Current & recent projects
2009
Indigenous Academics at the Disciplinary Frontline: Pigeonholed, Peripheral or Pioneering?’ (2009)
Christine Asmar (Chief Investigator) & Susan Page (Macquarie)
Funded by Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
Fellowship Indigenous Teaching and Learning in Australian Universities: Developing Research-based Exemplars for Good Practice (2008-9)
Christine Asmar
Funded by Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC), as a national Teaching Fellowship project.
A travel guide to the disciplines for interdisciplinary teaching and learning (2009)
Clinton Golding
Funded by Melbourne University Learning and Teaching Initiatives Grant
Engaging students in science through university-school partnerships: an independent analysis of the In2science peer mentoring program in Victoria (2009)
Kerri-Lee Harris and Angelito Calma
Commissioned by In2Science Board & Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), Government of Victoria
National study of the first year experience (2009)
Richard James & Claire Jennings
Funded by Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Australian Government.
2008
Enhancing domestic and international student engagement: strategies for influencing attitudes and behaviours (2008-2009)
Sophie Arkoudis (project director), Chi Baik (UM), Shanton Chang (UM), Ian Lang (UM), Kim Watty (UM), Helen Borland (VU), Amanda Pearce (VU) & Josephine Lang (RMIT)
Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) Competitive Grant
CSHE as lead agency
The impact of English language proficiency and workplace readiness on employment outcomes and performance of tertiary international students (2008)
Sophie Arkoudis (project director) with co-researchers Lesleyanne Hawthorne, Chi Baik, Graeme Hawthorne Kieran O’Loughlin, Dan Leach and Emmaline Bexley.
Funded by Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Australian Government.
Internationalising Secondary School Education in Victoria (2008)
Simon Marginson & Sophie Arkoudis (as joint project directors) with co-researchers , Erlenawati Sawir and Nick Stone.
Funded by Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), State Government of Victoria.
University position-taking strategies in the global environment: a cross-country study of the Asia-Pacific region (2008-2011)
Simon Marginson (principal investigator)
ARC Discovery Grant project
Boundary making and strategy making in knowledge-forming organisations (2008-2010)
Principal Investigators Simon Marginson and Mark Considine
ARC Discovery Grant project
Scoping study into participation levels and equity in universities for students from 'low socio-economic backgrounds' (2008)' (report pdf)
Commissioned by Universities Australia
2007
Peer Review of Teaching in Australian Higher Education: A handbook to support institutions in developing and embedding effective policies and practices (2007-8) (website)
Kerri-Lee Harris (project director), Kelly Farrell (UM), Maureen Bell (UW), Marcia Devlin (Deakin) & Richard James (UM)
Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) Competitive Grant - Priority Projects Program
CSHE as lead agency
Proposal for an Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (2007-2008) (website, with links to report)
Professor Richard James (CSHE) and Professor Lynn Meek (CHEMP, UNE) jointly directed this project, on behalf of a consortium of 14 universities.
Commissioned by Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Australian Government.
Choosing to study science, technology and engineering at La Trobe University (2007-2008)
Claire Jennings & Kerri-Lee Harris
Commissioned by La Trobe University
Evaluation of the redesign of First Year Chemistry tutorials (2007-2008)
Chi Baik & Kerri-Lee Harris
Study for the School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne
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)
2006
Australian University Student Finances 2006-2007 (report - pdf)
Richard James, Emmaline Bexley, Marcia Devlin and Simon Marginson
A national survey for Universities Australia.
The Academic's and Policy-Maker's Guides to the Teaching-research Nexus: A suite of resources for enhancing reflective practice (2006-7) (website)
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).
Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) Competitive Grant
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) (website)
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)
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Competitive Grant- Priority Projects Program
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)
Proposed guidelines for the Carrick Fellowship Sheme (2006)
Kerri-Lee Harris & Richard James
Commmissioned by Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
2005
Disciplinary Cultures and the Quality of University Teaching (2005-2007)
Richard James, Kerri-Lee Krause and Gabrielle Baldwin
ARC Discovery Grant
The social and economic security of students in the cross-border education market (2005-2007)
Simon Marginson with Chris Nyland & Gaby Ramia (Monash University), Mike Gallagher (ANU)
ARC Discovery Grant project
Indigenous Peoples' Participation in VET
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) (2005-2006).
Katrina Alford & Richard James
Longitudinal Evaluation of the STAR Peer Tutoring Programme (2005-2006) (report pdf)
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) (report pdf)
Kerri-Lee Harris and Felicity Jensz
Commissioned by Australian Council of Deans of Science
Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching: Development of criteria and guidelines (2005)
Kerri-Lee Harris, Kerri-Lee Krause, Richard James, Leanne Howard and Robin Garnett
Commmissioned by Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Recommendations for the Management of an Expanded Program of Awards for University Teaching (2005)
Richard James, Kerri-Lee Krause, Kerri-Lee Harris, Leanne Howard and Robin Garnett
Commmissioned by Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
2004/2003
Who's Teaching Science? Meeting the Demand for Qualified Science Teachers in Australian Secondary Schools (2004-2005). (report pdf)
Kerri-Lee Harris, Felicity Jensz and Gabrielle Baldwin
Commissioned by Australian Council of Deans of Science
The First Year Experience in Australian Universities: Findings from a Decade of National Studies (2004-2005) (report pdf)
Kerri-Lee Krause, Robyn Hartley, Richard James & Craig McInnes
Funded by the Higher Education Innovation Programme, Department of Education, Science and Training.
The Enterprise University as Networked University: Investigating the contribution of Australian higher education institutions to social capital (2003-2007)
Simon Marginson (Australian Professorial Fellow), Catherine Burnheim (PhD student)
ARC Discovery Grant project
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)