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Semester one, 2021 events and PD will be online.
Welcome to the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (Melbourne CSHE) – a research and development centre dedicated to improving and utilising the best evidence-base for professional development and for influencing policy and practice in higher education.
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    We are an internationally recognised research centre in the area of tertiary and higher education.  Find out more about our research projects, interdisciplinary groups and graduate research degrees.

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  • Professional Development

    We work together with academic staff, professional staff and graduate researchers across the University to improve the quality of students’ learning experiences and outcomes. Find a course – search by career level, interests or specialisation.

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  • Flexible Academic Programming

    We work with academics and professional staff to help design and deliver the highest-quality teaching and learning experiences in the 21st century

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  • Resources for Online Teaching

    We have developed a suite of resources and professional development opportunities to support online teaching and learning.

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Exploring University Teaching and Learning: Experience and Context

Melbourne CSHE was pleased to launch the new book, Exploring University Teaching and Learning: Experience and Context by Professor Keith Trigwell and Associate Professor Mike Prosser.

Watch the webinar where the authors discussed elements of the book's focus on university teachers' experience of teaching and learning.

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News and Events

  • Australia's universities need to be free to engage globally

    Legislation allowing the Minister for Foreign Affairs to veto universities’ international agreements puts the student, research and societal benefits of international cooperation at risk.

    27 Nov 2020 Pursuit
  • Submission to the 'Job-ready Graduates Package' draft legislation

    Response to the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020.

    18 Aug 2020 Submission
  • A post-coronavirus pandemic world for higher education

    Some possible trends and their implications for Australian higher education following the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the responses of providers and governments.

    07 May 2020 Discussion Paper
  • Universities have gone from being a place of privilege to a competitive market.

    What will they be after coronavirus?

    06 May 2020 Article
  • Assessment considerations in moving from closed-book to open-book exams

    A guide offering practical advice on moving from closed-book examinations to open-book, remote assessment.

    01 May 2020 Short Guide
  • What is student engagement in online learning … and how do I know when it is there?

    Focussing on three perspectives , this paper provides a useful framework for how those new to online teaching may promote student engagement in online learning.

    01 May 2020 Discussion Paper
  • Seven ways to improve students’ online learning experiences in your subject

    A guide offering practical advice for improving students' online learning experiences.

    28 Apr 2020 Short Guide
  • Q&A Sessions on Assessment

    To support staff in (re)designing their assessment, the Melbourne CSHE is offering weekly virtual office hours with an assessment expert who will discuss alternative assessment options and answer assessment-related questions.

    24 Apr 2020 Professional Development
  • Doing Community Engagement Differently in Times of Pandemic

    University engagement will and should ‘look different’ in 2020.

    08 Apr 2020 Engagement
  • Developing a New Vision for Post-Secondary Education: Ideas for Government

    07 Feb 2020 Publication
  • Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®)

    3MT® challenges PhD candidates to present their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience in the space of three minutes.

    31 Jan 2020 Event

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The Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education is an internationally recognised research centre in the area of tertiary and higher education.

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    Recent projects undertaken or led by the Melbourne CSHE.

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    Interdisciplinary research programs led by the Melbourne CSHE.

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  • Graduate research degrees

    Information for those considering a graduate research degree under Melbourne CSHE supervision.

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Melbourne CSHE professional development programs are for university staff. They cover teaching, learning and assessment; engagement and leadership and management. Orientation and induction programs cover orientation for academic staff and graduate researchers, induction for sessional teachers and training for graduate researcher supervisors.

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  • Engagement

  • Leadership and Management

  • Orientation and Induction

Graduate Researchers can locate additional professional development opportunities via the Graduate Research Hub and the Research Gateway.

If you have any questions about professional development offered by the Melbourne CSHE, please contact us at melbourne-cshe@unimelb.edu.au

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We administer a program of University of Melbourne staff awards which recognise excellence in research, teaching, engagement, strategic priorities and professional support and services for students and fellow staff. We also assist the University's nominations for national awards, such as the Australian Awards for University Teaching.

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    Excellence Awards

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  • Australian Awards for University Teaching

A collection of research-led, higher education resources and guidance materials for academics, graduate researchers and policy makers.

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Graduate Researchers can locate additional resources via the Graduate Research Hub and the Research Gateway .

If you can't find what you're looking for, please contact us at
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Established in 1968, the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (Melbourne CSHE) conducts research and professional development in the fields of higher education teaching and learning, research, engagement and leadership.

We aim to deliver quality and innovation in each of these fields through our signature research themes, distinctive projects, practical programs and special events.

The Melbourne CSHE is also home to the LH Martin Institute for Tertiary Education Leadership and Management.

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Fellow Voices is a series of pieces created by LH Martin Institute and Melbourne CSHE Fellows, comprising leading and influential figures in higher and vocational education from Australia and across the world.

The items in this series draw upon considerable expertise, experience and insight, creating a platform that foments, challenges and provides illumination on higher and vocational education issues, and contributes to the development of robust and effective policy and implementation.
  • Contribution of postgraduate coursework enrolments to Australian university student profiles and management of the COVID-19 recovery

    By Frank Larkins

    11 Feb 2021 Fellow Voices
  • Does the COVID-19 emergency create an opportunity to reform the Australian university workforce?

    By Elizabeth Baré, Janet Beard, Ian Marshman and Teresa Tjia.

    26 Jan 2021 Fellow Voices
  • Leadership strategies for a higher education sector in flux

    By Warren Bebbington

    07 Oct 2020 Fellow Voices
  • The Tehan redistribution of revenue for student places

    By Mark Warburton

    29 Sep 2020 Fellow Voices
  • Australian university workforce responses to COVID-19 pandemic: reacting to a short-term crisis or planning for longer term challenges?

    By Teresa Tjia, Ian Marshman, Janet Beard and Elizabeth Baré.

    25 Sep 2020 Fellow Voices
  • COVID-19 pandemic research funding shortfalls and workforce reductions modelled for individual Australian universities

    By Frank Larkins and Ian Marshman

    21 Sep 2020 Fellow Voices
  • Unravelling the Tehan vision for higher education

    By Mark Warburton

    28 Aug 2020 Fellow Voices
  • Lessons to inform post COVID-19 university professional services

    By Elizabeth Bare, Janet Beard and Teresa Tjia

    10 Aug 2020 Fellow Voices
  • Strong research performances by Australian universities depend increasingly on unsustainable internal discretionary funding

    By Frank Larkins

    27 Jul 2020 Fellow Voices
  • What’s an Australian university?

    By Vin Massaro

    25 Jul 2020 Fellow Voices
  • Casual university staff – not one size fits all

    By Elizabeth Bare, Janet Beard and Teresa Tjia Comment on recent news items on mass casualisation of the university workforce

    21 Jul 2020 Fellow Voices
  • Quality and Standards

    By Vin Massaro.Funding model inadequate on teaching quality and standards.

    14 Jul 2020 Fellow Voices
  • Modelling individual Australian universities resilience in managing overseas student revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic

    By Ian Marshman and Frank Larkins

    28 May 2020 Fellow Voices
  • Does the extent of casualisation of the Australian academic workforce provide flexibility to beat the COVID-19 hit?

    By Elizabeth Baré, Janet Beard and Teresa Tjia

    27 May 2020 Fellow Voices
  • Far-reaching reform of the funding model must begin now

    By Vin Massaro

    28 Apr 2020 Fellow Voices

The views and comments expressed in featured articles belong to the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the LH Martin Institute, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education and The University of Melbourne.

Please email us with any enquiries.

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LH Martin Institute

The LH Martin Institute provides the tertiary education sector with career and capability development through an integrated set of programs, events and projects.

Their programs are unique in that they:

  • Are contextualised to the tertiary education sector
  • Provide practical examples that relate to participants' own situations
  • Are led by practitioners in the field
  • Arm participants with tools which can be applied immediately to their workplace
  • Are informed by the latest research and resources on the tertiary education sector

The Institute became part of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education in late 2014.

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