Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington Teachers’ Seminar Program 8 June 2011 Monash Directions: Leading Change
Dec 19, 2015
Professor Marnie Hughes-WarringtonTeachers’ Seminar Program8 June 2011
Monash Directions:
Leading Change
What is going on in Australian Higher Education?
• Mission-Based compacts– Agreements between the Universities and
Government about the achievement of> Core Federal targets> Self-selected targets
Core Federal Targets• 40% of Australians up to age 35 will complete a degree• 20% of Australians up to age 35 from low
Socioeconomic backgrounds will complete a Degree• New Australian Qualifications Framework• Student Feedback on teaching and university
experience• Graduate Destination Survey• Collegiate Learning Assessment• Displayed on a ‘My University Website’
Leading Change by Knowing your Story
• Why wait?– Experiences, skills, career development
from day 1– Double
Degrees
Make Education Global with Us
• Australia’s only globally-accredited degrees– Google: ‘conversation +
education + truly global’– Global benchmarks for
languages (workshop 1.3)
Learn by Leading: Passport• Co-curriculum and curriculum programs in
– Leadership– Volunteering– Peer assisted learning– Internships
• All of these reflectIndustry demand– Workshop 2.2– Workshop 2.4
Accelerate
• Monash Extension• The Monash Research Track:
– From day 1 researchdegrees
– Workshop 1.6
Anticipating Change: uncapping
• Anticipatory uncapping in undergraduate courses, except Medicine– Eg 40% growth in science enrolments 2006–11– Criteria
> Staff> Learning environments> Pathways> Student learning and satisfaction> Graduate outcomes
Staff
• All new staff undertake education in learning and teaching
• Education-focused staff (teaching and curriculum leaders)– First 100
• Our curriculum is driven by research– Workshop 2.5
Pathways
• DoTS• Vice-Chancellor’s Access
Monash List• Monash Indigenous
Scholarship– Workshop 1.5– Workshop 2.3
Student Learning, Satisfaction and Outcomes
• Traffic lights• Business intelligence• Placements• Graduate Destination Survey (eg Monash
has the best outcomes nationally for low SES students)