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Tran, Ly Thi; Nguyen, Diep Thi Bich; Blackmore, Jill; He, Baogang; Vu, Huy Quan – Policy Futures in Education, 2023
Geopolitics is shaping the international education landscape. International education has trationally been used as a tool to boost transnational cooperation, foster multilateral and global ties, and reduce tensions between nations. Such a role has been eroded and international education has been weaponised in the context of escalating political…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Politics, Risk Management
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Fischer, Sarah; Barnes, Robin Katersky; Kilpatrick, Sue – Educational Review, 2019
This paper reviews the literature on best practices to engage parents in order to equip them to support their children's higher education aspirations. Parents from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds, in common with other parents, report that they want "the best" for their children's future. Getting a good education is a part of…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Academic Aspiration, Higher Education, Low Income Groups
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Bebbington, Warren – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The 2020 pandemic experience signals a pivotal opportunity for a transformation in universities, critically through narrowing and sharpening a distinctive mission and aims for each campus. A series of strategies are proposed for university leadership, commencing with a move towards hybrid delivery of teaching and a reconceived support of the…
Descriptors: Leadership, Higher Education, Educational Change, COVID-19
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Mupenzi, Alfred; Mude, William; Baker, Sally – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
While the impacts of COVID-19 on education are yet to be fully realised, the equity implications of pivoting to remote learning are already clear. The decision to close schools exposed significant vulnerabilities in the education system (particularly in the public school system), with equity cohorts particularly disadvantaged (Wilson & Mude,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Refugees, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Beddie, Francesca M. – International Journal of Training Research, 2015
This paper draws on a project examining the binary policy of higher education formulated in Australia in the mid-1960s. Its purpose is to discuss history as a policy tool and research impact. The historical analysis identified several enduring problems--beyond the central matter of funding--in tertiary education: insufficient diversity; obstacles…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Educational History, Foreign Countries
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
In 2009 Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system, in common with so many other areas of public policy and the economy, was preoccupied by the effects of the global economic downturn and, like other sectors, sought to reposition itself to deal with the economic fallout, while anticipating its role in the recovery. Yet, as…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Educational Quality
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Pitman, Tim – Australian Journal of Education, 2012
This article analyses the educational visions put forward by Australian federal politicians in their maiden (first) speeches to Parliament. The theoretical approach was a Habermasian-based analysis of the communication strategies adopted by the politicians, meaning that it was not only the content of the speeches but also the delivery that was the…
Descriptors: Speeches, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Communication Strategies
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Dawson, Shane; Burnett, Bruce; O' Donohue, Mark – International Journal of Educational Management, 2006
Purpose: This paper demonstrates the need for the higher education sector to develop and implement scaleable, quantitative measures that evaluate community and establish organisational benchmarks in order to guide the development of future practices designed to enhance the student learning experience. Design/methodology/approach: Literature…
Descriptors: Community Development, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods
Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; Chang, Dian-Fu, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conferences on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014), and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2014). The International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014) is the scientific conference addressing the real topics as seen by teachers, students, parents and…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Technology, Sustainability