Are VET learning specialists an endangered species, asks John Mitchell. There are nearly 10 times more commercial specialists in the VET sector than specialists in learning and assessment. More pointedly, the number of learning specialists is very low, at 2.4 ...
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Watch this teaching space
The trend towards peer review of teaching is simply a reaction to the current debate on how to assess quality of teaching. It should have been on the agenda years ago, writes David Woodhouse. When I was a dean in ...
More »A majority of young UK women now attend uni
For the first time, a majority of young women inEngland are going to university. 2009 saw a watershed in university participation in the UK. For the first time ever, university entrance figures show that 51 per cent of young women ...
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Build hubs, says Baird
Every capital could have a designated centre where international students can find help, info, friends and a representative voice. The federal, state and territory governments should establish international student hubs where international students can obtain information on services and safety, ...
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