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INDEPENDENT HIGHER EDUCATION – THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Posted on31 Dec 2019

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As 2019 quickly comes to an end, I would like to take stock of the main issues that have impacted on the independent higher education...

Are you ready?

Posted on29 Nov 2019

Tags#professional development #higher education #regulatory compliance

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In June last year I wrote about the need for the academic staff of higher education providers (HEPs) to meet the three requirements of Standard...

Why don’t higher education academics need to be trained to teach?

Posted on09 Sep 2019

Tags# professional development #higher education

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One of the underlying fundamentals of our entire education system is that those who teach are trained as professional educators. For example, in early childhood...

Let’s celebrate those who graduate

Posted on16 Aug 2019

Tagsgraduation, Higher Education, scholarship

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HELI is proud to announce that its first cohort of students recently completed their course. All the students who started the course back in July...

Calling out the elephant in the room

Posted on11 Jun 2019

TagsHigher Education, professional development

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Adjunct Associate Professor Kym Fraser from Swinburne University of Technology has done an admirable job in calling out the elephant in the room with her...

Do you know what your partner is up to?

Posted on09 May 2019

TagsHigher Education, scholarship, TEQSA

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Some would say It has been a while coming, but TEQSA has recently placed conditions on an Australian university. Not only has Charles Sturt University...

AAT continues to thwart TEQSA decisions

Posted on10 Feb 2019

TagsHigher Education, regulation, TEQSA

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It is interesting to note that the 4 most recent approvals of new independent higher education providers (iHEPs) were as a result of intervention by...

Independent Higher Education – the year in review

Posted on18 Dec 2018

TagsIndependent higher education

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2018 was another year where independent higher education providers (iHEPs) fought hard to consolidate their important place in the Australian higher education sector. Here...

Do your academic staff meet the standard?

Posted on17 Jun 2018

TagsHigher Education, online learning, professional development

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The current Higher Education Standards Framework (HESF2015) requires all HE academic staff to meet three requirements: Knowledge of their discipline informed by continuing scholarship; Skills...