Courses and conferences

Conferences

Assessing Higher Education Performance, 20-21 October, Melbourne

ACER is delighted to be contributing to the upcoming conference Assessing Higher Education Performance, 20-21 October in Melbourne.

The conference discusses major international initiatives in higher education performance assessment and their implications for Australia.

Details and registration at www.lhmartininstitute.edu.au/conferences-and-events

Student Engagement and Experience Conference - 22nd & 23rd November, Novotel on Collins, Melbourne

With TEQSA now in effect as the national regulator for Australian higher education there is discussion about emerging measures of teaching and learning. Universities are well aware of the Government's ambitious participation targets, the imperative this creates for a significant increase in student retention, and the strain this places on student support.

Such developments have brought the intersection between teaching, learning and student engagement to the fore. It is now vital to share strategic insights and discuss challenges around student engagement to further improve the quality of Australian higher education.

This conference will address:

• The impact of the wider reform agenda on projects aimed at improving student engagement
• Debate of the effectiveness of measures and standards of higher education teaching and learning
• Issues with monitoring and strengthening quality student transitions across diverse access pathways
• Institutional strategies to support student cohorts most at risk of high attrition.

Courses

The ACER Institute runs Graduate Programs in the Teaching of Reading and the Assessment of Student Learning.