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Howells, Kerry; Fitzallen, Noleine; Adams, Christine – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Australian higher education institutions have struggled to develop clear strategies for developing and assessing graduate attributes within their specific disciplinary contexts. Using the example of the graduate attribute of social responsibility, this paper explores the outcomes of using assessment tasks to raise the awareness of development of…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Curriculum Enrichment, Graduate Study, Pretests Posttests
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Aspland, Tania; Edwards, Helen; O'Leary, Jane; Ryan, Yoni – Innovative Higher Education, 1999
Discussion of problems associated with graduate thesis supervision includes a report of a 1995 survey of Australian universities which found that such evaluations were minimal. Also identifies issues emerging from student-supervisor focus groups, including the importance of relational aspects of supervision and systematic feedback. Notes the lack…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Dissertations, Feedback, Foreign Countries
Powles, Margaret – 1993
This paper presents results from the first phase of a longitudinal study of the Australian Postgraduate Awards (Industry) Scheme, a recent government initiative under which graduate students receive grants to conduct projects for Masters or PhD degrees, supervised jointly by university and industry partners. The study involved national surveys of…
Descriptors: Conflict of Interest, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, Government Role
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Taylor, Peter – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
Pressure to make graduate study in Australia more responsive to individual learner needs and autonomy is discussed. It is proposed that in this context, three groups of individuals will have important roles: those involved in institutional administration; educational technologists and computer software designers; and teachers. Those evolving roles…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty