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Tasker, Isabel – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
People studying an additional language in adult life do so through a diverse mix of self-directed and institutionally-situated efforts, extending over many years; and online and distance mode language learning offer increasingly flexible opportunities for formal study. Little is known, however, of the ways that long-term learners combine…
Descriptors: Time Perspective, Second Language Learning, Online Courses, Distance Education
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Neumann, Ruth; Rodwell, John – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
Internationally, the attention being paid by governments to research education is growing in line with the increasing numbers of students undertaking research degrees. With this emphasis on research students it is, however, becoming clear that there is a specific category of research student that has been overlooked to the point that they are…
Descriptors: Graduates, Student Experience, Case Studies, Part Time Students
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Price, Anne; Jackson-Barrett, Elizabeth – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
The North West Early Childhood and Primary Teacher Workforce Development Strategy offers students in the Pilbara and Kimberley the opportunity to enrol in a Western Australian University's fully accredited Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) part time and externally--so they can continue to live and work in their communities. The…
Descriptors: Mentors, Prior Learning, Young Children, College Credits
Elsworth, Gerald; And Others – 1982
A study of the transition of students to higher education in Victoria, Australia, is reported based on data supplied by the Victorian Universities Admissions Committee (VUAC), a mail survey of 1,300 applicants in 1980, and a series of extended interviews with a small number of applicants. A basic causal model for enrollment decisions (college…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Articulation (Education), Attendance Patterns, Case Studies
Hore, Terry; West, Leo H. T. – 1980
A study was undertaken, in 1976 and for the three following years, of adult students in Australian higher education. The study examined: (1) the phenomenon of adult students and the extent of their involvement in higher education; (2) the politics and practices of institutions towards these students; (3) staff attitudes in the courses; (4) adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Adult Education, Adult Students