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

– DoubleDegrees

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