FHEL academic awarded ALTC grant

Faculty of Higher Education Lilydale academic Dr Timothy Moore has been awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) grant for "Degrees of Proficiency: Building a strategic approach to university students’ English language assessment and development."

The project is a cross-institutional, collaborative investigation into the effectiveness of post-entry English language assessment and development strategies in the university sector. The partners in the grant are Curtin University of Technology, RMIT, University of South Australia and University of Sydney. The grant is for $210,000 over a two year period.

The Office of Learning and Teaching, part of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), will replace the ALTC from 1 January 2012.