Higher Education Policy Documents

The following paper presents issues and options for the development of teaching and learning standards

• Teaching and learning standards: Issues and options paper (opens in a new window) Krause, K., Barrie, S., Scott, G., Sachs, J., & Probert, B. (2012)

Features of the attached paper include:

• a map of the teaching and learning standards terrain in Australian higher education (p.2)
• potential dilemmas arising from national quality and standards policy initiatives (p.6)
• 9 options for ways forward in the learning standards area (p.7-9)
• selected national and institutional projects relating to teaching and learning standards (p.12)

The paper is intended to stimulate debate across the sector as we continue to consider the most appropriate way to measure and monitor leraning and teaching standards.  We welcome your feedback and look forward to ongoing robust discussion in this important area.  Please feel free to distribute this paper among your colleagues.

DIISRTE has recently released three Discussion Papers (opens in a new window) on proposed performance measurement instruments for assessing the quality of the student experience and learning outcomes.  These measures are proposed for use on the MyUniversity website and to inform continuous improvement by universities.

• Development of Performance Measurement Instruments in Higher Education (opens in a new window) - exploring the balance of performance measurement instruments, potential uses, deployment methods and participation and selection of students (PDF 137kb)
• Review of the Australian Graduate Survey (AGS) (opens in a new window) - examines the strategic position of the AGS in its relationship with other survey instruments, administration methods, timeliness and capacity to measure the diversity in student experience (PDF 632kb)
• Assessment of Generic Skills (opens in a new window) - will focus on the development of an instrument appropriate for Australian universities in the context of the OECD's Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) project (PDF 583kb)
• University Experience Survey report (opens in a new window)

The UWS response to these papers is available here: