By Ian Dobson. There are standard and well-accepted statistical approaches for addressing these questions. Similar questions arise in educational and psychological testing settings, for example when many students take an exam consisting of many questions, and the examiners wish to know whether any students performed particularly well or poorly, and also whether questions were particularly difficult or easy. More...
By Ian Dobson. Universities, as large businesses in their own right, are required to have effective academic and business management to ensure successful teaching, research and business-related outcomes. With massification and increased regulation there are considerable numbers of non-academic staff working in Australian and UK universities. More...
By Ian Dobson. In the last four decades, the Australian higher education system has undergone considerable change. Fuelled by a confluence of social, economic and demographic pressures, successive governments have introduced educational policies in Australia that have encouraged greater participation rates in post-secondary education and training, including higher education. More...
By Andrew MacDonald. Today’s Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision to cut weekend penalty rates will have an adverse impact on students’ academic performance, says the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). More...
By Paul Kniest. According to the latest Department of Education and Training International Student Report (see Chart 1) there were 712,884 international students enrolled in Australia education in 2016. Higher education students made up the largest group of students accounting for 43.0% of the total (306,691) followed by vocational education (26.3%) and ELICOS (21.2%). Non-award and school students together accounted for less than 10% of all students. More...
By Jeannie Rea. Staff and students and community of Victoria University were stunned to realise, as they read of the awful anti-Islamic and anti-gay commentary at the Q Society fundraiser in Melbourne last Friday night, that the event was at a VU City Campus. More...
By Jeannie Rea. Education International is deeply concerned over the Executive Order signed by President Donald J. Trump on January 27th prohibiting the entry into the United States of Muslim citizens of seven countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The Order directly affects approximately 25,000 people holding student and work visas, and as many as 500,000 people who are permanent legal residents of the United States, including lecturers and researchers. More...
La formation professionnelle est-elle réellement un outil de lutte contre le chômage des jeunes et des adultes ? Une évaluation de l’impact de formations diplômantes financées par la région Paca aboutit à des résultats allant dans ce sens. Deux ans après avoir suivi une formation diplômante, les stagiaires affichent un taux d’emploi nettement supérieur à celui des jeunes et adultes de mêmes caractéristiques n’ayant pas suivi ce type de formation. Pour autant, au terme de ces deux années, les conditions d’emploi des stagiaires ne sont pas meilleures que celles des autres.
By . Back in 2009, King’s College London took the then courageous step to begin an Undergraduate Summer School. It was a leap in the dark and we started from nothing. At the time, the expectation was, quite unsurprisingly, that this was mainly going to be a programme for the North American market to suit their study abroad needs. In that first year our most important course was Shakespeare in London. Much has changed since then. More...
By . There is growing interest, among public sector higher education institutions, in engaging with private sector partners to provide complementary services and expertise, and to share investment and risk. The challenges faced by higher education institutions are creating a new climate for innovative solutions, but there are a number of important considerations for anyone thinking about private-public partnerships (PPPs). More...
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