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Healey, Nigel Martin – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2023
Post-pandemic, there is a growing recognition that higher education needs to take a more proactive role in addressing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals -- the 17 goals for 2030 that aim to balance global economic development with the need to tackle climate change and protect our natural ecosystems. This change of focus has profound…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Cooperation, Institutional Cooperation, Social Justice
Wellings, Paul – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2015
The recent period can only be seen as one of rapid and substantial churn as UK governments have attempted to widen participation, strengthen the national system of innovation and control the direct public costs of higher education. Very similar issues have dominated the debate in Australia. This paper compares the current position of two higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Higher Education, Universities
Raban, Colin; Cairns, David – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2014
The English Funding Council has announced its intention to invite tenders for the contract currently held by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), and the Australian government is promoting a Bill to curb the activities of the equivalent body, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. This article compares the two…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Administrative Principles, Organizational Effectiveness
Shah, Mahsood; Nair, Chenicheri Sid – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2011
International education is the third largest export industry in Australia and is worth almost A$20 billion. The last ten years have witnessed significant growth in both onshore and offshore enrolments of international students in Australian universities. The offshore component of all Australian universities has been subject to scrutiny by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, International Education, Quality Assurance
Palfreyman, David – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2010
The prime feature of the student's legal relationship with his or her university is that it is governed by contract law, and in all other aspects of life such a contract can be reviewed/investigated by the courts in the event of a dispute between the two parties to the contract. In the world of academe, however, the key aspect of the contract (the…
Descriptors: Courts, Higher Education, Student College Relationship, Colleges
Lemass, Brett; Stace, Ray – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2010
It is well recognised in the literature that at most academic institutions teaching is undervalued in status and financial terms when compared to research. This article addresses important issues about how higher education managers and administrators can provide transparent navigation guides to what is deemed to constitute high-quality teaching at…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Models