Professor Joanne Wright has been elected chair of the AUQA board. Wright, is deputy vice-chancellor and vice-president academic at the University of South Australia. Her previous roles include pro vice-chancellor: education, the University of Sussex, and dean of the Faculty ...
More »Mr Terry Werner has been elected deputy chair of the AUQA board.
Werner is currently director of Higher Education and Legislative Review in the Western Australian Department of Education Services (DES), a portfolio that encompasses the school, VET and higher education sectors. He held various lecturing positions at Curtin University, the University ...
More »Dr George Brown has been appointed to the AQUA board.
Dr George Brown has been appointed to the AQUA board by its members having been elected by the non self-accrediting institutions. Brown has been group academic director at Think: Education Group in since 2007, a private provider that offers a ...
More »Appointment of new audit director at AUQA
Dr Leonard Webster has taken up a position as an audit director with AUQA. Webster has experience in teaching and learning in higher education in areas of quality development, eLearning, distance education, educational development research, educational strategic policy and planning, ...
More »Swinburne announces new vice-chancellor
Swinburne University of Technology has appointed its third vice-chancellor and president, Professor Linda Kristjanson. Currently deputy vice-chancellor, Research and Development at Curtin University, Kristjanson’s international career includes a distinguished research track record and significant strategic leadership roles. Announcing the appointment, ...
More »Melbourne appoints first director of Australia India Institute
The University of Melbourne has appointed one of India’s leading thinkers and writers on international relations, Professor Amitabh Mattoo, as the inaugural director of the Australia India Institute. Mattoo is a professor of disarmament studies at the Centre for International ...
More »Certainty on self-accreditation a must for universities in TEQSA law
It's almost there but not quite, stakeholders will tell government as they respond to national regulator proposals. By Annette Blackwell. A sticking point for universities as negotiations continue with the government on the soon-to-be-introduced Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency ...
More »ERA “not” arbitrary or anti-academic
The launch of the inaugural ERA national report has generated much discussion in recent weeks. I expect nothing less. Good public policy stems from a robust, respectful and open exchange of information. Good research is no different. And that is ...
More »Survey finds growing awareness of pathways between VET and higher education
Resistance to TAFE students coming into university courses often comes from staff not from the university hierarchies. By Annette Blackwell. There is a growing awareness among students of articulation and credit transfer opportunities between the vocational education and training sector ...
More »Problems with Melbourne’s new-generation curriculum ‘sorted’
As part two of the Melbourne model gets under way, the university that pioneered it is breathing easier. By Annette Blackwell. The University of Melbourne has made changes to its new-generation undergraduate curriculum after satisfaction ratings from the first cohort ...
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