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Recalibrating careers in academia: professional advancement policies and practices in Asia-Pacific

Teachers are at the centre of quality higher education systems. This understanding is part of the international com ... Show more
Teachers are at the centre of quality higher education systems. This understanding is part of the international community's 17 Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] introduced in September 2015. Goal four is known as SDG4 - Education 2030, which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. This vision requires high quality teachers using learner-centered, active and collaborative pedagogical approaches. To meet this need requires an understanding of how to effectively train, hire and promote the next generation of scholars. To address this challenge, UNESCO Bangkok and experts from the Education Research Institutes Network (ERI-Net) launched a two-year project to assess professional advancement policies and practices of higher education teaching personnel in Asia and the Pacific.
One of the outcomes of the project is this collection of case studies on academic promotion. The volume collects promising practices and assesses emerging challenges in how higher education teaching personnel are recruited, evaluated and promoted in Asia and the Pacific. Further, it presents important issues that are fundamental to UNESCO's mandate, including to promote gender equality and address concerns of teaching personnel with disabilities as well as the fair treatment of part-time staff and other potentially vulnerable people.
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The contents are as follows: Synthesis report: case studies on professional advancement policies and practices in higher education in Asia-Pacific / Libing Wang, Wesley Teter; Academic staff promotion in Australia: characteristics and concerns / Martin Hayden; Academic promotion of higher education teaching personnel in Cambodia / Leang Un, Bonarin Hem, Seng Sangha; Academic promotion of higher education teaching personnel in Hong Kong / Roger Chao, Gerard Postiglione; Promotion in the academic profession in India: upward mobility of teachers in higher education / Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, A. Mathew; Academic promotion of higher education teaching personnel in Indonesia / Helmi; Academic promotion of higher education teaching personnel in Japan / Taro Mochizuki; Academic promotion of higher education teaching personnel: a Korean case / Kiyong Byun; Academic promotion in Malaysian public universities: amidst changing priorities and multiple reward systems / Ibrahim Che Omar, Aida Suraya Md. Yunus, Norzaini Azman, Ahmad Nurulazam Md Zain; Academic promotion of higher education teaching personnel in the Philippines / Ethel Agnes P. Valenzuela; Academic promotion in higher education institutions within the purview of the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka: a review / Ranjith Senaratne; Academic promotion of higher education teaching personnel in Thailand / Nopraenue S. Dhirathiti; Appendix: UNESCO recommendation concerning the status of higher-education teaching personnel (1997 recommendation) / UNESCO. Show less

Authors: Wang, Libing; Teter, Wesley

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania; Asia ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Providers of education and training; Higher education; Employment ... [+] Show more
Guidelines on developing and strengthening qualifications frameworks in Asia and the Pacific: building a culture of shared responsibility

National qualifications frameworks [NQFs] and their implementation at subject, occupational and professional levels ... Show more
National qualifications frameworks [NQFs] and their implementation at subject, occupational and professional levels are powerful tools to meet requirements for more outputs and processes-driven quality assurance systems. NQFs have the potential to ensure a greater common understanding of [learning outcomes] LOs among all the stakeholders in tertiary education. Efforts for the regional harmonization of LOs under common qualifications frameworks will also facilitate the international recognition of qualifications among Member States in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Authors: Wang, Libing; Teter, Wesley

Date: 2018

Geographic subjects: Asia; Oceania; Australia ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Guide

Subjects: Qualifications; Governance; Higher education ... [+] Show more
Developing government policies for distance education: lessons learnt from two Sri Lankan case studies

Education, especially higher education, is considered vital for maintaining national and individual competitiveness ... Show more
Education, especially higher education, is considered vital for maintaining national and individual competitiveness in the global knowledge economy. Following the introduction of its 'Free Education Policy' as early as 1947, Sri Lanka is now the best performer in basic education in the South Asian region, with a remarkable record in terms of high literacy rates and the achievement of universal primary education. However, access to tertiary education is a bottleneck due to an acute shortage of university places. In an attempt to address this problem, the government of Sri Lanka has invested heavily in information and communications technologies (ICTs) for distance education. Although this has resulted in some improvement, the authors of this article identify several barriers which are still impeding successful participation for the majority of Sri Lankans wanting to study at tertiary level. These impediments include the lack of infrastructure/resources, low English language proficiency, weak digital literacy, poor quality of materials and insufficient provision of student support. In the hope that future implementations of ICT-enabled education programmes can avoid repeating the mistakes identified by their research in this Sri Lankan case, the authors conclude their paper with a list of suggested policy options.
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Authors: Liyanagunawarden, Tharindu; Adams, Andrew A.; Rassool, Naz; Williams, Shirley

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Sri Lanka; Asia

Resource type: Article

Journal title: International review of education

Subjects: Teaching and learning; Technology; Higher education ... [+] Show more
Higher education and employment: an international comparative analysis

The relationship between higher education and employment (particularly underemployment and unemployment) is discuss ... Show more
The relationship between higher education and employment (particularly underemployment and unemployment) is discussed in terms of a synthesis of 21 case studies of developing and developed nations. The countries discussed are: Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Federal Republic of Germany, Malaysia, Pakistan, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Zambia, the State of West Bengal (India), Mali, Nepal, France, Indonesia and Peru. The following chapters are provided: Introduction: the situation, the project and the countries involved; The methodology used; The demand for higher education; Organization and access to higher education; The quantitative development of higher education; The operation of the higher education system; Transition from the world of higher education to the world of work; The world of work; Conclusions: implications for higher education planners. Appendices provide statistical and socioeconomic data, student and graduate variables, and the study instruments.
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Authors: Sanyal, Bikas C.

Date: 1987

Geographic subjects: Africa; Benin; Botswana ... [+] Show more hilippines; East">Middle East; for Yemen (Republic)">Yemen (Republic); America">South America; [-] Show less

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Higher education; Employment; Research ... [+] Show more

Recalibrating careers in academia: professional advancement policies and practices in Asia-Pacific

Guidelines on developing and strengthening qualifications frameworks in Asia and the Pacific: building a culture of shared responsibility

Developing government policies for distance education: lessons learnt from two Sri Lankan case studies

Higher education and employment: an international comparative analysis