Quality assessment in higher education as a political process

Professor Emeritus Michael Skolnik, University of Toronto

This paper can be downloaded from: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ideasanduniversities/seminars/2009_programme/skolnik.html

Globalising the ‘Bologna Process’: Looking closely at Europe’s ‘Looking Out’ strategy for higher education

Professor Susan Robertson, University of Bristol

This paper can be downloaded from: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ideasanduniversities/seminars/2009_programme/robertson.html

Enter the dragon? China’s higher education returns to the world community: the case of the Peking University personnel reforms

Professor Rui Yang, University of Hong Kong

This paper can be downloaded from: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ideasanduniversities/seminars.html

The Commonwealth of Universities

Professor Martial Staub, University of Sheffield

This paper can be downloaded from: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ideasanduniversities/seminars/2009_programme/staub.html

Cross-national trends in teacher work roles and working conditions

Professor Gerald Le Tendre, Pennsylvania State University

This paper can be downloaded from: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ideasanduniversities/seminars.html

Organisation and Governance of Universities

Professor Ivar Bleiklie, University of Bergen

This paper can be downloaded from: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ideasanduniversities/seminars/2009_programme/bleiklie.html

More inclusion than diversion: Expansion, differentiation, and market structure in higher education

Professor Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin-Madison

This paper is drawn from a comparative study of inequality in higher education in 15 countries and can be downloaded from: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ideasanduniversities/seminars.html

Consultancy on education in the carbon-constrained era

WUN and the Ideas and Universities Project have received a request for help with a consultancy project on communities in the low-carbon era - I would be grateful if you could identifiy any collegues who might be able/willing to speak with Dan Cass.

“I am seeking your advice on a project I am doing for Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown, on the best current thinking about positive future visions for communities in the post/low-carbon era. My work is being overseen by Senator Christine Milne. The Greens are the ‘third party’ in Australia, with representation in the state and federal legislature in six of Australia’s eight states and territories.

The project is a short consultancy. It will include a scan of the literature and conversations with the people who are doing the most innovative or influential work on the future of communities, from theory through to implementation. I am keen to focus the study on education as a case-study for this  transformation, since there is at least one tier of educational institution in almost every community already and education is such a core function in a healthy society.

What I am seeking from the WUN is a list of your top academics working on the future of education specifically or whose work in other fields (such as planning) looks at how educational institutions can contribute to the community in the carbon-constrained era.

I am based in Sydney and Melbourne but can travel anywhere in Australia for this work. I can teleconference with people in any time zone if that is required.

Kind regards,

Dan Cass

Marshalling Resources for Change – System-level Initiatives to Increase Access and Success

Professor Glen Jones, Emily Gregor, Lucis Padure, University of Toronto

 This paper can be downloaded from: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ideasanduniversities/seminars/2008_programme/jones.html

The Implications of Knowledge Transfer for Universities: the Case of the Arts and Humanities

Professor David Shephard and Helen Parrott, University of Sheffield

This paper can be downloaded from: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ideasanduniversities/seminars/2008_programme/shepherd.html