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• W2210777689 abstract "[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ABSTRACT New Courses 2012 refers to a new course structure adopted by the University of Western Australia, which has established a three-year general Bachelor degree followed by professional degrees. Since its Introduction, enrolments in languages have increased, in a context in which languages across Australia have found themselves 'under threat' (Baldauf and White, 2010, p. 61) or indeed in 'permanent crisis' (Martin, 2005). This study explores the impact this new structure has had on enrolments in Italian and considers the challenge ' of how to maintain student numbers. After a brief discussion of the new degree structure, we consider how it has affected language enrolments at UWA, and then Italian in particular. Using enrolment data from 2011 to 2014 and student surveys, we provide substantial evidence to suggest that language enrolments are directly related to issues of access and degree structure. We also show how a large percentage of students studying Italian at UWA are not from the Faculty of Arts, how this new degree structure has impacted on student cohort and the implications this may have for pedagogy. The study concludes by offering suggestions for further research and considers the implications this model may have for language teaching in universities around Australia and beyond. KEY WORDS enrolment; Italian; language policies; degree structure; retention strategies; teaching and learning languages INTRODUCTION Reforms to Australian universities in recent times have seen wide-ranging impacts on language departments. The Introduction of the Melbourne Curriculum In 2008 (previously the 'Melbourne Model') and New Courses at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 2012 introduced broad undergraduate degrees followed by specialised programs. These universities allow students greater degree flexibility and are a model of truly open access to languages. At The University of Melbourne, for example, Spanish increased by 250.5 per cent between 2006 and 2010, while Italian increased by 68.18 per cent (J. Hajek, personal communication, 12 May 2011). Looking at the Increase in Spanish over three years, Lane (2012) reports that this language jumped by 539 per cent. The 2014 report of the Australian Academy of the Humanities entitled Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia offers a one-page 'Languages Snapshot', noting that between 2002-2011, 'a number of important structural initiatives have been taken to facilitate language study over this time', such as a Year 12 bonus for university entry, the introduction of the Diploma of Languages as well as the specific tagging or naming of degrees, e.g. BA (Languages)' (Hajek, 2014, p. 22). Nevertheless, the report makes clear that 'structural restrictions continue to limit access to language study, and current enrolments do not reflect true demand as a result' (p. 22). In a previous paper on language offerings in Australia between 2005 and 2011, Dunne and Pavlyshyn (2012a, p. 9) called for 'continued monitoring of the country's linguistic ecology' (cf. also Dunne and Pavlyshyn 2012b). As a response, Brown and Caruso (2014) and Caruso and Brown (2014) described the first impacts on what the degree restructure meant in terms of language enrolments in Italian at UWA, and how new technologies can be adapted to meet the different demands of a changed student cohort. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This study continues this earlier work. It is situated in a context of global pressures that are prompting a re-evaluation of higher education around the world, particularly in terms of content and delivery of tertiary courses. The new course structure at UWA is seen as forming part of this trend identified at universities both locally and internationally. For example, the Bologna Process Introduced a three year general Bachelors degree followed by a two year Masters. In Australia, the Melbourne Curriculum also adopted a generalist undergraduate course structure leading to professional degrees. …" @default.
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• W2210777689 title "Broadening Units to Broadened Horizons: The Impact of New Courses 2012 on Enrolments in Italian at the University of Western Australia" @default.
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