Melbourne Graduate School of Education Centre for the Study of Higher Education

Key External Links

The following websites provide access to information on higher education policy, current awareness and development, and a broad range of resources to support teaching and learning.

 

GOVERNMENT AND POLICY RELATED LINKS

Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC)

Australian Policy Online

Universities Australia

2009 Federal Budget Higher Education Papers

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Higher Education
Includes policy information, reports, updates, statistics and useful links.

Education Network Australia (EdNA) Higher Education
Includes higher education resources, resources and updates.

Learning and Teaching Performance Fund

Our Universities: Backing Australia’s Future
Presents the Federal Government’s blueprint for higher education reform.

Review of Australian Higher Education
Links to the 2008 major review of Australia's higher education system.

World Bank data and research

 

INSTITUTIONS, PROJECTS AND ORGANISATIONS

Australia

Australian Council for Educational Research

Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA)

Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc. (HERDSA)

Learning Designs: Information and Communication Technologies and Their Role in Flexible Learning
Australian University Teaching Committee (AUTC) project that creates generic and reusable resources for academics to use in their own learning settings.

Sessional Teaching Project (University of Queensland for AUTC)
A helpful and practical website for sessional teachers and those supporting them.

Teaching and Educational Development Institute (TEDI, University of Queensland)
Includes links to teaching and learning resources developed by TEDI.

Teaching Large Classes Project (University of Queensland for AUTC)
A useful resource for academics and course coordinators involved in the teaching or management of large classes.

International

Association for the Study of Higher Education, USA

The Boston College Center for International Higher Education

Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, Netherlands

Comparative and International Education Society, USA

Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, Europe

International Educational Policy Institute, Virginia USA, Canada, Australia

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) project on ‘University Futures’

Research and Occasional Papers from the Center for Studies in Higher Education at University of California, Berkeley
Documents include working papers, original research studies, and reflective essays in the higher education filed. Links to full text provided.

Society for Research into Higher Education, UK

UNESCO Higher Education
Links to important UNESCO initiatives, networks and publications in higher education.

 

MEDIA, PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

The Australian Higher Education Supplement

Campus Review

Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (via Library access)

Ranking of Higher Education Institutions (AUQA)
An updated, public version of the AUQA report written for those working in quality assurance in higher education both within Australia and internationally

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Institute of Higher Education, Academic Ranking Of World Universities

Times Higher Education Supplement (via Library subscription)

 

 

 

 

 

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