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SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY, OMAN
Third Educational Conference
Improving the Student Experience
Sir John DanielAssistant Director-General for Education
UNESCO
(President and CEO (designate) The Commonwealth of Learning)
Improving the Student Experience
The Principle
of
REQUISITE VARIETY
BRITAIN’S TOP NINE UNIVERSITIES
Quality Rankings of Teaching
based on all subject assessments 1995-2003(Sunday Times University Guide 2003)
1 CAMBRIDGE 96%
2 LOUGHBOROUGH 95%
3= LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS 88%
3= YORK 88%
5 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY 87%
6 OXFORD 86%
7 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 82%
8 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 77%
9 ESSEX 77%
The Principle
of
REQUISITE VARIETY
Education for All
UNESCODivision of Higher Education
- General Reform of HE
- HE and Globalisation
- Teacher training
- UNESCO Chairs
Globalisation and Higher Education
Higher Education
as a
Public Good
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(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Higher Education
as a
Public Good
GLOBAL
PUBLIC
GOODS
Higher Education
as a
Public Good
State Provision
State Provision
or
State Framework?
TRANSBORDER EDUCATION
Globalisation and Higher Education
Students
vote with their
Feet
‘GRADUATENESS’
‘the academic mode of thinking that makes hypotheses…the systematic scepticism that examines the evidence’
MOTIVATING
ACADEMICS
TRADITIONAL TEACHING
1. Plan and design
2. Organise resources
3. Lecture
4. Assess the students
DISTANCE TEACHING
Division
of
Labour
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SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY, OMAN
Third Educational Conference
Improving the Student Experience
Sir John DanielAssistant Director-General for Education
UNESCO
(President and CEO (designate) The Commonwealth of Learning)
Improving the Student Experience
