...moving beyond the status-quo
I have just been to the Association of University Administrators Conference at the University of Warwick where there was much discussion about changing academic and administrative roles in universities and higher education. The discussion about terminology for administrators is continuing, largely based at the conference about professionalism and the need to change the phrase used [...]
A new report published under the auspices of the Australian Learning and Teaching Committee on academic leadership provides a detailed view of the views of, and issues and challenges facing academic leaders today. The publication discusses competencies and capabilities required by academic leaders, and the need to focus on effective change management.
I wrote this after attending a university management conference where it struck me that we haven’t yet got our heads around what is going on in universities today. It’s a long post, so bear with me. At this conference, retiring registrars describe how many more students and staff universities have now, and call for the [...]
I’ve just returned from the Australian Universities Quality Forum where we had some exceptional keynote addresses. One that stands out in my mind is that of Bob Zemsky, Chair of the Learning Alliance in the USA. A great keynote and we got to hear some of back room activities of the Spellings Commission, of which [...]
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