The Australian Learning and Teaching Council will work with discipline communities to define academic standards as the higher education sector prepares for the creation of a new regulatory environment. Over 2.5 million dollars will be invested over two years to define standards in learning and teaching through collaboration with the academic community. ALTC News, October 2009
Archive for October, 2009
First national Australia-Latin American leadership program begins in Sydney
A group of 18 of Latin America’s future leaders have joined with their Australian counterparts for a two-week leadership program designed to enhance and strengthen links between Australia and Latin America. This is the first time that a leadership program identifying future Latin American leaders has been held in Australia. The University of Sydney News, 25 September 2009
Come together online, discuss our multicultural society
Australians will have the opportunity to contribute to the growing conversation about our multicultural society by logging onto the Human Rights and Cultural Diversity e-Forum. Through an online community and a variety of portals, the Human Rights and Cultural Diversity e-Forum will enable registered users to choose how they wish to engage with cultural diversity issues – from blogs and closed or open forums, to formal consultation processes. AHRC Media release, 16 October 2009
New uni partnership breaks down barriers to education
International private education provider Kaplan, Inc. and one of Australia’s leading universities, the University of Adelaide, have joined forces to investigate the establishment of a Kaplan University campus in Adelaide. Kaplan and the University of Adelaide have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This partnership will see both universities working together to expand access to high-quality career-oriented educational programs. The University of Adelaide News, 23 September 2009