Current & recent projects
The impact of English language proficiency and workplace readiness on employment outcomes and performance of tertiary international students, co-researchers Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne, Chi Baik, Dr Kieran O’Loughlin, Dr Emmaline Bexley and Associate Professor Graeme Hawthorne, funded by DEEWR.
Internationalising Secondary School Education in Victoria, co-researchers Professor Simon Marginson, Dr Erlenawati Sawir and Nick Stone, funded by DEECD.
University position-taking strategies in the global environment: a cross-country study of the Asia-Pacific region (2008-2011)
ARC Discovery Grant project
Principal Investigator Simon Marginson
Boundary making and strategy making in knowledge-forming organisations (2008-2010)
ARC Discovery Grant project
Principal Investigators Simon Marginson and Mark Considine
Peer Review of Teaching in Australian Higher Education: Resources to support institutions in developing and embedding effective policies and practices (2007-8)
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education - Priority Projects Program
Kerri-Lee Harris, Marcia Devlin, Kelly Farrell, Richard James (CSHE, as lead agency)
Maureen Bell (UW)
Australian University Student Finances 2006
A summary of findings from a national study survey for the Vice-Chancellors' Committee.
Richard James, Emmaline Bexley, Marcia Devlin and Simon Marginson
The Academic's and Policy-Maker's Guides to the Teaching-research Nexus: A suite of resources for enhancing reflective practice (2006-7)
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education - Competitive Grants Program
Kerri-Lee Krause (GU), Sophie Arkoudis (UM), Richard James (UM), & Ros McCulloch (QUT). Contact Claire Jennings (UM) for further information.
Development of a National Diploma Supplement (2007-)
The project is jointly lead by Professor Richard James, Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of Melbourne and Professor Lynn Meek, Director of the Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy (CHEMP) at the University of New England on behalf of a consortium of 14 universities. Professor Grant Harman, University of New England, is the Project Manager. The work is commissioned by DEST.
Disciplinary Cultures and the Quality of University Teaching (2005-2007).
ARC Discovery Grant
Richard James, Kerri-Lee Krause and Gabrielle Baldwin
The emerging educational needs of knowledge economies in the
Asia-Pacific region: implications for Australia (2007-)
Faculty of Education Collaborative Research Initiative
Team leaders: Professors Joseph Lo Bianco (Faculty of Education,
Language and Literacy Education) & Professor Simon Marginson (CSHE)
Administrative Coordinator: Emmaline Bexley (CSHE)
Other group members: Sophie Arkoudis & Erlenawati Sawir (CSHE), Kieran
O’Loughlin and Jane Orton (Faculty of Education)
The Enterprise University as Networked University: Investigating the contribution of Australian higher education institutions to social capital (2003-2007)
ARC Discovery Grant project
Simon Marginson, Australian Professorial Fellow, Catherine Burnheim PhD student
The social and economic security of students in the cross-border education market (2005-2007)
ARC Discovery Grant project
Simon Marginson with Chris Nyland & Gaby Ramia (Monash University), Mike Gallagher (ANU)
Higher Education and Globalisation (2006-2007)
Preparation of an issues paper for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD
Simon Marginson & Marijk van der Wende (Free University of Amsterdam & University of Twente, Netherlands)
Bioassess: Enhancing Assessment in the Biological Sciences (2006-2007)
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education - Priority Projects Program
Project Directors: Kerri-Lee Harris (CSHE) & Kerri-Lee Krause (formerly CSHE - now Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University)
Team members: Dawn Gleeson (University of Melbourne), Mary Peat (University of Sydney) & Charlotte Taylor (University of Sydney)
Project Officer: Robin Garnett (CSHE)
Thematic Review of Tertiary Education: The Netherlands, country note (2006-2007)
Preparation of a report for the OECD
Simon Marginson, Thomas Weko (OECD), Nicola Channon (UK), Terttu Luukkonen (Finland) & Jon Oberg (USA)
Teaching International Students: Strategies to Enhance Learning (2006)
Indigenous Peoples' Participation in VET
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) (2005-2006).
Richard James
Longitudinal Evaluation of the STAR Peer Tutoring Programme (2005-2006)
Social Ventures Australia & AMP Youth Boost. Murdoch University
Kerri-Lee Harris
The Preparation of Mathematics Teachers in Australia: Meeting the demand for suitably qualified mathematics teachers in secondary schools (2005-6)
Australian Council of Deans of Science
Kerri-Lee Harris and Felicity Jensz
Tertiary education and social capital in Victoria: the effects of the new economy courses in Business and IT (2003-2005)
ARC Linkage Grant project
Simon Marginson & Leesa Wheelahan (Griffith University)
Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching: Development of criteria and guidelines (2005)
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Kerri-Lee Harris, Kerri-Lee Krause, Richard James, Leanne Howard and Robin Garnett
Recommendations for the Management of an Expanded Program of Awards for University Teaching (2005)
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Richard James, Kerri-Lee Krause, Kerri-Lee Harris, Leanne Howard and Robin Garnett
Who's Teaching Science? Meeting the Demand for Qualified Science Teachers in Australian Secondary Schools (2004-5).
Australian Council of Deans of Science
Kerri-Lee Harris, Felicity Jensz and Gabrielle Baldwin
The First Year Experience in Australian Universities: Findings from a Decade of National Studies (2005)
A project funded by the Higher Education Innovation Programme, Department of Education, Science and Training.
Kerri-Lee Krause