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* Education Adviser Post, Wellington, NZ
* Higher Education in the Headlines
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Vale Mary Melrose
Mary Melrose, who died recently in Auckland, was the HERDSA NZ branch chairperson for many years. Under her leadership (in the Auckland area particularly) HERDSA NZ was pretty active hosting regular seminars with local and visiting experts. Mary kept things going in the days when it was very much an Auckland thing (with a bit of Waikato input) and was instrumental in pushing beyond that to make the branch more national. She was also a HERDSA Executive member for a long time and was made a Life Member in 2010.
Mary worked in staff development at AUT University. In fact she was there long before AUT became a university and had been in the polytech tutor training organisation, having been a very successful school science teacher. Her husband John, who survives her, taught engineering at Manukau Institute of Technology (in Auckland) and was also a NZ branch committee member.
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PhD Scholarship opportunity in assessment in higher education, CRADLE, Deakin University
18 November 2016
Dear prospective PhD Students,
Please find a link to a PhD Scholarship opportunity with the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Portfolio of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University below. The student will be based at Deakin University's Melbourne City Centre. The PhD student will work with researchers in the Centre on the topic of ‘Assessment in higher education’, and be aligned with specific projects.
All enquires welcome.
Further information:
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Job vacancies (2): School of Education Durham University, UK
Closing date 20 November 2016
1 x Senior Lecturer, 1 x 0.6 Lecturer
The School of Education is one of the very best UK Education departments, with an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching, research and employability of our students. Ranked fifth in REF2014 in terms of grade point average, the School of Education is a vibrant community of scholars, with members across the range of career levels, many of who are internationally-acclaimed researchers pursuing innovative and critical research agendas, and future leaders establishing such profiles. The School of Education has internationally recognised peaks of research excellence in areas related to Evidence-based Evaluation of Effectiveness of Interventions in Education, Large-scale Assessment of Educational Attainment in National and International contexts, Intercultural Education, Higher Education, and Applied Educational Psychology.
Please feel free to forward to interested parties.
Further information: https://www.dur.ac.uk/jobs/
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Education Adviser Post, Wellington, NZ
21 November
Lecturer post, 0.6FTE, to start in 2017.
Further information: https://otago.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=1601726
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Higher Education in the Headlines
VET decline to accelerate |JOHN ROSS | Australian Higher Eduction | 02 November, 2016
The government plans to slash $2.4 billion from VET FEE-HELP payments despite an increase in student numbers.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/vocational-education-mo...
Basic Training for Higher Ed | Karin Fischer | Chronicle of Higher Eduction | 28 October, 2016
Why colleges might look to the armed forces for guidance on serving low-income students.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Basic-Training-for-Higher-Ed/238149
Academics ‘turning down UK jobs’ after Brexit vote | John Morgan | Times Higher Eduction | 27 October, 2016
Head of England’s funding council says ‘future talent pool’ is big Brexit issue
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academics-turning-down-uk-jobs...