* Exploring an Academic Development Special Interest Group
* AD and OED positions at UniSA
* Early bird rate for International Students as Partners Institute (ISaPI) on Learning and Teaching in HE ends 30th March 2018
* Call for EOI: External Review of RSD Project at USP
* Learning Leaders in Higher Education Conference and Higher Education Quality Network Conference
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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Exploring an Academic Development Special Interest Group

We are interested in exploring the possibility of setting up a HERDSA SIG around the broad theme of Academic Development, if there is sufficient interest among the membership. As there are usually few academic developers in individual tertiary institutions, and we aim to provide a platform to
" Share knowledge, resources, skills, and practices in academic development / continuing professional development
" Contribute to theory building in academic development
" Provide a community of practice and critical friends / sounding boards
" Explore potential (collaborative) research projects
" Discuss roles / responsibilities of (strategic) academic development in a changing university
" Discuss strategies for remaining a collaborative community in an environment where our institutions are increasingly in competition
" Discuss strategies to show relevance / value-add of academic development within the corporate, neoliberal university management environment
" Maintain links with other professional bodies in academic development, such as POD in North America and SEDA in the United Kingdom)

If you are interested in this potential new SIG, please contact Erik Brogt, so that we can determine if there is enough critical mass. We also welcome further ideas related to the possible scope and focus of the SIG.

Erik Brogt
University of Canterbury
Erik.brogt@canterbury.ac.nz

Julie Timmermans
University of Otago
Julie.timmermans@otago.ac.nz

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AD and OED positions at UniSA
26 March

Dear HERDSA colleagues,

The Teaching Innovation Unit (TIU) at UniSA wish to advise that there are multiple Academic Developer and Online Educational Designer positions available. Applications close at 9am on Monday 26th March 2018. Additional information can be found via the UniSA recruitment page - http://www.unisa.edu.au/About-UniSA/Working-at-UniSA/Join-our-team/ or by following the links above.

Kind regards,

Sheridan Gentili

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Early bird rate for International Students as Partners Institute (ISaPI) on Learning and Teaching in HE ends 30th March 2018

The third International Students as Partners Institute (ISaPI) is being held at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada from 11-14 June 2018. The overall aim of the ISaPI is to build the capacity and understanding of faculty, staff, and students to develop, design, implement, and disseminate initiatives that promote the practice of students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education. 

This is just a reminder that the early bird rate for the Institute is open until 30th March. If you are interested in participating, please reserve your place by registering as soon as possible at: https://www.regonline.ca/registration/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1940996.

We already have 7 teams from 6 different countries participating in the Change Institute. Places remain for the two 2-day workshops on a first come first served basis. Both workshops are designed for either individuals or institutional teams. No prior knowledge of students as partners is required, although participants experienced in partnership work will find the workshops offers new insights and ideas to enhance current practices. Faculty/staff and students are encouraged to register to participate in either one or both of these consecutive workshops.

Workshop 1: Doing students as partners well: Exploring powerful in-class and extra-curricular practices
Workshop 2: Being a good partner: Understanding the dynamics of power-sharing partnership practices

Key Dates & Deadlines
• 30 March 2018: Early Bird Registration deadline
• 1 June 2018: Regular Registration deadline
• 11-14 June 2018: Institute 

Further information https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/summer-institute/

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Call for EOI: External Review of RSD Project at USP
April 8th, 2018

The University of the South Pacific is inviting submission of expressions of interest for an independent external review of the Research Skill Development [RSD] project which was implemented in 2012 as a means to achieve the systematic development of research skills and literacy of university students.

The external review will be carried out to:
a) Provide recommendations and way forward for informing future RSD implementation strategy
b) Analyse and report on the aspects of RSD implementation that:
i) work well and should continue;
ii) did not work well but should be strengthened;
iii) did not work well and should be discontinued.
c) Identify lessons learnt in project implementation 
d) Identify the specific challenges that need to be addressed in the near future. 

Extended information is available online at www.research.usp.ac.fj/rsd 

Interested applicants should submit their expression of interest by email no later than 8th April, 2018 to RSD Coordinator, Shaiza Janif at janif_s@usp.ac.fj with a copy to Director Research at jito.vanualailai@usp.ac.fj 
Expression of interest should contain a brief statement of interest, experience with previous similar reviews and curriculum vitae of principal reviewers.

Further information https://research.usp.ac.fj/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Call-for-EOI-Exter...

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Learning Leaders in Higher Education Conference and Higher Education Quality Network Conference
Conference dates: 6, 7 and 8 June Pullman on the Park, Melbourne

You are invited to submit papers for the Learning Leaders in Higher Education Conference hosted by the Council of Australasian Leaders in Learning and Teaching (formerly CADAD) in collaboration with Higher Ed Services and the Higher Education Quality Network Conference: Assessment, Integrity, Review. Papers for the Learning Leaders Conference are invited under the following themes:

• Leading learning and teaching: benefits, challenges and impacts
• Leading learning and teaching in the disciplines
• Learning and teaching leadership identities
• Leading learning and teaching in distributed contexts and using distributed approaches
• Leadership development in learning and teaching

Themes for the Higher Education Quality Network Conference: Assessment, Integrity, Review are invited under the following topics:

• Assessment
• Authentic assessments (Capstone, Portfolio, WIL)
• Developing program level assessment (Whole of degree)
• Cultivating assessment literacy in students (Sustainable assessment)
• Enhancing assessment policy (Putting Assessment Policy into Practice)
• Integrating digital tools and technologies for assessment (Online Assessment)

Integrity
Topical material on issues associated with the integrity of examinations, including those that are: 1.) invigilated in person, 2.) taken online but are remotely invigilated in real time, and 3.) conducted online and invigilated remotely with offline asynchronous review. 

Preference will be given to papers that focus on:

• Good practice and future-looking next practice
• Strategies for management of these three types of examinations
• Inherent and developing issues and risks related to exam integrity

Papers relating more broadly to academic integrity, not necessarily focused on exams, are also welcome

Review

• Review of Institutional Data [Attrition/Retention/Completion Rates/QILT Data]
• Course Accreditation/Curriculum Review
• External Referencing/Benchmarking Projects
• Professional Accreditation and Review
• Review of Teaching and Teaching Standards
• Review and Calibration

Go to for https://www.hes.edu.au/events/learning-leaders-higher-education-conferen... for information on the submission process and to register for these two conferences.

Further information, please contact Jacqui Elson-Green; jacqui@hes.edu.au

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Higher Education in the Headlines

Radical changes for degrees of disruption | ERICA CERVINI, TIM DODD | Australian Higher Education | 21 March, 2018
The University of Melbourne is gearing for a substantial realignment of its postgraduate business courses.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/radical-changes-for-de...

How a Harassment Controversy Tore a University Apart | Katherine Mangan  | Chronicle of Higher Education | 16 March, 2018
The president resigned. A department is in shambles. And many women say the University of Rochester still has a lot of work to do.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-a-Harassment-Controversy/242782

Demand for 300K new university places ‘threatens uncapped system’ | Simon Baker | Times Higher Education | 15 March, 2018
Hepi report warns that surge in youth population and higher participation will add to government’s funding headache in England 
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/demand-300k-new-university-pla...