi, will discuss the opportunities and threats that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conferences, Higher education policy, LH Martin Institute, Teaching & learning Tagged With: , , , , ,

Campus Review 21 July 2013

23/07/2013 by

This is Campus Review's own summary of lead items in its online edition. As Campus Review is a subscription service, you or your organisation need to have a subscription to Campus Review to view the full article. All non subscribers to Campus Review can have access to a free online trial offer provides free online access to the website for 28 days. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Make teacher quality a main priority Universities that perform better in research do not necessarily provide better teaching, a new report by the Grattan Institute argues. The report, taking university teaching seriously, says that as higher education … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Campus Review, Commonwealth policies, Grattan Institute, Higher education policy, International, Qualifications, Teaching & learning, Tertiary media, universities Tagged With: , , , , ,

Uni teaching needs to be taken seriously: Grattan

22/07/2013 by
andrew_norton

Grattan Institute    |     21 July 2013 The Commonwealth Government should create teaching- focused positions in universities as part of a national effort to raise the quality of teaching in higher education, a new Grattan Institute report proposes.  Taking university teaching seriously argues that as higher education enrolments expand toward 40% of young people, much more attention needs to be given to how students learn. According to the report, student surveys suggest that Australian students rate the quality of university teaching less highly than do their American counterparts.   Australians rarely report being pushed to do their best work, are often not actively participating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grattan Institute, Higher education policy, Teaching & learning Tagged With: , ,
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