Congratulations to Kerry Maree Lee, the winner of the International Award for Excellence in the world universities field  for her paper Getting the Most Bang for your Buck: A Case Study in Maximising Scholarship Investment

Abstract: In order to maximise researchers’ time, universities often offer scholarships to graduate or undergraduate students to undertake basic research tasks to assist the principal researcher to complete a project. Selection of these students often relies solely on academic grades. This paper will briefly outline how a principal researcher used other criteria as well as academic achievement when selecting a student to assist with a research project. The benefits to both university and student will be explained, and the case made for all universities to review selection criteria.

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Congratulations to all of the Award Winner finalists:

• Serpil Aytac, Veysel Bozkurt, Nuran Bayram and Nazan Bilgel: Violence Against Health Workers at a University Hospital in Turkey
• Hassanuddeen A. Aziz and Ilmyzat Ismail: Operationalizing Strategic Planning in Higher Education: A Case Study at International Islamic University Malaysia
• Phil Bamber, Wendy Bignold and Chrissie D’Costa: The Impact of Social Involvement and Community Engagement on Students in Higher Education in India and the UK: A Comparative Study
• Neville Bruce, Steve Johnson and Karen Connolly: Education for World Futures
• Kirigha Alfred Kitawi: The Impact of the Commission of Higher Education and Government Reforms on Kenyan Universities
• Noraien Mansor and Normaliza Abd Rahim: Online Collaboration via Email: Analyzing Students’ Knowledge Construction in the ESL Classroom
• Julie Matthews, Steve Garlick and Timothy F. Smith: Ecoversity: Towards a Sustainable Future
• Tristha Ramamurthy: The Prospective Teachers of India: Understanding their Motivation to Enter the Teaching Profession (to be published in the next issue)
• Ashok Shettar, Basavaraj Kakol and Narasimha Ayachit: Statistical Grading System – A New Approach
• Tatiana Summers and Karen F Steckol: Women Administrators in Academia: Ancient Archetypes and Modern Realities
• Swapna Williamson, Denise Burley, Deena Graham and Shalini Kaushal: The Role of Universities in the Globalisation of Education