Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs
Office of the Vice-President for Learning Innovation
Office of the Vice-President for Learning Innovation
Papers of relevance to the work of the Education Committee
- Big time: welcome to the age of 'mass access' worldwide
- Extreme makeover: the University of Hong Kong has rebuilt its university from the ground up
- From where I sit: discerning palates
- The CHERPA Network wins a European tender to develop a multi-dimensional global ranking of universities
- CHERPA Network based in Europe wins tender to develop alternative global ranking of universities
- The Spaces Between Numbers: Getting International Data on Higher Education Straight (Institute for Higher Education Policy)
- European Economy – Economic Papers 390, November 2009, EU Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs – Study on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Spending on Tertiary Education
- Bradley report – Review of Australian Higher Education, 17 December 2008
- Higher Ambitions: the future of universities in a knowledge economy (UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, November 2009) – Executive Summary
- Report of Engineers Ireland Task Force on Education of Mathematics and Science and Second Level
- IUA response to proposal to award bonus points for Higher Level Leaving Certificate Mathematics (2008)
- Irish Independent article on bonus points for Mathematics
- Warning: 'take care or risk reputation abroad'
- Border Agency 'unwavering' over research postgraduates
- Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education: an Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance
- Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education: an Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance (executive summary)
- In the Mix: BAs Benefit from the PhD Example (/Times Higher Education/, 9 September 2010)
- Playing to our Strengths: the Role of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Implications for Public Policy
- Meeting of minds on many matters: Academy's challenges feature among wide-ranging, myth-popping debates.
- Bad news travels slow: Delays to a report on the future of Irish education have fuelled unease over its proposals
- Browne's plans to support part-timers do not mesh with reality, Vice-Chancellor claims
- Review's quality drive branded 'dangerous'
- Mega-quango would control funding, access, quality and student issues
- Student challenges degree (3rd item down)
- Must do better: HEA chief calls for teaching 'licence' to end inconsistencies
- IBEC Education and Skills Survey 2010
- National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030
- Better Literacy and Numeracy for Young People: A Draft National Plan to Improve Literacy and Numeracy in Schools (November 2010)
- Supporting Academic Integrity: Approaches and Resources for Higher Education (The Higher Education Academy JISC Academic Integrity Service)
- Size matters to students' grades: research indicates that packed classes reduce academic attainment
- The future of higher education: how technology will shape learning. (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2008)
- Collaborate to compete: seizing the opportunity of online learning for UK higher education
- Guidance for higher education providers on current and future skills needs of enterprise
- Hesa shows student body to be broader and stronger
- Research
Committee Report to Academic Council May 2010