[LINK] Future of higher education in the UK and Australia

[Tom Worthington]

Professor Paul Ramsden, Chief Executive of the UK Higher Education
Academy, will suggest changes to how universities plan courses and
reward teaching staff in Canberra on 3 December 2009 (invitation appended).

Much of what Professor Ramsden is proposing appears to have already been 
adopted by the Australian National University has with its flexible 
courses, such as my Green Information Technology Strategies (COMP7310): 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/technology/it/apec_climate_change/>.

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ANU Teaching Forum

Seminar

The Future of Higher Education - Teaching and the Student Experience

Professor Paul Ramsden
Chief Executive, The Higher Education Academy, UK

Thursday 3 December, 1-2pm
The Tank, Haydon Allen Lecture Theatre, Building 23, ANU, Canberra

A light lunch will be served preceding the lecture from 12pm,
Seminar from 1pm.

Please email RSVP to: andrea.benson at anu.edu.au by Friday 27
November and include any dietary requirements for lunch

To be introduced by Professor Lawrence Cram, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
and Vice-President of The Australian National University

     This talk is based on Professor Paul Ramsden's contribution to the
forthcoming framework for higher education in England. It will examine
the quality of teaching and learning in UK higher education in the light
of recent critical comment in the media and parliament, and consider the
kinds of experiences that will enable graduates in the UK and Australia
to contribute to the world of the future. He will identify some key
drivers in the process, including recognition of teaching, curriculum
change, and the need for a different relationship between students and
universities.
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ps: Professor Ramsden's paper "The Future of Higher Education - Teaching 
and the Student Experience" is available online:
<http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/policy/paulramsden_teaching_and_student_experience.doc>.



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