HERDSA Notices 19 October 2016

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* HERDSA Membership Benefits: Member access to HERD​
* HERDSA Membership Benefits: UWA Publishing
* Students' Placement Experiences
* Call for Proposals STLHE 2017- June 21-24, 2017
* BEAN16 Biosciences Education Forum
* IDP Database of Research on International Education updated for AIEC 2016
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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HERDSA MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Online access to HERD

Taylor and Francis provide a members link to the online version of Higher Education Research & Development (HERD). Members who would like to access the current version of HERD can now use the referrer URL link from inside their member profile on the HERDSA website (located inside the members-only section). Log into the HERDSA web site at http://www.herdsa.org.au/user and select "member dashboard" from the top of the homepage. The link to Higher Education Research & Development is in the right hand column of member benefits.

UWA Publishing

UWA PUBLISHING kindly donated books from their extensive catalogue as speaker gifts for the 2016 conference. 

UWA Publishing is now offering HERDSA members an ongoing 15% discount for purchases from the UWA Publishing online store.  http://uwap.uwa.edu.au/  

To take advantage of this offer, you need to access the discount code in your members dashboard on the HERDSA website and then enter the code in the UWA Publishing online checkout when making a purchase. The code can be used multiple times by the same customer.

ABOUT UWA PUBLISHING

We produce beautiful books that bristle and shimmer with life.

UWA Publishing is a part of the University of Western Australia and publishes books of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art and natural history, as well as a scholarly series. UWA Publishing is situated within a community of scholars serious about knowledge and new ideas. It is a privilege to be part of this world of learning, a position that informs our approach to the world at large.

Established in 1935, UWA Publishing has over 800 books in its backlist and publishes on average 30 books annually. In 2015, UWA Publishing created the Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. We house two imprints: UWAP Scholarly, established in 2014, and UWAP Poetry, established 2016.

Our publishing program is ambitious. We believe in the power of a good book to inspire important conversations. UWA Publishing supports local writing that explores Australian society, politics and culture, and has published English-language and translated books from around the world. Works of Indigenous stories, language, history, art and culture form a core part of our program. We publish both established authors and new voices, and champion endangered literary forms such as poetry and short stories.

UWA Publishing is a small but nimble team committed to providing our authors with a meaningful publishing experience, and our readers with books worth reading.

Allan Goody

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Students' Placement Experiences
11th December 2017

At Macquarie we are undertaking some research focused on students' placement experiences. We would appreciate it if readers of the newsletter could circulate the information below about our research to students via their networks.

Placements should offer students the chance to develop valuable work and life skills. If you’ve participated in a placement such as an internship, apprenticeship, practicum, community engagement project etc as part of your education then we’d like to hear from you. Please share your experiences as they may help other students to make informed decision about their choice of placement and also provide feedback to employers about the quality of the placements they offer. To find out more and to share your placement experiences and stories please follow this link to the project website: http://edgeplacements.com/survey/

If you complete the survey (which will take about 5 minutes of your time) you will be eligible to go into a draw to win one of 10 itunes vouchers valued at $20.00 each. The draw will take place on 12th December 2016. Successful participants will be notified via email.

The ethical aspects of this study have been approved by the Macquarie University Human Research Ethics Committee.  If you have any complaints or reservations about any ethical aspect of your participation in this research, you may contact the Committee through the Director, Research Ethics (telephone (02) 9850 7854; email ethics@mq.edu.au).  Any complaint you make will be treated in confidence and investigated, and you will be informed of the outcome. Ethics number: 5201600126

For more information contact: trudy.ambler@mq.edu.au or yvonne.breyer@mq.edu.au

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Call for Proposals STLHE 2017- June 21-24, 2017
December 12, 2016    

We are pleased to announce the call for proposals for the upcoming STLHE 2017 annual conference that will be held June 21-24, 2017 in Halifax, NS, Canada through a partnership of Saint Mary's University, Dalhousie University, Mount Saint Vincent University, the Nova Scotia Community College, NSCAD University, l'Universite Sainte-Anne, and the University of King's College.  
 
Our conference theme this year is ""Gateways in Higher Education: Cultures, Transitions and Transformations.""
 
The metaphor of gateway is used widely to represent passages from one location to another, from one undertaking to another, from one way of life to another.  In the realms of the theory and practice of technology, pedagogy, and assessment, it seems as though higher education is continually at the gateway, a liminal space, where possibility and advancement is available. What is the role of the post-secondary institutions, classrooms, teachers in supporting the students in their quest for higher learning? Understanding where we have come from and where we are now is key to understanding where we are going, and how we can develop and change over the next century to meet the needs of our changing student demographics. 
 
We invite conference participants to engage in questions such as these, and considerations of our collective contributions to social, political, economic and human well-being in the unique context of Halifax—a place that combines real and metaphorical gateways with a 200-year history of providing opportunities for higher education.
 
Proposals can be submitted for half-day and full-day pre-conference workshops, and for interactive workshops, research presentations, Pecha Kucha sessions, and posters during the main conference.  The proposal submission site will be live in the next couple of weeks as part of the main conference site.
 
Proposals will be due December 12, 2016
 
Sincerely (and on behalf of the Conference Steering Committee),
 
Brad Wuetherick
Dalhousie University
STLHE 2017 Co-Chair
stlhe2017@smu.ca

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BEAN16 Biosciences Education Forum

BEAN16 Biosciences Education Forum is on 12-13 Dec at ANU.  The theme of the conference is how we can use creative engagement to grow and sustain the sense of wonder and imagination for science in our students. Phil Poronnik has once again put together an amazing lineup of speakers to inspire us to think across discipline boundaries.

Registration is only $240 (including dinner at the funky "Monster Bar" salon in HotelHotel!)

Registration opens soon at: https://aas.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/bean16/home 

Enquiries to biosciencesau@gmail.com 

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IDP Database of Research on International Education updated for AIEC 2016

273 records have been added to the IDP Database of Research on International Education for September-October 2016.

http://www.idp.com/researchdatabase

New reports, articles and dissertations are listed as discovered at http://twitter.com/IDPDRIE

This week IDPDRIE is at AIEC - if you are there, stop by the IDP Booth to talk about your research. To follow the conference on Twitter see https://twitter.com/hashtag/aiec2016?src=hash"

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Higher Education in the Headlines

Opinion split on funding changes | JOHN ROSS | Australian Higher Eduction | 19 Octoer, 2016
While changes to research funding have been applauded, graduate studies heads say the timeline is unfeasible.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/research-funding-change...

How Presidents Try to Stay Ahead of the Social-Media Outrage Machine | Lee Gardner | Chronicle of Higher Eduction | 14 October, 2016
Its lightning speed and broad reach have college leaders scrambling to keep controversies from spinning dangerously out of control.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Presidents-Try-to-Stay/238019

National University of Singapore’s use of skills data sparks debate | Ellie Bothwell | Times Higher Eduction | 13 October, 2016
But academics argue against narrow teaching focus and warn that technical skills have a ‘half-life’
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/national-university-singapores...