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* Newsflash : Emeritus Professor Ronald Barnett - keynote for 2018 Adelaide Conference
* HERDSA TATAL Adelaide 2018
* Research Fellow - Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC) Job No.: 575638
* Job Vacancy - Director, Ako Aotearoa: National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence - Massey University
* Award winning academic language and skills course available
* Second request re Undergraduate and postgraduate students in the same course/ subject/ module
* ACER Research Databases Updated
* Higher Education in the Headlines
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Newsflash : Emeritus Professor Ronald Barnett - keynote for 2018 Adelaide Conference
The conference organising committee is delighted to announce we have secured Emeritus Professor Ronald Barnett as our final keynote at the 2018 conference in Adelaide.
Ronald Barnett is Emeritus Professor of Higher Education at University College London Institute of Education, for more about this eminent writer and speaker, please see his bio on the HERDSA 2018 conference website: http://herdsa2018.aomevents.com.au/.
Further information http://herdsa2018.aomevents.com.au/
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HERDSA TATAL Adelaide 2018
19th June 2018 commencement of online TATAL
Take some time at HERDSA 2018 to Talk About “your” Teaching And Learning (TATAL)
Is it time to ‘hit the pause button’ and reflect on my teaching? Do I have a teaching philosophy? Well! TATAL might be for you. The 8th HERDSA TATAL workshop offers an opportunity to share, reflect and review the values and beliefs that underlie your approach to teaching and learning.
We’re ‘flipping out’ at Adelaide HERDSA TATAL this year. The half-day workshop is supported by an online preconference learning experience. Following the conference, you can continue the experience with the workshop group to develop a teaching portfolio suitable for a HERDSA Fellowship application.
Register for TATAL by Monday 18th June (online portion commences June 19). There is a maximum of 30 participants, so register early. Go to http://herdsa2018.aomevents.com.au/pre-conference/#pre_conference_worksh...
For further information go to: http://herdsa2018.aomevents.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2018/04/T...
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Research Fellow - Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC) Job No.: 575638
Closing date: 26 April 2018 - 11:55pm AEST
A Level B research-only academic is expected to carry out independent and/or team research within the field in which they are appointed and to carry out activities to develop their research expertise relevant to the particular field of research.
Monash University recognises that the health and social impact of addiction is one of the major challenges facing Australia, and has recently established the Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC), a world-first centre that brings together the greatest minds from across the university to develop innovative approaches to tackling addiction across the full spectrum of society.
One key component of the Centre will be a hub of research activity in Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula, an area that has faced significant social dislocation and hardship and understands more than most the impact of addiction-related issues. Monash is investing over $20 million on research in the Peninsula and by developing real-world solutions, aims to create a paradigm shift in the way government, industry and the community talk and respond to addiction.
The objective of this position is to support senior researchers at MARC to drive addiction treatment research. Studies will harness expertise across Monash to test novel implementation studies exploring new ways of delivering screening, brief intervention and treatment approaches to address addiction in the geographic region of Frankston.
The position will involve coordination of existing studies, assisting and lead grant submissions, and considerable opportunity for publication from a range of existing data sets.
Integral to this position is the development and maintenance of positive working relationships with government and other key stakeholders across health and other sectors, as well as active collaboration with internal and external researchers.
This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.
Enquiries: Professor Dan Lubman, Addiction Studies and Services, +61 3 8413 8400
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Award winning academic language and skills course available
Dear Colleagues,
Averil Bolster and I are proud to announce that Develop EAP: A Sustainable Academic Skills Course, the winner of the British Council's ELTons Award 2017 for Innovation in Learner Resources, is now available for download.
The course is not commercially available and we are releasing it for free with the hope that this is a first step in building a community of EAP practitioners in different places who engage with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Please visit the Develop EAP website (developeap.weebly.com) and the Resources page to download the booklet and accompanying Moodle component.
Please feel free to forward this message to anyone working in EAP or academic skills development. We hope you and your students enjoy the course.
Best regards,
Peter Levrai & Averil Bolster
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Job Vacancy - Director, Ako Aotearoa: National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence - Massey University
4 May
Ako Aotearoa is New Zealand’s Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. Our mission is to work together with sector agencies and providers to enhance the effectiveness of tertiary teaching and learning. Established in 2007 by a consortium of tertiary institutions, Ako Aotearoa is funded through targeted funding contracts with the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and continues to be hosted by Massey University. We are focussed on supporting the sector to lift educational capability, including foundation-level adult literacy and numeracy, improve outcomes and enhance the effectiveness of the system for all learners, and in particular achieve parity of outcomes for Māori and Pasifika learners.
We are seeking a dynamic leader who is passionate about supporting the research, development and implementation of successful models for professional tertiary learning and development. Specifically, we are looking for substantial evidence of sector experience, sector knowledge, operational expertise and sector relationship development.
Responsible to the Chairperson, Governance Board and the Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research, Academic and Enterprise) at Massey University, you will be a strong and visionary leader who has demonstrated strategic and operational leadership experience in addition to academic credibility. You will have proven experience delivering positive outcomes in complex governance environments with the ability to engage at Ministerial level.
Closing date: 4 May 2018
Reference number: G076-18MA
For further information and to apply online, visit: http://massey-careers.massey.ac.nz/
Further information http://massey-careers.massey.ac.nz/PositionDetail.aspx?p=10197
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Second request re Undergraduate and postgraduate students in the same course/ subject/ module
Dear colleagues
As I noted a few weeks ago, I have a project looking at the situation where undergraduate and postgraduate students study together in the same course/ subject/ module. I would be grateful for description of, or links to, policy statements about this situation from any university. What might the advantages be? What are the challenges? What are the implications when there are a small number of students in each cohort? I will summarize any comments or descriptions of policy and send back to the group. So far, I have only received two descriptions, both of which are interesting and helpful. I'd love a few more ...
Warm regards to all,
Carmel McNaught, PhD, FAACE
Emeritus Professor of Learning Enhancement, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Further information: carmel.mcnaught@cuhk.edu.hk
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ACER Research Databases Updated
97 records have been added to the IDP Database of Research on International Education for January-March 2018. See the New Additions page at:
http://www.idp.com/researchdatabase
New reports, articles and theses are listed as discovered at http://twitter.com/IDPDRIE
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120 records have been added to the Blended, Online Learning and Distance Education (BOLDE) research bank for January-March 2018. See the New Additions page at:
New reports, articles and theses are listed as discovered at http://twitter.com/DISTEDRES
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91 records have been added to Learning Ground:Indigenous Education Research Database for January-March 2018. See the New Additions page at:
New reports, articles and theses are listed as discovered at http://twitter.com/LearningGround
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Higher Education in the Headlines
Fee cut a waste of money: NZ unis | CHRISTOPHER NIESCHE | Australian Higher Education | 25 April, 2018
There is no sign that abolishing fees for first-year uni students in New Zealand has increased enrolments.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/no-influx-as-nz-unis-o...
DfE accused of ‘contempt’ for rules in ‘football university’ move | John Morgan | Times Higher Education | 19 April, 2018
Labour attacks department’s green light for ‘University Campus of Football Business’ name
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dfe-accused-contempt-rules-foo...