Professor Marnie Hughes-WarringtonTeachers’ Seminar Program8 June 2011

Monash Directions:

Leading Change

What is going on in Australian Higher Education?

• Mission-Based compacts– Agreements between the Universities and

Government about the achievement of> Core Federal targets> Self-selected targets

Core Federal Targets• 40% of Australians up to age 35 will complete a degree• 20% of Australians up to age 35 from low

Socioeconomic backgrounds will complete a Degree• New Australian Qualifications Framework• Student Feedback on teaching and university

experience• Graduate Destination Survey• Collegiate Learning Assessment• Displayed on a ‘My University Website’

Which could leave you like this… unless you lead

Leading Change by Knowing your Story

• Why wait?– Experiences, skills, career development

from day 1– Double

Degrees

Make Education Global with Us

• Australia’s only globally-accredited degrees– Google: ‘conversation +

education + truly global’– Global benchmarks for

languages (workshop 1.3)

Learn by Leading: Passport• Co-curriculum and curriculum programs in

– Leadership– Volunteering– Peer assisted learning– Internships

• All of these reflectIndustry demand– Workshop 2.2– Workshop 2.4

Accelerate

• Monash Extension• The Monash Research Track:

– From day 1 researchdegrees

– Workshop 1.6

Anticipating Change: uncapping

• Anticipatory uncapping in undergraduate courses, except Medicine– Eg 40% growth in science enrolments 2006–11– Criteria

> Staff> Learning environments> Pathways> Student learning and satisfaction> Graduate outcomes

Staff

• All new staff undertake education in learning and teaching

• Education-focused staff (teaching and curriculum leaders)– First 100

• Our curriculum is driven by research– Workshop 2.5

Learning Environments

Workshop 1.2,Workshop 1.4Workshop 1.1

Pathways

• DoTS• Vice-Chancellor’s Access

Monash List• Monash Indigenous

Scholarship– Workshop 1.5– Workshop 2.3

Student Learning, Satisfaction and Outcomes

• Traffic lights• Business intelligence• Placements• Graduate Destination Survey (eg Monash

has the best outcomes nationally for low SES students)

Questions?

Thank you