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Stimulating Aspirations, Engagement And High-Quality Outcomes, Hamish Bennett Coates

Professor Hamish Coates

This fourth edition of ACER’s Higher Education Update samples our recent work on academic standards, on leadership and academic work, on tracking outcomes, and on identifying people who have the talent to succeed. This update reports on a package of survey resources deployed for use by all training providers to assist with quality assurance. An article reviews a recently released discussion paper prepared to stimulate conversation about setting and monitoring academic standards. This edition examines a landmark recent study of the pathways taken by bachelor degree graduates five years after course completion, on work to monitor the supply and demand …