* HERDSA 2016 Conference
* OLT Response to HERDSA
* Assessment at Scale Forum
* 2 Postions available at Curtin University
* 27th ISANA International Education Association Conference, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, 7-9 December 2016
* Call for Participants: Symposium – Learning and Research Excellence in Australia and India
* 20th Anniversary Issue of IJAD: International Journal for Academic Development
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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HERDSA 2016 Conference

Registrations are still open for the HERDSA conference being held July 4 – 7, 2016 in Fremantle, Western Australia. www.HERDSA2016.org. 

It is not too late to sign up for the pre-conference workshops.  Many of the workshops have been scheduled around themes so you might choose to participate in a morning workshop and afternoon workshop that complement each other.  There is a discount for registering for two workshops. If you have already registered for the conference, it is not too late to add a pre-conference workshop to your registration.

Join us in Fremantle, named by Lonely Planet as one of the top 10 cities in the world to visit in 2016!!

Allan Goody agoody56@gmail.com

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OLT Response to HERDSA

Ms Di Weddell, Branch Manager of the Student Information and Learning Branch in the Department of Education and Training has advised Allan Goody that  in the 2016−17 Budget the Australian Government has redirected the $18 million of funding  from the Promotion of Excellence in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PELTHE) administered by the OLT to fund new transparency and quality measures. Further information is available on the OLT website at http://www.olt.gov.au/olt_future.

You can read the full response at http://herdsa.org.au/content/olt-response-herdsa

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Assessment at Scale Forum

The HERDSA Victoria Branch would like to invite you a forum on Assessment at Scale on June 15th from 10-12 at ACU.
 
This forum will explore the use of assessment for large cohorts. There will be 3 presentations followed by a panel discussion:
 
Using apps in a large first year core unit
Dr Grainne Oates, Swinburne University

Competency based assessment
Dr Simone Gibson, Monash University
First year psychology at Deakin
Sharon Horwood, Hannah Bereznicki & A/Prof Wendy Sutherland-Smith, Deakin University
 
Registration
Please register for this event at http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/235662D. If you have questions or topics you would like to raise, please do so via the registration form.

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2 Postions available at Curtin University

Curtin University is looking for two Professional Learning Consultants in Curtin Teaching and Learning. The appointments are continuing full time positions. The first is an Academic appointment and the second is a professional appointment.
 
Professional Learning Consultant, (Scholarship of Learning and Teaching)
Ref: 4183
 
The Professional Learning Consultant (Scholarship of Learning and Teaching) position is responsible for supporting the University learning and teaching priorities through associated Scholarship of Learning and Teaching projects and to support academics in their achievement of excellence. The position collaborates closely with the Faculties to coordinate and implement projects to advance the University’s profile as a leader in evidence-based practice in learning and teaching and improve the student learning experience.
 
Professional Learning Consultant, (Learning Spaces)
Ref: 4184
 
The Professional Learning Consultant (Learning Spaces) position is responsible for supporting the University learning and teaching priorities through projects related to enhancing innovative learning and teaching through professional learning for staff. This position works closely with the Faculties to identify professional learning needs, providing pedagogical advice and guidance in order to develop and deliver professional learning which support learning and teaching and the use of learning spaces and technology to improve the student learning experience.
 
Details can be found at http://futurestaff.curtin.edu.au/job_vacancies/index.cfm

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27th ISANA International Education Association Conference, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, 7-9 December 2016

This year's ISANA International Education Association Conference focuses on evidence based practice in international education services. Abstracts are invited from academic and student support staff, and postgraduate students, working in areas relating to internationalisation and international education policy and practice, or international student support. 

Please see the conference website for details: http://2016.isanaconference.com/

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Call for Participants: Symposium – Learning and Research Excellence in Australia and India

Prof. Sudhanshu Bushan (National University of Educational Planning and Administration), Prof. James Arvanitakis (Western Sydney University) and Associate Professor Joanne Lind (Western Sydney University)
Delhi, India/Sydney, Australia: 2016

We are now inviting academics from Australian universities to participate in a collaborative venture between India and Australia which will explore the use of innovative pedagogies in teaching and learning in a rapidly transforming higher education environment. Successful participants will be invited to discuss their experience in the use of innovative pedagogies and address the challenges shared by educators in the 21st century.

This project emerges from the Australian Indian Education Council’s stated aim to investigate the establishment of joint curriculum materials for India’s proposed Teaching and Learning Centres and a Centre for Teaching and Research Excellence that would administer awards, fellowships, exchange programs and create resources on common issues and best practices. 

The following themes have been identified as key to the project (in no particular order):
1.    What should the future of higher education be?
2.    Innovation in curriculum development
3.    Assessment: What is best practice and how do we innovate?
4.    Student support: transitions, achievement, retention & success
5.    Women in higher education and research
6.    Early career academics: 
7.    The Research journey: innovation and its future?
8.    Graduate employability: what are the graduate attributes we should be promoting?

Along with contributions to the broader project, including associated publications, selected participants will be invited to participate in Phase 1 of the project which will include participation in two workshops – one in Delhi (July 2016 with indicative dates 18-20 July), and one in Sydney (late 2016) – and contribution to book on Teaching and Learning Practices in Higher Education: Experiences of India and Australia. 

Travel costs for the workshops will be covered by funding received from the Australian and Indian governments.

The ultimate aims of the workshops and the associated text will be to:

1.    Set a benchmark of excellence in learning, teaching and research within the India context – something that has not be achieved previously; and,
2.    Identify spaces for collaboration and mutual across the two nations.

The first workshop will be hosted in New Delhi, India, by National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NEUPA) and is expected to be convened in the last week of June.

We are inviting expressions of interest for the broader project as well as proposals for Phase 1 of the project – though it should be noted that at this stage, the both governments have only committed funds for Phase 1 .

Abstracts (250-300 words) should respond to one of the identified themes. We also invite you to submit suggestions for additional themes along with abstract submissions. Please send abstracts/Expressions of Interest, together with a brief CV, to Professor James Arvanitakis (j.arvanitakis@westernsydney.edu.au) and Dr Nayantara Pothen (N.Pothen@westernsydney.edu.au) by 5pm, Monday 30 May 2016.

Authors and timelines

Each theme will have a pair of authors (one academic from each country). Each author will give an undertaking to write a chapter in collaboration with a counterpart from the other country. Initially, those selected for Phase 1 will attend a workshop at NUEPA, New Delhi, India to collaborate on the ideas for the book and draft the outline of each chapter.

At the completion of this workshop each pair of authors will submit a short proposal of 1000 words to the editors of the book. Each pair will then have 5 months to complete the first draft of their chapter (6000-8000 words). After the first draft of the chapter is ready a second workshop will be organized at Western Sydney University, Australia to present the paper and feedback will be provided (late 2016). 

The authors will then finalize the chapter after due consideration of the feedback. All the final drafts will be peer reviewed and sent to the editor for final reading to maintain consistency and writing the introduction to the book.

DRAFT Chapter Outline
Each chapter will be written collaboratively with an Indian and Australian Academic and will have the following format:

1.    Context: each author will provide a background to their role and experiences in higher education (e.g. discipline, student demographics, curriculum design, policy implementation etc.)
2.    Joint Challenges: together the authors will have identified key challenges within their theme that are common to both India and Australia. Each of these challenges will be discussed
3.    Unique challenges: any additional challenges that are specific to India or Australia will be discussed
4.    Response: Authors will provide a series of case studies detailing how they deal with these challenges and the reasoning behind their approach. These case studies could cover areas of best practice including learner centeredness, employability, IT integration, diversity of 
students, inclusiveness, internationalization, collaboration and networking. Teachers' perspective and students' perspective on course curriculum, autonomy, evaluation
in the context of regulation and bureaucratization.
5.    Future: Together the authors will address the changing paradigm of teaching and learning, relative to their theme, and identify strategies the university system could implement to
cope with these in a systematic manner. The areas that need development will also be identified along with what is required to achieve this. 

6.    Conclusion: A summary of the chapter will be provided.

We look forward to receiving your EOIs/abstracts.  Please do not hesitate to get in touch in case you have any further questions about the project/workshops.

Regards
Professor James Arvanitakis
Western Sydney University
J.Arvanitakis@westernsydney.edu.au
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20th Anniversary Issue of IJAD: International Journal for Academic Development

I am excited to let you know that in 2016 the International Journal for Academic Development (IJAD) is celebrating its 20th anniversary, having put out its first issue in 1996. We have published a special 20th anniversary issue that is now available online (and shortly in print). The anniversary issue of IJAD is available for download at www.tandfonline.com/ijad. For your convenience, the table of contents is included below. 

If you do not currently have access to IJAD, a discounted subscription rate (£29/US$47) is available to HERDSA members.

We hope you enjoy this issue of IJAD and encourage you to submit your own manuscripts to us. Full instructions for authors are posted at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=rija20&pa...

On behalf of the editorial team,
Dr Kathryn A. Sutherland

IJAD Volume 21 Number 2 June 2016
 
CONTENTS
 
Editorial
Turning 20: Learning from academic development’s past as we look to the future by Kathryn A. Sutherland 
 
Invited Essays
Analysing IJAD, and some pointers to futures for academic development (and for IJAD) by David Baume
Does educational development matter? by Christopher Knapper
Promoting academic development: A history of the International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED) by Kristine Mason O’Connor
Academic development, SoTL, and educational research by Johan Geertsma
 
Articles
Family portrait: A profile of educational developers around the world by David A. Green and Deandra Little
Undergraduate students as partners in new faculty orientation and academic development by Alison Cook-Sather
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Higher Education in the Headlines

Barriers on road to equity | KATHERINE TOWERS| Australian Higher Eduction | 18 May, 2016
A new report finds that schools targeted by a key government equity program face the biggest issues.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/lowses-regional-student...

Inside One College's Scholarship Competition | Eric Hoover | Chronicle of Higher Eduction | 13 May, 2016
Santa Clara University goes to great lengths to evaluate — and win over — its most accomplished applicants.
http://chronicle.com/article/Top-Choice/236392

Universities ‘should set targets’ on recruiting male students | John Morgan | Times Higher Eduction | 12 May, 2016
Hepi calls for action on sector’s gender gap to tackle male ‘underachievement’
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/universities-should-set-target...