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Dr

Geoff Sharrock

Honorary
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
social sciences
education & educational research
management
retrieval
leadership communication
international comparisons
misinterpretations
university funding
oecd statistics
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Dr

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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Professional management practice
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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 21 for Geoff Sharrock.

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Beautiful Lies, Damned Statistics: Reframing How Australian University Finances are Compared with the OECD

Geoff Sharrock

Journal article  |  2018  |  HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY

In higher education funding debates, Australia has been ranked ‘second last in the OECD’ for its public investment in universities..

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National Safe Work Month: Building safety culture and awareness

G Sharrock

Journal article  |  2017  |  AusIMM Bulletin

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Realising the Potential of MOOCs in Developing Capacity for Tertiary Education Managers

Nguyen Chinh, Heather Davis, Geoff Sharrock, Kay Hempsall

Book Chapter  |  2017

MOOCs are a recent development, with little informed consensus on the extent of their future impact on tertiary education. In this..

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Realising the potential of MOOCs in developing capacity for tertiary education managers

C Nguyen, H Davis, G Sharrock, K Hempsall

Book Chapter  |  2016

MOOCs are a recent development, with little informed consensus on the extent of their future impact on tertiary education. In this..

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Letter from the guest editor

G Sharrock

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

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Making sense of the MOOCs debate

Geoff Sharrock

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

This article considers recent public debates about massive open online courses (MOOCs) and their potential to transform higher edu..

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A history of the modern Australian university

Geoff Sharrock

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

This book about Australia and its universities blends disparate scholarly virtues. It is highly informative, deftly mapping develo..

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Reflecting on the honour of being AusIMM president

G Sharrock

Journal article  |  2014  |  AusIMM Bulletin

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Realising the Potential of MOOCs in Developing Capacity for Tertiary Education Managers

Chinh Nguyen, Heather Davis, Geoff Sharrock, Kay Hempsall

Journal article  |  2014  |  INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT JOURNAL

MOOCs are a recent development, with little informed consensus on the extent of their future impact on tertiary education. In this..

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Letter from the guest editor

Geoff Sharrock

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

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Keyword Analysis

Schools and Learning Environments
Education Systems
Specialist Studies in Education
Teaching and Curriculum
Education Policy, Sociology and Philosophy
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Historical Studies
Other Education and Training
Understanding Past Societies

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Feel free to disagree on campus ... by learning to do it well

Geoff Sharrock

The French Review didn’t confirm a “free speech crisis” in Australian universities. But nor did its report last year confirm free speech wa..

December 10, 2020
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Australia's tertiary education spending grew while commentators cried otherwise: we explain in 6 charts

Geoff Sharrock

Each year universities check the latest OECD Education at a Glance report to see how Australian tertiary spending compares with peer countr..

November 25, 2019
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Australian tertiary education funding is not as low as it seems in OECD metrics

Geoff Sharrock

This is a longer read. Enjoy! In Paris each year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publishes its Educa..

September 17, 2018
conversation Article
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Six things Labor’s review of tertiary education should consider

Geoff Sharrock

In March, Shadow Minister for Education and Training Tanya Plibersek outlined Labor’s plan to review the architecture of the post-school ed..

May 24, 2018
conversation Article
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Let graduates use super to pay off HELP debt faster

Geoff Sharrock

If the Senate passes budget reforms for higher education, Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) repayments would start earlier, with a wider..

May 24, 2017
conversation Article
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OECD figures are not what they seem in higher education

Geoff Sharrock

In any campaign, truth is an early casualty. Political leaders use simple facts and figures to prove one policy good, another bad. But real..

June 13, 2016
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Reforming HELP loans: combine lower repayment thresholds with a super payment option

Geoff Sharrock

Since it began more than 25 years ago, the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) has been generally safe for university students and cost-ef..

April 13, 2016
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Higher education policies could result in big increase to federal debt: experts respond

Timothy Higgins, Geoff Sharrock, Ittima Cherastidtham, Peter Noonan

The government’s proposed policies to make subsidy cuts to higher education and allow universities to set their own fees will result in big..

April 6, 2016
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OECD comparisons don't prove our unis are underfunded

Geoff Sharrock

Since the 1990s, it is said, Australian universities have become ever more under-funded and over-reliant on fee income. Internationally we ..

October 1, 2015
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Should universities have to pay back unpaid student debts?

Geoff Sharrock

At a recent ANU forum on higher education financing, economist Lorraine Deardon said that since UK universities were allowed to treble thei..

August 27, 2015
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Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Graduate Diploma Applied Sciences

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

MASTER OF ARTS

University of Melbourne

GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION

University of Melbourne

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