By Ian Dobson (NTEU National Office). Quality assurance policies and practices are critical to the performance of Australian universities both in terms of national funding and international prestige and are redefining the future of the academic enterprise. Quality assurance is not merely the systematic measurement of quality. It is a political and heuristic process, which has significant gendered consequences for academic women in higher education. More...
By Ian Dobson (NTEU National Office). Teaching and learning research since the 1980s has established a trend in students’ learning approach tendencies, characterised by decreasing surface learning and increasing deep learning with increasing age. This is an important trend in higher education, especially at a time of increasing numbers of older students: are we graduating more deep learners? In revisiting these trends, our study elaborates on the past model by using the revised two-factor questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F). More...
By Ian Dobson (NTEU National Office). Providing higher education to offenders in custody has become an increasingly complex business in the age of digital learning. Most Australian prisoners still have no direct access to the internet and relatively unreliable access to information technology. As incarceration is now a business, prisons, like universities, are increasingly subject to economistic pressures and priorities. More...
L'AIU a le plaisir d’annoncer la parution de la 27ème édition du répertoire International Handbook of Universities (2016). Cette édition du Handbook contient des informations sur quelque 18 000 établissements d’enseignement supérieur ainsi que des informations sur les systèmes d’enseignement de plus de 180 pays. Un accès au Portail WHED (Base de données mondiale sur l'enseignement supérieur) de l'AIU est offert pour chaque achat d'un exemplaire du Handbook. Cet accès, qui permet la recherche avancée, l’extraction et l’impression des résultats de recherche, est valide pendant un an à partir de la date de publication du Handbook. Voir l'article...
Le dernier numéro de Higher Education Policy (HEP) vient de sortir et présente 8 articles examinant de divers thèmes. Voir l'article...
The IAU is pleased to announce that the 27th edition of the International Handbook of Universities (2016) has just been released. This latest edition of the Handbook includes information on some 18,000 university-level institutions as well as information on the education systems of over 180 countries. Advanced access to the brand new World Higher Education Database (WHED) Portal (MyWHED) is offered with each purchase. This access, which provides for advanced search options, extraction and printing tools, is valid for one year following publication of the Handbook. More...
This document asks higher education institutions in the UK to provide data on the intake of medical and dental students in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years. More...
This circular letter notifies alternative providers (APs) of the process for quality assuring their Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data using two comparative outputs generated by HEFCE. More...
Unistats is the primary source of official and impartial information to assist prospective students in choosing the right course for them and to support parents, teachers and careers advisers in helping them make that decision. It has received over 1.4 million visits since its launch in 2012, and surveys consistently indicate high levels of satisfaction among visitors. More...
L’éducation des adultes immigrant en France est, plus que jamais, brûlante d’actualité. En 2013, 8,8% (5,8 millions) des personnes résidant sur le territoire français étaient immigrées (soit nées étrangères à l’étranger) et environ 200 000 personnes arrivent chaque année sur notre sol. La question de la formation continue est centrale dans leur parcours d’intégration puisque déterminante pour leurs perspectives d’emploi, d’inclusion sociale, de développement personnel et de participation à la vie démocratique française. Voir l'article...
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