Greater educational opportunities for disabled students are likely to result from a new international partnership involving Australia’s Global Access Project (GAP). GAP this week joined IBM and Nuance Communications (the creators of Dragon NaturallySpeaking software) as the third industry partner in the Liberated Learning Consortium (LLC)...
SOME NEW BIG IMPROVERS – CHARLES DARWIN NOW IN TOP 10! The following data and insights are based on the scored components of the 2015-16 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Following last week’s high level summary of the major changes for Australian university rankings, below is...
There are three essential and clearly recognised elements involved in the international student decision-making process – choosing a country, choosing a course, and choosing an institution. Universities and other education providers channel most of their marketing efforts into promoting their institutions and, to a certain extent,...
The following data and insights are based on high-level summary of the 2015-16 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Expanded insights will be published in the next 24 hours allowing a deeper analysis of component metrics. Key highlights from this latest data are: Congratulations to UTS for...
News that an extremely small proportion of large Australian businesses collaborate with universities on research and innovation is disappointing and surprising. According to OECD findings cited by The Australian, companies working on new products or services in Australia are less likely to be working with...
Inevitably there has been criticism from certain quarters about the decision of the formerly named University of Western Sydney to change its title to Western Sydney University. So what’s in a name? Well, quite a lot actually. The blunt reality for higher education institutions is...
HECG has been banging on for many a month about the need for universities and colleges to put the student at the centre of the learning experience: not the professor/lecturer/tutor/technological gizmos, but the individuals in the classroom. As we’ve said before, those universities that best...
Yves Morieux, the uber-insightful senior partner and director of the Boston Consulting Group’s Institute for Organization, is an expert in how overarching changes in company structures can improve motivation for all who work there – he calls this approach “Smart Simplicity.” A recent brilliant speech...
Imagine this: you are an 18-year-old student in Beijing with plans to study at a university somewhere in Australia. You haven’t yet decided where that “somewhere” will be, but at the local student recruitment fair it seems every higher education institution in the world is...
The 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities was released over the weekend. In 2014, HECG analysis determined exact positions for universities ranked below 100 and reported the impressive net improvement of 246 places for the 20 Australian universities included the World Ranking of 500 universities. In...