* Last day to vote in HERDSA Executive elections: 2019-2021
* Call for Chapters: Supporting Course and Programme Leaders: individual, team and institutional approaches’
* Call for Chapter Proposals: Evidence-Based Faculty Development Through the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
* University of Calgary Conference on Learning and Teaching
* Call for papers: The sixth Summer School on Higher Education 2019 – Methods and approaches in higher education research
* Multiple educational design and development positions available at Sydney University Business School
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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Last day to vote in HERDSA Executive elections: 2019-2021

Today is the last day to vote in the HERDSA Executive elections. To view and cast your vote for those members who have nominated please go to http://www.herdsa.org.au/executive-election-2019 and vote on your selection for the 2019-2021 HERDSA Executive. 

NOTE: You must log into the HERDSA web site to view the ballot form and cast your votes for the eight (8) candidates you would like to represent you on the HERDSA Executive..

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Call for chapters: Supporting Course and Programme Leaders: individual, team and institutional approaches’
15 April

We are delighted to open a call for chapters and case studies for a SEDA/Routledge book 'Supporting Course and Programme Leaders: individual, team and institutional approaches’ 

‘Programme leader’ is synonymous with other titles such as course director/convenor, and refers to any role that involves the leadership, management or oversight of a programme or course of study in higher education, including under or postgraduate certificates, diplomas, degrees and higher apprenticeships. This role is critical in the current UK HE context and is widely understood and adopted within organisational structures across International HE contexts. Although there is an extensive literature exploring academic leadership and curriculum design, very little speaks specifically to the uniqueness of the complexities, challenges and opportunities of the Programme Leader role, topics this book will address. 

Proposals are invited for 5,000 word chapters OR 1,000 word case studies that address developing effective programme leadership, taking individual, team and/or whole institution approaches. The book has an expected publication date of early Spring of 2020. Completed chapter proposals must be sent to the co editors Rowena Senior, Susan Maron Garcia and Jenny Lawrence (r.senior@aston.ac.uk and jenny.lawrence@hull.ac.uk) by 5pm Monday 15th April 2019.

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Call for Chapter Proposals: Evidence-Based Faculty Development Through the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
April 26, 2019

Please find a link to the call for chapters for an upcoming publication - Evidence-Based Faculty Development Through the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

If you are an educational developer, a faculty member, or perhaps take on both roles, please consider submitting a proposal. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to: 

• The history and evolution of SoTL as a research domain 
• SoTL as a form of professional development 
• SoTL as tool for reflection 
• The characteristics of a SoTL project 
• The steps or phases of a SoTL project* 
• The role of the educational developer in accompanying a SoTL project* 
• Practice examples (educational developer perspective)* 
• Practice example (faculty member perspective)* 
• Assessing the impact of SoTL on teaching practice 
• Assessing the impact of SoTL on educational development 
• Assessing the impact of SoTL in a discipline or across disciplines 
• Assessing the impact of SoTL in an institution 

*Educational developers and faculty members are encouraged to submit a proposal as co-authors to deliver a blended perspective reflecting the objective of this book.

Further information: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/3866

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University of Calgary Conference on Learning and Teaching
April 29 to May 1, 2019

Registration is now Open for University of Calgary Conference on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

Exploring Experiential Learning | April 29 - May 1, 2019 

Pre-conference workshop
April 29, 2019. Dr. Patti Clayton, PhD.
Keynotes: April 30, Dr. Norah McRae, PhD. May 1, Dr Jeff Dunn, PhD, Dennis Cahill

Early Bird pricing available until March 21, 2019. Deadline for general registration is April 17, 2019.

email: ticonf@ucalgary.ca

Further information: https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/conference2019

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Call for papers: The sixth Summer School on Higher Education 2019 – Methods and approaches in higher education research
 May 1st 2019

Welcome to the sixth Summer School on Higher Education. This year’s theme “methods and approaches in higher education research” addresses the new directions and dilemmas related to methods and methodologies in higher education research as a complex multidisciplinary field.

The summer school addresses the big decisions faced by all PhD students in the course of their dissertation: the choice of the methods and approaches and their compatibility with the research questions and the theoretical and conceptual frameworks chosen.  The keynote and the student papers may focus on any or all of following themes:

• What challenges are posed to my research project by the multidisciplinary nature of higher education research?
• What is relationships between methods, methodologies and data in my research project?
• How do my theoretical and methodological choices match together and what are the related challenges?

Keynote speaker: Professor Rebecca Boden; Director of the  New Social Research (NSR) –programme, Tampere University https://www.tuni.fi/en/research/new-social-research-nsr

Important dates:
The deadline for the applications is May 1st 2019. 
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by May 15th 2019. 
The participants are asked to submit the full papers by July 31st 2019.

Application form and further information on our web page: www.korkeakoulututkimus.fi/summerschool2019/

More information: https://www.jyu.fi/en/research/summer-and-winter-schools/jss

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Multiple educational design and development positions available at Sydney University Business School

The University of Sydney Business School is about to embark on a new faculty strategic initiative that will transform the student experience in core units for our internationally regarded undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Commerce.

Addressing the challenges of teaching and learning at scale, this project will be the central hub for strategic pedagogical change, working with academic staff, professional staff support teams, students and the wider University to ensure the successful delivery of this initiative.

• Be part of a highly inspired team of reputed academics and talented professionals
• Participate in the project of transforming educational experience through innovative educational design
• Fixed term, 3 years contracts as follows:

Senior Lecturer http://bit.ly/2C2bWeE 
Senior Educational Technologist: http://bit.ly/2VVbxCh 
2 x Lecturers http://bit.ly/2VzFveP
2 x Research Assistants http://bit.ly/2UlOYGe
2 x Educational Technologist http://bit.ly/2F2tf0X 

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Higher Education in the Headlines

Labor policy boosted efficiency | TIM DODD | Australian Higher Education | 20 March, 2019
Universities gained from economies of scale when they enrolled more students from 2011, new research suggests.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/labor-funding-policy-b...

Why Thousands of College Grads Start Their Careers at a Rental-Car Company | Beckie Supiano | Chronicle of Higher Education | 15 March, 2019
Enterprise is a big employer of college graduates, and what it’s looking for may surprise you.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Thousands-of-College-Grads/245847

Gold standard of PhD ‘under threat’, professors claim | Jack Grove | Times Higher Education | 14 March, 2019
Debate sparked by criticism of growth of PhDs by publication, and allegations that corruption and nepotism are undermining the reliability of the academic doctorate
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/gold-standard-phd-under-threat...