Links to sources of higher education information of general interest to staff of James Cook University
General & Gateways | Universities
University Staff
Career Information & Job Searching | Professional Bodies | Research | Superannuation
Teaching & Staff Development | Unions
University Administration | Newspapers & Journals | Copyright & Intellectual Property
Government | Courses & Students | VET SectorGeneral & Gateways
Australian
- EdNA Education Network Australia provides access to Internet sites for the education and training community
- Higher Education EdNA's higher education site
- Education Portal Australian Government portal for education
- Higher Education Links
International
- BUBL Information Service UK forum for the higher education community
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education abstracts publications and links to world-wide resources
- Google (Open Directory Project) Higher Education Web Directory linked to superb search engine
- HERO: University and college information
HERO is the official gateway to universities, colleges and research organisations in the UK.- Higher Education Links List (HELL) selective directory of annotated resources for educators, researchers and graduates
- Higher Education Resource Hub "information resources in the field of higher education throughout the world"
- International and Comparative Education WWW Virtual Library
- Online Education and Distance Education JCU gateway to internet resources
- Yahoo Higher Education Web Directory linked to popular search engine
Universities
Australian
- About Queensland Universities from the Queensland Office of Higher Education
- Australian University Web Sites (AVCC)
- Australian University Web Sites (DEST)
- Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia) JCU joined this group in August 2007
International
- Association of Commonwealth Universities
- American University home pages
- UK Universities and Colleges
- University Web pages Worldwide (Braintrack University Index)
University Staff
Career Information and Job Searching
- CareerOne News Limited's job search and career/resume help site
- GradLink from the Graduate Careers Council of Australia: links graduates with potential employers
- JCU Careers and Employment Service
- UniJob jobs in Australian HE with links to the SEEK internet employment site
Professional Bodies
- Association of Women Educators working to further the participation of women and girls in education
- Australian Academies
- Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
- Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Australian Academy of Medicine and Surgery
- Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- Australian Association for Research in Education: AARE fosters educational research in Australia
- Australian Council for Educational Research: ACER independent organisation working to improve learning
- Australian Council of Deans of Science “to promote the development of science ... in universities throughout Australia”
- Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) representing and advancing the interests of postgraduate students
- Federation of Australian Scientific & Technological Societies (FASTS)
- HERDSA Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Research
- Australian-American Educational Foundation administers the Australian Fulbright Program
- Australian Research Council: ARC Information about research grants
- ARC Research Networks
Designed to encourage collaborative approaches to research in inter-disciplinary settings- Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) Program
- Higher Education Research Data Collection
- Register of Refereed Journals [RTF format, 17 pages]
This list contains the names of journals that have been assessed by DEST as satisfying the refereeing requirements for the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC).
- National Research Priorities Taskforce The Commonwealth Government as part of Backing Australia's Ability has embarked on a national research priority setting. Further information is available on this website.
Superannuation
- UniSuper SSAU and TESS information.
Teaching and Staff Development
- Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- DeLiberations resources for teaching and learning in higher education
- JCU Teaching Development
- Mailing lists for Higher Education and other interests
- National Council on Open and Distance Education (NCODE) resources for open, distance and flexible education in the tertiary sector (check out the Pedagogy section in particular)
- Staff Development (including Teaching and Learning) Useful Links JCU gateway to resources
- ultiBASE Resources to promote the improvement of tertiary teaching and learning
- InfoHelp VISA JCU’s online information literacy tutorial (Virtual Information Skills Activity)
Unions
- Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
- Australian Services Union (ASU)
- Liquor, Hospitality & Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMWU)
- National Tertiary Education Union Australia (NTEU)
- Queensland Public Sector Union (QPSU)
University Administration
- Association for Tertiary Education Management administrators/managers working in Australian etc tertiary education
- Australian Council for Educational Leaders professional association for educational administrators
- Australian Higher Education Industrial Association: AHEIA employer organisation representing Universities
- Australian Vice Chancellors' Committee: AVCC peak organisation representing Australian higher education
Newspapers and journals
- Observatory on Borderless Higher Education track developments in areas such as e-learning, developing markets and international collaboration
- Campus Review Online newspaper covering higher education in Australia
- The Australian: HigherEducation Higher Education articles from the Australian newspaper
Copyright and Intellectual Property
- Appropriate Use of Information JCU gateway to resources on copyright, other intellectual and cultural property issues, censorship and intellectual freedom, and internet regulation
- Australian Copyright Council Online Information Centre
- Create Change: Digital Scholarship
- Intellectual Property Commonwealth Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Government
- DEST Higher Education Division Department of Education, Science and Training
- Minister for Education, Science and Training
- The National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR)
- Statistics Relating to Higher Education
- Education Queensland
- Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA)
Courses & Students
- Australian Education International is an initiative of the Australian Government
- Australian Qualifications Framework: AQF unifies school, vocational and higher education qualifications
- Cairns International Education Providers:CIEP institutions (including JCU) offering programs to international students
- Going to Uni Information for students about higher education in Australia
Higher education providers
- IDP Education Australia "Australia's independent, international education organisation"
- National Union of Students (NUS)
- Queensland Studies Authority: Tertiary Entrance
VET Sector
- Australian National Training Authority: ANTA
- National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
- National Training Information Service (NTIS)
- Post-Compulsory Education JCU gateway to internet resources
- TAFE Queensland
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