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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Biofeedback Research
URL: http://www.adhdresearch.info
Category: Higher Education issues
PhD. candidate Krestina Amon is conducting research at The University of Sydney, on "Exploring the use of biofeedback video games to help children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder". This website is used to recruit voluntary participants for the study, provide AD/HD research on important topics, and connect AD/HD families from around the globe.
Australia's Universities Semester Dates (Universities Australia)
URL: http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/...mester_dates/index.htm
Category: Higher Education issues
Semester dates for each Australian University as supplied by Universities Australia. The semester dates information has been sought by employers of university graduates, embassies, International and Government bodies planning for key events for the higher education sector. In 2002 the AVCC agreed that, given the increasing variety of semester structures being developed in the interests of flexible learning, it would publish as a guide only the AVCC Common Vacation Dates to the Year 2010.
URL: http://www.eportfoliopractice.qut.edu.au/
Category: Higher Education issues
The Australian ePortfolio Project (AeP), funded by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, is a research project being undertaken by four Australian universities: Queensland University of Technology; The University of Melbourne; The University of New England; and University of Wollongong. The project team also draws on a range of international connections to strive to position Australia on the international ePortfolio scene and to help inform the development of relevant strategic policy. The site provides related links and information about relevant events and activities.
Australian Research and Education Network
URL: http://www.dest.gov.au/...tralian_research_and_education_network/
Category: Higher Education issues
Following a comprehensive review of the higher education sector's access to bandwidth and its future requirements, the Australian Government agreed to establish the Australian Research and Education Network (AREN). AREN will extend and upgrade broadband connectivity for the higher education sector and wider research community.
Award naming guidelines and abbreviations
URL: http://www.anu.edu.au/...ocumentation/Degree_Naming_Guideline.pdf
Category: Higher Education issues
This document gives guidelines as to award naming conventions used at the Australian National University. The examples given are illustrative aides of the convention used. It includes degree abbreviations and discipline abbreviations.
URL: http://aei.dest.gov.au/...rnmentActivities/BolognaProcess/default
Category: Higher Education issues
The Bologna Process involves forty-five European countries undertaking a series of reforms in order to achieve greater consistency and portability across their higher education systems. Australian Education International has collated information on the Bologna Process including the paper, 'The Bologna Process and Australia: Next Steps', released by the Minister for Education, Science and Training, on 4 April 2006; as well as a host of useful background materials, including historical declarations and communiques, relevant stocktaking reports and useful links.
DEST - Higher Education - Superannuation
URL: http://www.dest.gov.au/...ing/operating_grants/superannuation.htm
Category: Higher Education issues
The Commonwealth provides supplementary financial assistance to meet additional superannuation expenses over and above the standard level of funding provided for this purpose in the operating grant. Higher education institutions are eligible for supplementary financial assistance in respect of approved State emerging cost schemes. Information about the scheme and the claim form for supplementary funding are provided.
URL: http://aei.dest.gov.au/...ctivities/DiplomaSupplement/default.htm
Category: Higher Education issues
The Diploma Supplement is a European initiative which aims to describe a higher education qualification in an easily understandable way and relate it to the higher education system within which it was issued. The implementation of the Diploma Supplement in Australia would mean Australian awards are more likely to be well understood internationally, increasing Australian graduates' international mobility for further study or employment purposes and sharpening further Australia's competitiveness in the international education export market. The website provides papers on the Diploma Supplement and proposed templates to be further developed.
URL: http://www.adcet.edu.au/edequity/
Category: Higher Education issues
The website, funded by the Department of Education, Science and Training through a Higher Education Innovations Programme Grant, has been developed to provide a central source of information for those working or interested in the area of student equity. Included is information on equity programs at Australian universities and practitioners working in the area, resources relevant to equity target groups, links to national and international equity comissions/organisations, news, conferences, press relearses and reports of national interest.
URL: http://www.heef.deewr.gov.au/EIF
Category: Higher Education issues
The key priorities of the Education Investment Fund (EIF) are capital expenditure and renewal and refurbishment in universities and vocational institutions, as well as in research facilities and major research institutions.
