Issue
#5, February 2008
Are we in for a new era in Higher Education?...
... whether we are or not, we are in for a new series of it figures for 2008. And we start the new year with a quick run down on how our admissions and enrolments are shaping up. We also get an update on the latest CEQ, PREQ and AUSSE results. And what's that about a seminar we're running?
The team in Statistical Services are also ready for the new year having met recently at the Premier Inn at Belconnen for our annual Planning Day (see picture below).
L to R: Garth Waring, Dave Marr, Anatoli Lightfoot, Jacquie Leong, Leone Nurbasari, Sara Rowley, Debby Gairns, Kim Gower and Peter Haines (Fiona Sutherland not pictured).
Feature
stories
The Integrated Management Information System (iMIS)
An integrated management information system is being developed that will 1) provide a more efficient budgeting/forecasting system and 2) provide data-warehouse style enterprise management information reporting. more >>
CEQ and PREQ results continue to improve
ANU results from the 2007 Australian Graduate Survey (Class of 2006) are now available. And they're suggesting that ANU graduates continue to be more than satisfied with their experience at ANU. MORE
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Top Marks for Choosing ANU in 2008
An increase in top applicants placing ANU as a first preference has resulted in an increase in offers for places to ANU's top programs through the Universities Admission Centre (UAC) in 2008. Fiona Sutherland from Statistical Services has had a bit of a closer look at just who have been given offers this year.
MORE >>
Student Engagement :: Results of the AUSSE
In 2007, ANU participated in the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE), run by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). The AUSSE is designed to measure a student's engagement with educationally enriching activities. MORE >>
explore
unistats
AAIR 2008 Seminar
Writing an academic paper
The ANU in conjunction with AAIR are holding a one-day seminar on "Writing an academic paper" on Wednesday 12th March at University House. Cost will be $110 (incl GST). This will include instruction from ANU's Dr Gail Craswell, from the Academic Skills and Learning Centre, morning and afternoon teas and lunch (the important bits!). MORE >>
Strong demand for HDR
places in 2008 is encouraging
Statistical
Services continues to monitor higher degree research applications for 2008 (both
domestic and international) on a weekly basis and demand is looking strong. MORE
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Pivot
Table Training
Register
on our waiting list with the Information Literacy Program (ILP) for the
full length course (3 hours) through ANUBIS (go to "Training Catalogue"
and select the Training Code "SSPT01") or see our 30 minute quick on-line
self-learn
training manual.
There's
unlikely to be any formal classes before April 2008. If you'd like some
one-on-one or small group training, just let us know.
Group
of Eight (Go8) Executive Dashboard
The
Go8 Executive Dashboard has been recently updated. It shows some of the
key information for the eight institutions over the past five years
(2003-2007) such as: student load; load funding; finance; staff; CEQ
results; L&TPF; and research. It's definitely worth a look. MORE
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Not more about university rankings!!
When you thought we'd spoken enough about ranking systems, here comes some more information! Late last year Ross Williams from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at Melbourne University released a study called "Ranking Australian Universities: Controlling for Scope". It gives a slightly different slant on things. Check it out here.
try this quick quiz
Just for the fun of it, there are eight trivia questions relating to tertiary education both here and overseas for you to try (and thanks again to Rob Sheehan from AAIR for these).
- In what year did women first graduate officially at Cambridge University?
- How many undergraduate students were there at Harvard University in 2006-2007 academic year?
- How many Australian Commonwealth Ministers of Education have there been since 1968? Name them?
- In which year were Australian universities allowed to charge market fees to international students?
- How many universities were there in New Zealand in 1958?
- How many TAFE institutes are there in Australia?
- How many Private Registered Training Organisations are there in Australia?
- In 2002, which country had the highest number of passenger cars per 100 people? (well this isn't related to tertiary ed but what the heck!)
Go here for the answers.
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