Research Resources

Research Resources

To assist researchers and students working on higher education issues, the following summarises some potentially useful websites. These are categorised as those dealing with International issues, and those that are operating on a National level.


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International

Distance Learning

Commonwealth of Learning
European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN)
International Centre for Distance Learning
SAIDE (South African Institute for Distance Education)

Exchange

British Council
Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
Rotary International
VSO

General

International Association of Universities (IAU)
World of Learning

Journals

Campus Review
Chronicle of Higher Education
Education Guardian
Times Higher Education (THE)

Libraries/Publishing

African Books Collective
British Library
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Library of Congress
Special Libraries Association (SLA)

Professional/Union

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Association of University Staff (NZ)
CAUT (Canadian Association of University Teachers)/ACPPU
European Universities Public Relations and Information Officers Association (EUPRIO)
International Association of University Presidents (IAUP)
NTEU (National Tertiary Education Union) (Australia) 
University and College Union (UCU)

Publications

OECD
UNESCO

Regional

Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
Association of African Universities (AAU)
Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)
Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL)
Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP)
Coimbra Group 
Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research (CLUSTER) 
European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-CEPES) 
European University Continuing Education Network (EUCEN) 
European University Association (EUA) 
European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE) 
Eurydice (Education in Europe network) (within Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA))
Magna Charta Observatory 
Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (OUI-IOHE) 
Santander Group 
Unión de Universidades de Amèrica Latina (Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL) 
UNICA (Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe) 
Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)

Research

Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)
Center for International Higher Education
Centre for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD)
Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI)
Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE)
Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung (Centre for Higher Education Development) (CHE)
Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)
Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER)
Database of Research on International Education (ACER for IDP)
European Association for International Education (EAIE)
European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities (ESMU)
Higher Education Information Services Trust (HEIST)
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
IMHE ((OECD) Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education)
Institute of Education (IOE)
International Bureau of Education (UNESCO-IBE)
International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO-IIEP)
Observatory on Borderless Higher Education
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/UT)
Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)
UCL (Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Higher Education)

Statistics

Higher Education Statistics Agency
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Statistics Canada
Statistics South Africa
Unesco Institute for Statistics

Students

ESU (European Students' Union)
Graduate Careers Australia (GCA)
National Union of Students

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National

Australia
DEEWR (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations)
Universities Australia

Canada
Association of Atlantic Universities
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec (CREPUQ)
Council of Ontario Universities (COU)

Hong Kong
University Grants Committee

India
Association of Indian Universities
National Knowledge Commission
University Grants Commission

New Zealand
Ministry of Education
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee
Tertiary Education Commission

South Africa
Council on Higher Education (CHE)
Department of Higher Education and Training
Higher Education South Africa (HESA)

UK
Department for Business, Innovation, & Skills
Higher Education Funding Council for England and Wales (HEFCE)
Universities UK

USA
AACRAO
American Council on Education
Department of Education
Fulbright Commission

Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
Institute of International Education (IIE)
Visiting International Faculty (VIF) Program