* HERDSA 2020 Keynote confirmed
* 2 x Senior Lecturers Learning Transformations, Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Western Sydney University.
* Job Vacancy: Director of Professional Learning/Head of altLAB - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
* Feature Films and Tv Series in University Teaching - invite to participate in a survey
* ACDS commissions a new biannual publication, Australian University Science
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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HERDSA 2020 Keynote confirmed
30 June to 3 July 2020

Professor Baden Offord, Curtin University, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the HERDSA 2020 Conference. Head to the HERDSA 2020 website to read his profile https://conference.herdsa.org.au/2020/program/keynote-speakers/

Further information: herdsa2020@expertevents.com.au

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2 x Senior Lecturers Learning Transformations, Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Western Sydney University.
24 September

More information: https://www.seek.com.au/job/39785764
or
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/177668/senior-lecturer-learning-transformations-office-of-the-pro-vice-chancellor-learning-futures/

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Job Vacancy: Director of Professional Learning/Head of altLAB - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Sunday, 29 September 2019

Auckland University of Technology is seeking to appoint a Director of Professional Learning/Head of altLAB (AUT's Learning Transformation Laboratory). This is an outstanding new permanent opportunity for a dynamic learning and teaching leader to operationalise a radically different approach to how we support our academics within a fresh, compelling and service-orientated way. AltLAB is a newly created entity at AUT, incorporating a realignment of our Centre for Learning and Teaching designed to position AUT at the fore of contemporary professional learning practices for academic staff. As a central university service, altLAB covers a broad range of educational practice including innovative pedagogy, curriculum development, assessment, digital learning and scholarship/pedagogical research.

To learn more about this exciting role and to access the Position Description, AUT’s Learning and Teaching Roadmap as well as key selection criteria – please visit the job listing within the AUT Careers site: https://careers.aut.ac.nz/jobdetails?ajid=xjSHa

Further information: https://careers.aut.ac.nz/jobdetails?ajid=xjSHa

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Feature Films and Tv Series in University Teaching - invite to participate in a survey
January 31, 2020

We would like to invite you to participate in an anonymous online survey that investigates how Australia-based university lecturers are currently using feature films and TV series (FF/TV) in teaching. This survey is a part of an ongoing PhD research studythat works towards improving the efficacy of FF/TV in higher education pedagogies.

Your experience in teaching with FF/TV, however much or little, will be valuable to this research.

Further participant information and the survey can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FFTVEDUFINALThank you for your time. Please feel free to forward to other lecturers.This research is approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee on August 6, 2019; approval number H-2019-139.

Further information: ngoc.nguyen@adelaide.edu.au or cally.guerin@adelaide.edu.au

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ACDS commissions a new biannual publication, Australian University Science

Australian University Science highlights the role and impact of university science, beginning with the hydrogen economy. It also showcases case studies of exceptional science teams and profiles Australian science graduates working in industry. This is a critical insight into how Australian university science informs, partners and drives innovation domestically and internationally.

Further information: https://issuu.com/refractionmedia/docs/austuniscience1

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Higher Education in the Headlines

Foreign students abandon west | Victoria Laurie  | Australian Higher Education | 11 September, 2019
Foreign students are deserting Western Australia as a place to study as it loses its regional status, in a $2bn blow to the state’s economy.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/foreign-students-aband...

Princeton Climate Scientists Tried to Ignore a Campus Skeptic. Then He Went to the White House | Marc Parry | Chronicle of Higher Education | 06 September, 2019
The ascent of William Happer as a science adviser to President Trump raises questions about how scholars should respond when facing outsiders’ attacks on their foundational knowledge.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Princeton-Climate-Scientists/246971

Jo Johnson quits as universities minister and MP | John Morgan  | Times Higher Education | 05 September, 2019
Prime minister’s brother cites ‘unresolvable tension’ between ‘family loyalty and the national interest’
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/jo-johnson-quits-universities-...