2. , SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY, OMAN Third Educational Conference Improving the Student Experience Sir John Daniel Assistant Director-General for Education UNESCO (President and CEO (designate) The Commonwealth of Learning) Improving the Student Experience

3. The Principle of REQUISITE VARIETY

4. BRITAIN’S TOP NINE UNIVERSITIES Quality Rankings of Teaching based on all subject assessments 1995-2003 (Sunday Times University Guide 2003) 1CAMBRIDGE 96% 2LOUGHBOROUGH95% 3=LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS88% 3=YORK88% 5 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY87% 6 OXFORD86% 7 IMPERIAL COLLEGE82% 8 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON77% 9 ESSEX77%

5. The Principle of REQUISITE VARIETY

6. Education for All

7. UNESCO Division of Higher Education -General Reform of HE - HE and Globalisation - Teacher training - UNESCO Chairs

8. Globalisation and Higher Education

9. Higher Education as a Public Good

10. , (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. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

11. , (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. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

12. , (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

13. , (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. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

14. , (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. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

15. Higher Education as a Public Good

16. GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS

17. Higher Education as a Public Good

18. State Provision

19. or State Framework?

20. TRANSBORDER EDUCATION Globalisation and Higher Education

21. Students vote with their Feet

22. ‘GRADUATENESS’

23. ‘the academic mode of thinking that makes hypotheses… the systematic scepticism that examines the evidence’

24. MOTIVATING ACADEMICS

25. TRADITIONAL TEACHING 1. Plan and design 2. Organise resources 3. Lecture 4. Assess the students

26. DISTANCE TEACHING Division of Labour

27. , SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY, OMAN Third Educational Conference Improving the Student Experience Sir John Daniel Assistant Director-General for Education UNESCO (President and CEO (designate) The Commonwealth of Learning) Improving the Student Experience