Weekend Update No 35 covers 1.Changes to the ATEM website. 2. The Student Experience Projects Forum 3.New Models in Higher Education – Melbourne University and Private Providers 4.University World News

1. LH Martin Institute has announced its upcoming conference, “Building Australia’s Tertiary Education Sector: Alternative models & their leadership challenges” on 11 – 12 November 2010 in Melbourne. 2. The 6th edition of the ‘ACER Higher Education Update’ has been released and includes articles on: Measuring capability; Workforce planning; Setting…

1. ATEM has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Customer Service Benchmarking Australia (http://www.csba.com.au) to collaborate on a Tertiary Education Sector Customer Service Benchmarking Report in 2011. A short survey has been developed to seek your views about the most important customer service challenges you are facing now. 2. Register now for ATEM's…

1. “ATEM Matters No 38” is here: https://www.atem.org.au/activities_newsletter.cfm . Don’t miss it. The contents are extremely interesting, even exciting in some parts. Here are a few of the highlights: Jobs in Higher Education, New Audit Director at AUQA , Deakin University has a new VC, 2011 Tertiary Education Sector Benchmarking program, Higher Education Services…

1. We've received some enquiries lately about ATEM membership, so here's a quick reminder. There are two types of ATEM membership. Individual members pay for the benefits and privileges of membership which include a 20% discount on professional development programs and the “Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management”. Corporate membership is also fee based and…

1. The 10th Annual National University Finance and Procurement Conference will be held on Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 July 2010 in the Hyatt Regency, Coolum, Queensland.The theme is “New Horizons – Road Maps to Business Sustainability in Higher Education”. It aims to encourage innovative thinking about current financial management and procurement issues and future business…

1. ATEM will be running its “Orientation to the Tertiary Sector” again in July or August this year in Melbourne, in collaboration with the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management. This one day program provides an introduction to the past, present and possible futures for the tertiary sector in Australia. 2 We ran the first of our “Leading…

1. The build up to the ATEM Annual General Meeting over the internet has begun. The formal Notice of the meeting will be e-mailed to all members on Wednesday. In the meantime the 2009 Annual Report has been put on the web here: https://www.atem.org.au/about_annual_report.cfm 2. The International Summer School on "Implementing Bologna in your Institution" will focus on…

1. The Call for Abstracts for TEMC 2010 is now open. Abstracts close on the 30 April 2010 with all authors being advised by email no later than the 24 May after the review process. All accepted abstracts will be available for viewing from this page after this date: www.temc.org.au 2. ATEM members are invited to the 2010 National Student Engagement Forum.The Forum is to be held at…

1. Our e-magazine "ATEM Matters", Edition #37, is now on the web here: http://www.atem.org.au/activities_newsletter.cfm. 2. The TEM Conference 2010 website is now available. It gives you all the information you need to register for this year’s TEM Conference in Melbourne. 3. The ATEM Council approved funding to build a new ATEM website at its March 2010…