,

SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY, OMAN

Third Educational Conference

Improving the Student Experience

Sir John DanielAssistant Director-General for Education

UNESCO

(President and CEO (designate) The Commonwealth of Learning)

Improving the Student Experience

The Principle

of

REQUISITE VARIETY

BRITAIN’S TOP NINE UNIVERSITIES

Quality Rankings of Teaching

based on all subject assessments 1995-2003(Sunday Times University Guide 2003)

1 CAMBRIDGE 96%

2 LOUGHBOROUGH 95%

3= LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS 88%

3= YORK 88%

5 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY 87%

6 OXFORD 86%

7 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 82%

8 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 77%

9 ESSEX 77%

The Principle

of

REQUISITE VARIETY

Education for All

UNESCODivision of Higher Education

- General Reform of HE

- HE and Globalisation

- Teacher training

- UNESCO Chairs

Globalisation and Higher Education

Higher Education

as a

Public Good

,

(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

,

(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

,

(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

,

(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

,

(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Higher Education

as a

Public Good

GLOBAL

PUBLIC

GOODS

Higher Education

as a

Public Good

State Provision

State Provision

or

State Framework?

TRANSBORDER EDUCATION

Globalisation and Higher Education

Students

vote with their

Feet

‘GRADUATENESS’

‘the academic mode of thinking that makes hypotheses…the systematic scepticism that examines the evidence’

MOTIVATING

ACADEMICS

TRADITIONAL TEACHING

1. Plan and design

2. Organise resources

3. Lecture

4. Assess the students

DISTANCE TEACHING

Division

of

Labour

,

SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY, OMAN

Third Educational Conference

Improving the Student Experience

Sir John DanielAssistant Director-General for Education

UNESCO

(President and CEO (designate) The Commonwealth of Learning)

Improving the Student Experience