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Higher Education Resources
Australian University Students Study Guide and Resources
This website provides links to higher education resources of general interest to Australian university students.
Oz Uni Student is a network for promoting and facilitating the development and dissemination of resources for learning development in the higher education sector. We aim to support the development of such resources as well as conduct and disseminate research into the use and effectiveness of learning development strategies and materials.
General & Gateways
Australian
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations – Lead government agency providing national leadership in education and workplace training
- Higher Education – EdNA’s higher education site
- Higher Education Latest News
- Education Portal – Australian Government portal for education
- Higher Education Links
- Indigenous Online Network – Indigenous resources in and for the Australian higher education sector
International
- BUBL Information Service – UK forum for the higher education community
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education – abstracts publications and links to world-wide resources
- Google (Open Directory Project) Higher Education – Web Directory linked to superb search engine
- Higher Education Links List (HELL) – selective directory of annotated resources for educators, researchers and graduates
- Higher Education Resource Hub – “information resources in the field of higher education throughout the world”
- International and Comparative Education – WWW Virtual Library
- NISS Information for Education – UK higher and further education
- Yahoo Higher Education – Web Directory linked to popular search engine
Universities
Australian
- Universities in Australia – guide arranged by city and state with other information
- Australian University Calendars and Handbooks – web based Australian University Calendars and Handbooks
- Australian University Web Sites
International
- Association of Commonwealth Universities
- American University home pages
- UK Universities and Colleges
- University Web pages Worldwide – (Braintrack University Index)
Professional Bodies
- Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
- Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Australian Academy of Medicine and Surgery
- Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- Australian Association for Research in Education: AARE – fosters educational research in Australia
- Australian Council for Educational Research: ACER – independent organisation working to improve learning
- Australian Council of Deans of Science – “to promote the development of science … in universities throughout Australia”
- Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) – representing and advancing the interests of postgraduate students
- Federation of Australian Scientific & Technological Societies (FASTS)
- HERDSA – Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Research
- Australian-American Educational Foundation – administers the Australian Fulbright Program
- Australian Research Council: ARC – Information about research grants
- ARC Research Networks
This website has been commissioned by the Australian Research Council to provide a platform for discussion and to help strengthen links between networking researchers.
- ARC Research Networks
- Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) Program Directory
- Higher Education Research Data Collection
- Register of Refereed Journals [RTF format, 17 pages]
This list contains the names of journals that have been assessed by DEST as satisfying the refereeing requirements for the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC).
- Register of Refereed Journals [RTF format, 17 pages]
- Essay Editing Australia – Provides essay editing for students and business.
- National Research Priorities Taskforce – The Commonwealth Government as part of Backing Australia’s Ability has embarked on a national research priority setting.
Superannuation
- UniSuper – SSAU and TESS information.
Teaching & Staff Development
- Australian Universities Teaching Committee – “promoting quality and excellence in university teaching and learning in Australia”
- Australian Awards for University Teaching
- DeLiberations – resources for teaching and learning in higher education
- National Council on Open and Distance Education (NCODE) – resources for open, distance and flexible education in the tertiary sector (check out the Pedagogy section in particular)
- ultiBASE – Resources to promote the improvement of tertiary teaching and learning
University Administration
- Association for Tertiary Education Management – administrators/managers working in Australian etc tertiary education
- Australian Council for Educational Administration – professional association for educational administrators
- Australian Higher Education Industrial Association: AHEIA – employer organisation representing Universities
- Australian Vice Chancellors’ Committee: AVCC – peak organisation representing Australian higher education
Newspapers and journals
- Observatory on Borderless Higher Education – track developments in areas such as e-learning, developing markets and international collaboration
- Campus Review Online – newspaper covering higher education in Australia
- The Australian: HigherEd – Higher Education articles from the Australian newspaper
Copyright & Intellectual Property
- Australian Copyright Council Online Information Centre
- Create Change: Reclaiming Scholarly Communication
- Intellectual Property – Commonwealth Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Government
- DEST Higher Education Division Department of Education, Science and Training
- Education Queensland
- Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA)
Courses & Students
- Australian Education International – is an initiative of the Australian Government
- Australian Qualifications Framework: AQF – unifies school, vocational and higher education qualifications
- MBA Connect
- Boarding Schools Australia
- Foundation Year Australia
- EdNA.com – “Australia’s Online Educational Marketplace”
- Study in Australia – “The International Gateway to Australian Education”
- IDP Education Australia – “Australia’s independent, international education organisation”
- Study Online Australia – Guide to Online and Distance Education Programs
- Queensland Studies Authority: Tertiary Entrance – [was TEPA – Tertiary Entrance Procedures Authority]
- Which Course? Which University? – information on higher education courses offered in Australia (DEST formerly DETYA)
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