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The Real Academic Revolution : Why We Need To Reconceptualise Australia's Future Workforce, And Eight Possible Strategies For How To Go About This, Hamish Bennett Coates, Leo Goedegebuure
The Real Academic Revolution : Why We Need To Reconceptualise Australia's Future Workforce, And Eight Possible Strategies For How To Go About This, Hamish Bennett Coates, Leo Goedegebuure
Professor Hamish Coates
Academic work and its associated profession make substantial contributions to the socio-economic development of Australia. But rarely is the work or the profession itself front-page news. This needs to change, partly because of the growing significance of academic work, and partly because of diverse pressures facing universities and its professional workforce. The growing significance of the academic profession is juxtaposed, almost in perfect counterpoint, by its shrinking capacity.
Building Research And Learning Capacity, Hamish Bennett Coates
Building Research And Learning Capacity, Hamish Bennett Coates
Professor Hamish Coates
This edition of the Higher Education Update reports on ACER’s work to assist institutions and systems measure learner and graduate capability, plan the research workforce, set and monitor educational standards, and design system-wide policies. A story in this update reports on national research on the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) that demonstrated the test’s capacity to identify whether people have the ability to succeed in higher education. The Higher education update is published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Improving Higher Education Through Research, Hamish Bennett Coates
Improving Higher Education Through Research, Hamish Bennett Coates
Professor Hamish Coates
This edition provides an overview of areas such as selecting students for success; selecting and attracting international students; engaging and retaining students; developing the academic workforce; and quality standards and outcomes. It seeks to stimulate reflection on how people engage with study – reporting findings from the most extensive study yet of undergraduate students, and how we can design and implement new approaches to quality assurance and improvement. The Higher education update is published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).