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education links e-news on higher education[ background ] [ index ] [ previous issues ] [ subscribe ] Issue 05Quality assurance in higher educationAn international conference on quality assurance in higher education is being held in Bangalore, India this week. The conference was arranged by the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) in association with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India. The conference will provide a valuable opportunity to present the latest developments in Australia’s quality assurance framework for higher education. It comes at a particularly good time in the history of Australia’s relationship with India in education, as the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development is considering policy to regulate the delivery of education in India by foreign universities. The main theme of the conference is Quality, Standards and Recognition with four sub-themes:
Professor Paige Porter, Executive Dean, International Relations at the University of Western Australia, Professor Dean Forbes, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, International at the Flinders University of South Australia and Dr Tom Karmel from the Higher Education Division in the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA) are attending the conference and presenting papers on the Australian higher education quality assurance framework. Further information on the conference is available at: www.enigma.vsnu.nl/inqaahe/conference2001.htm Research Infrastructure Block GrantsIn Backing Australia’s Ability – An Innovation Action Plan for the Future, the Government announced that it would provide substantial additional funding to universities through the Research Infrastructure Block Grants (RIBG) Scheme. Funding for university infrastructure provides support for those ‘overhead’ resources essential for delivering high quality research and training projects or programmes. It includes:
This initiative will maintain current levels of infrastructure support for Australian Competitive Grants (ACGs)—approximately 20 cents of RIBG funding for each ACG dollar. RIBG assists the successful completion of ACG projects by contributing to the ‘overhead’ expenses which are not covered through the ACG itself. ACGs are research grants provided by a range of Commonwealth and other agencies. The grants are allocated through competitive selection processes which meet criteria determined by DETYA. ACGs include National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Research Council grants, which are receiving substantial funding increases through the Innovation Action Plan and other Government initiatives. The additional RIBG funding arising from the Innovation Action Plan will be:
www.dest.gov.au/highered/research/ribgs.htm Science lectureshipsWouldn’t it be good if universities could:
Universities and their industry partners, and a number of other peak organisations are doing this now through the 28 projects funded through the Science Lectureships Initiative. Have a look at some of the websites to see the range of projects: publications and websitesDue out soonThe Emergence of Entrepreneurial Public Universities in Australia The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Public Universities in Australia is the text of a paper presented to the Institutional Management in Higher Education General Conference of the OECD in September 2000. The paper traces the policy settings and organisational changes associated with the growth of self-earned income by Australian public universities since the mid-1980s. Two phases of university–state interaction are observed, the first pulling away from traditional academic orientations; the second pushing towards stronger market influences. Shifts in the composition of earned income are described. Key features are outlined regarding changes to the orientation and organisation of universities in their transformation as commercially managed enterprises, contributors to the national innovation system and producers of graduates with explicitly defined capabilities. Several environmental factors influencing the form of universities are discussed together with some features of the strategic responses of leading universities. Finally, observations are made on changes emerging in university–state relations. The Australian Higher Education Quality Assurance FrameworkThe Australian Higher Education Quality Assurance Framework provides an overview of quality assurance in the Australian higher education sector. It begins by considering the development of higher education quality assurance in Australia, particularly through the 1990s before outlining Australia’s current multi-faceted quality assurance framework. It covers the various roles of the higher education sector, the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments, as well as two joint Government initiatives: the Australian Qualifications Framework and the Australian Universities Quality Agency. favourites
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