Walter Laing Macdonald Perry

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Walter Laing Macdonald Perry (Lord Perry of
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• The challenges of enhancing the student
  experience in the 21st century.

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The Principle of REQUISITE VARIETY

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BRITAINS TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES Quality Rankings
of Teaching based on all subject assessments
1995-2001(Times Higher Educational Supplement,
August 2002)

1 YORK 2 CAMBRIDGE 3 OXFORD 4 WARWICK 5 LO
UGHBOROUGH 6 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY 6 ESSEX 8 L
ANCASTER 9 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 10 LONDON SCHOOL
OF ECONOMICS
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The Principle of REQUISITE VARIETY

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Education for All
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• UNESCO
• Division of Higher Education
• - General Reform of HE
• HE and Globalisation
• UNESCO Chairs

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Globalisation and Higher Education
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Higher Education as a Public Good

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(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.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(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.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind
of education that shall be given to their
children
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(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.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(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.
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Higher Education as a Public Good

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• GLOBAL
• PUBLIC
• GOODS

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Higher Education as a Public Good

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State Provision

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State Provision or State Framework?

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Globalisation and Higher Education
TRANSBORDER EDUCATION
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Students vote with their Feet

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• The challenges of enhancing the student
  experience in the 21st century.

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GRADUATENESS
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the academic mode of thinking that makes
hypothesesthe systematic scepticism that
examines the evidence

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MOTIVATING ACADEMICS
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• TRADITIONAL TEACHING
• Plan and design
• Organise resources
• Lecture
• Assess the students

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DISTANCE TEACHING Division of Labour

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DISTANCE TEACHING Course Team

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SCOTLAND AND THE WORLD

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Walter Laing Macdonald Perry (Lord Perry of
Walton) 1921 2003

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