Policy and Research
The final specifications for the 2008 Research Quality Framework (RQF) have been released. The RQF Submission Specifications and the RQF Technical Specifications provide Australian universities with rules and guidance for submitting research for assessment under the RQF.
The RQF Submission Specifications and the RQF Technical Specifications are available at www.dest.gov.au/research/rqf.
The membership of the 13 assessment panels for the Research Quality Framework (RQF) has been selected. The assessment panels will assess the Evidence Portfolios of Research Groups submitted by higher education providers as part of the RQF assessment process in 2008, and will award a rating for quality and impact.
Each Panel comprises 12 members representing higher education providers, industry, business, government and community organisations and the international research sector.
A full list of the RQF Assessment Panel members is available from the media release.
The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP announced the successful providers of Summer Schools and called for teacher applications for the 2008 Australian Government Summer Schools for Teachers initiative.
Up to 1,000 of Australia’s best teachers will have the opportunity to attend an all expenses paid ten day residential course to enhance their training in one of five areas, literacy and numeracy, English, mathematics, science and Australian history.
This publication contains adjusted financial statements for higher education providers (HEPs) for the 2006 reporting period. The data was extracted from audited financial statements and provided to the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) in 2007. The adjusted financial statements are presented in a format similar to that outlined in the Department’s Financial Statement Guidelines for Australian Higher Education Providers for the 2006 Reporting Period.
The use, learning and transfer of workplace numeracy skills, as well as current understandings of the term numeracy, are examined in this study. It also highlights the importance of numeracy as an essential workplace skill. The report challenges the training system and training organisations to provide numeracy training which makes links directly to workplace contexts as well as to mathematical concepts.
This study examined non-accredited community language, literacy and numeracy provision in Australia. A diverse range of providers assist many adults who do not need or cannot yet cope with accredited training. Growth in self-confidence appears as important as development of literacy and numeracy skills, with teachers and tutors playing a key role in this.
SBS will receive $2.5 million in Australian Government funding to assist with comprehensive national coverage of World Youth Day. World Youth Day is the largest youth event in the world and aims to gather young people from around the world and build bridges of friendship and hope between continents, peoples and cultures.
The SBS coverage will include:
- comprehensive live TV coverage of major World Youth Day events and services
- ‘Live Sites’ in capital cities across the country
- radio coverage including ‘in-language’ coverage
- significant online coverage and related activities
- the acquisition and commissioning of additional television content for broadcast before, during and immediately after World Youth Day, focusing on programming by, for and about youth.
A summary of a collection of strategies to assist organisations overcome the challenges of integrating innovative technology into their teaching and training processes has been published. what matters – innovate and integrate reviews research findings, identifies potential obstacles to innovation and outlines steps that can ease the introduction and integration of technology into education and training organisations.
A full copy of the research Innovate and Integrate: Embedding innovative practices can be found at: http://flexiblelearning.net.au/innovateandintegrate
A funding agreement for a new national high speed broadband network has been signed with OPEL Networks, a joint venture between rural group Elders and Optus. The OPEL network will deliver high-speed broadband to rural households and small businesses at comparable to the competitive prices enjoyed by metropolitan Australians.
The national government has provided funding of $7.6 million for 11 innovative projects that will support universities to diversify and to provide high quality education.
These projects, funded through the Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund (CASR), will promote structural reform in higher education and encourage stronger links between universities and industry, business, the local community, education and training providers.
A list of the successful projects is included in the media release. Further information on CASR is available at http://www.dest.gov.au/casr
You can now access catalogues for Indigenous and Early years online curriculum content developed by The Le@rning Federation (TLF) from the website.
The Indigenous catalogue is a sample of online curriculum content with an Indigenous perspective, or contains Indigenous content. It illustrates the range of material developed by TLF and available for free to all schools in Australia and New Zealand.
The Early Years catalogue contains learning objects designed to support teaching and learning in the early years of schooling. It includes the curriculum areas of Mathematics and numeracy, Science, Studies of Australia and Business and enterprise.
For more information on how to access TLF online curriculum content please get in touch with your contact liaison officer.
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