There’s more in the Mail

In Features this morning

Angel Calderon (RMIT) wraps ranking season with the US News and World Report league table – what it’s based on, what it reports and why its limitations make a case for an overall ranking evaluation framework.

plus Stephen Parker on change coming for higher education and where to look for an inspiring response.

and “TAFE bachelor degrees are able to break away from the competency-based model of vocational education that some providers consider to be a constraint on their responsiveness to industry,” Susan Webb, Elizabeth Knight, Steven Hodge and Shaun Rawolle suggest. Why, they ask, are there not more of them, in a new contribution to Commissioning Editor Sally Kift’s celebrated series, Needed now in teaching and learning.

with Sean Brawley (Macquarie U) looks at the short history of the UC and wonders what, if anything, is next for the qualification. If it goes people who leave UG study early will be the losers, he warns.

as well as Merlin Crossley (UNSW) on the rhetoric of conflict in university life. There are better ways to deal with people and set goals.