Purpose–This paper aims to focus on the successful efforts made at a university business
school in the Gulf region to develop an assessment tool to evaluate the communication skills …

Student Retention. The potential of learning analytics to address diverse learning needs in a
systematic and responsive manner is discussed, focusing on how the use of learning …

This thematic study covers all institutional reports prepared by the Australian Universities
Quality Agency (AUQA) in the first round of institutional reviews from October 2002 to …

The assessment of student learning driven by learning outcomes is often viewed as a tool to
promote excellence in higher education. At the same time, many professors do not see a …

In recent years there has been a rapid shift from teacher-centred to student-centred teaching
and learning practices in higher education, and this has meant a much greater focus on …

This practice article describes the use of collaborative evaluation for institutional
improvement leading to continuous learning at a regional university in Australia. The …

Universities are now compelled to attend to metrics that (re) shape our conceptualisation of
the student experience. New technologies such as learning analytics (LA) promise the ability …

AUQA's Occasional Publications (AOP) Series provides a vehicle for the publication of
research and reflection on quality assurance and quality enhancement in higher education …

In 2003, AACSB International made an evolutionary revision of its Assurance of Learning
(AoL) standards for accreditation, putting more emphasis on direct assessment of learning …

As the principles and practices of quality assurance are further implanted in higher
education, methodological questions about how to understand and manage quality become …