* Call for nominations for HERDSA Life Memberships
* HERDSA Guides Special Offer
* Reminder: HERDSA/ACEN Rekindled Conference - Friday 2 December 
* Career Opportunity at Deakin Learning Futures
* PhD scholarship in graduate employability at the University of Auckland
* Expressions of Interest: The Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP)
* International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP)
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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A full list of HERDSA Notices is online at http://www.herdsa.org.au/latest-news
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Call for nominations for HERDSA Life Memberships
 
HERDSA life Members are individuals who have made a substantial, prolonged contribution to HERDSA through their service to the Society and/or have made a distinguished contribution to higher education. We are pleased to count many significant contributors in our list of life members (http://herdsa.org.au/life-members). 

The HERSDA Executive is now calling for nominations for new life members. The Executive will review nominations and elect up to two new life members who will be recognised at the 2017 conference. 

To nominate an outstanding individual for HERDSA Life Membership, please forward a short statement detailing the following: 
•    Name and Email of Nominee 
•    Name and Email of Proposer 
•    Statement of outstanding Contribution to HERDSA and/or higher education (500 words max) 
 
Please forward to office@herdsa.org.au by Friday February 10th, 2017

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HERDSA Guides Special Offer

For a limited time HERDSA Guides are on sale for the reduced price of $30. All HERDSA Guides can be purchased from the HERDSA web site at http://herdsa.org.au/publications/guides The usual member discount of $5 still applies to all HERDSA members who log in to make their purchase.

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Reminder: HERDSA/ACEN Rekindled Conference - Friday 2 December 

The Victorian HERDSA Branch in collaboration with ACEN and Monash University invite you to an event revisiting a selection of the 2016 HERDSA and ACEN conference presentations. Topics covered will include professional and employability skills, work-integrated learning, and industry and community collaboration and engagement. This event will take place on Dec 2 at Monash University Caulfield Campus from 9am-1pm.
Please register via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F825ZZ9
For a full program or further information, please contact Bella Ross at bella.ross@monash.edu.

Further information bella.ross@monash.edu 

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Career Opportunity at Deakin Learning Futures
29 November

An exciting Ongoing Lecturer position has become available in Deakin Learning Futures (DLF) to support the Faculty of Business and Law in enhancing their courses. DLF academics work collaboratively and consultatively with
colleagues from the Faculty and other central services to provide delightful and engaging learning experiences for preparing graduates for the jobs of the future. Applications close on 29 November 2016.

For further details, visit Jobs at Deakin at http://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/work-at-deakin/job-vacancies

Further information: Harsh.Suri@deakin.edu.au
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PhD scholarship in graduate employability at the University of Auckland

Are you a masters or honours student in Education, Management or Psychology with an interest in higher education practice? Do you have experience in qualitative research methods? If so, you can contribute to an exciting national project.

In a collaborative effort between the University of Auckland, University of Otago and the New Zealand Association of Graduate Employers, this project aims to discover and disseminate pedagogies for embedding employability capabilities in advanced and research informed curricula. The project has the following objectives:

·         build understanding of effective curriculum based and co-curricula pedagogies for developing and evidencing employability attributes;

·         build understanding of the mechanisms and assessment techniques for incorporating and recognising co-curricula, life and employment experiences within degree programmes;

·         trial and evaluate effective practices across settings;

·         build and disseminate a guiding framework and tools for lecturers, programme designers and leaders in learning and teaching.

You will contribute to all aspects of research including qualitative data collection, analysis and reporting. In return, we will offer the successful candidate full fees payment for their PhD programme and casual teaching duties.

This full-time scholarship will be based in Auckland under the supervision of Professor Susan Geertshuis and will commence early in 2017.

If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, please email your CV and cover letter to Narissa Lewis (narissa.lewis@auckland.ac.nz). Please confirm your eligibility to study for a PhD at the University of Auckland

(you can find our criteria at https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/applications-and-admissions/entry-requirements/postgraduate-entry-requirements/doctoral-entry-requirements.html), detail your research experience in your application and include a copy of your academic transcript.

Further information: narissa.lewis@auckland.ac.nz

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Expressions of Interest: The Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP)

The Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP) http://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/ are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from those with an interest in effective and innovative teaching and learning practice in the higher education environment, to act as reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer please email your Name, email address, institutional affiliation and areas of specific interest to A/Prof Dominique Parrish email:dparrish@uow.edu.au OR Dr Alisa Percy email: alisa@uow.edu.au.

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International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP)

Dear Colleagues

We are delighted to let you know that we are launching the International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP), a new open access journal about learning and teaching together in higher education. IJSaP explores new perspectives, practices, and policies regarding how students and staff (meaning academic staff/faculty, professional staff, and other stakeholders) are working in partnership to enhance learning and teaching in higher education. IJSaP is produced using a partnership approach with teams of students and staff from Australia, Canada, UK and USA. Further details about the journal are available at https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/ijsap.

We value multiple forms of analysis, including research articles, case studies, opinion pieces, reflective essays, and reviews. Some contributions will be specifically about the process of partnership. Others will focus on examples or outcomes of partnership activities. However, all contributions must discuss the implications of the partnership activity for learning and teaching in higher education. 

Contributions written collaboratively by students and staff are particularly encouraged, although single and other co-authored pieces are also acceptable. All submissions go through a rigorous review process involving both staff and students who are trained and supported as reviewers. Students and staff with an interest in students as partners are invited to complete an expression of interest to join the International Review Panel https://goo.gl/forms/DNWKJQcSXSfkiQe43. Inexperienced reviewers will be trained and mentored before undertaking independent reviews. If you are an experienced reviewer you will be asked whether you would be willing to mentor an inexperienced reviewer. Wherever possible, we encourage experienced and inexperienced reviewers to sign up in pairs, to aid the mentoring process.

The journal is open for submissions at any time and following vetting and international peer review accepted pieces will be published in the next available issue. However, we would request that you send us a brief proposal (around 250 words) to ijsap@mcmaster.ca on what you propose to submit before you write it. Then we can give you feedback and monitor the likely pattern of submissions. 

The idea for the journal emerged in conversations at the first International Summer Institute for Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, held at McMaster in May 2016. (The next one is planned for 8-11 May 2017 https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/summer-institute/). IJSaP is published twice a year by McMaster University Library Press and supported by McMaster’s Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching (previously known as MIIETL). 

We look forward to hearing from you and working with you to make this exciting venture to stimulate scholarly discussion of the rapidly growing field of students as partners a success. Please pass this note on to students and staff who you think may be interested.

Best wishes

Mick Healey

Senior Editor on behalf of the IJSaP Editorial Board

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Higher Education in the Headlines

PhDs short on industry skills | DARRAGH O’KEEFE | Australian Higher Eduction | 23 November, 2016
Doctoral programs can train future academics but ­appear less effective at readying graduates to work in industry.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/survey-shows-doctoral-c...

A Humbling of Higher Ed | Jack Striplingr | Chronicle of Higher Eduction | 18 November, 2016
The president-elect's resonant skewering of elites, political correctness, and immigration policy resonates with the country’s longstanding skepticism of academe.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Humbling-of-Higher-Ed/238378

Academics urged to address Trump ‘Rust Belt revolt’| John Morgan | Times Higher Eduction | 17 November, 2016
Political impact of deindustrialisation and free trade seen by experts as key to Trump victory
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academics-urged-address-trump-...