Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA offers an annual international conference on topical teaching and learning issues with opportunities to meet colleagues with similar interests, exchange ideas about teaching and learning and learn about current developments from experienced researchers and practitioners.
HERDSA Annual Conference, 2022
28 to 30 June, 2022
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Conference web site: https://conference.herdsa.org.au/2022/
HERDSA 2022 will inspire: drawing together experience, analysis and insight in a rapidly changing environment. The disruption of the global pandemic has challenged our assumptions and prompted deep reflection and creative solutions. We are changing the way we work, learn and interact, but we are building from strength.
Showcasing contemporary practice, HERDSA 2022 will combine vibrant face-to-face and virtual streams to welcome participants wherever you are to friendly and collegial activities. The physical conference will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, conveniently located on the banks of the iconic Yarra River in South Wharf. Only 20 minutes from Melbourne Airport, and close to trains, trams and buses.
HERDSA is able to offer a number of conference grants to support delegates to attend the conference. The call for applications will be made around the time that submissions close and the deadline for applications will be soon after authors are notified of the acceptance of their submission. Having a presentation accepted for the conference is one of the criteria for being awarded a grant.
Deadline for applications: to be advertised
A conference grant of up to AUD$1,000 is available to support an under-graduate or post-graduate student to attend and participate in the HERDSA conference. The conference grant can be used to support travel, accommodation or subsistence of the successful applicant.
Preference will be given to applicants who
To apply, complete the HERDSA Student Conference Grant Application Form and email to Office@herdsa.org.au by the due date.
Applicants must also submit a supporting letter from the applicant’s research supervisor, including a statement indicating that the applicant complies with the criteria.
Deadline for applications: to be advertised
HERDSA aims to support early career staff (academic and professional) in teaching and learning. Participating in the annual HERDSA conference is an opportunity for early career staff to present their research or practice in teaching and learning in higher education, network with experienced scholars, and learn from colleagues.
Early career is defined as not more than five years cumulative experience in higher education.
Five conference grants of up to AUD$1,000 are available to support early career staff (academic or professional) to attend and participate in the HERDSA conference. The conference grant can be used to support travel, accommodation or subsistence of the successful applicant.
Preference will be given to applicants who
To apply, download the HERDSA Early Career Conference Grant Application Form and email to office@herdsa.org.au by the due date.
Deadline for applications:
Taylor & Francis, the publishers of HERDSA’s journal Higher Education Research & Development (HERD) is a sponsor of the annual HERSDA conference. As part of that sponsorship, HERDSA is able to offer five conference grants of up to AUD$500 each to support HERDSA members attend the annual HERDSA conference. The conference grant can be used to support travel, accommodation or subsistence of the successful applicant.
The Taylor & Francis conference grants are open to all current HERDSA members.
Preference will be given to applicants who
To apply, download the Taylor & Francis Conference Travel Grant Application Form and email to office@herdsa.org.au by the due date.
Assessment of Applications
Applications for conference grants will be assessed by a sub-committee of the HERDSA Executive. Applicants will be selected on the basis of demonstrated need and the quality of the application. Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified as soon as possible so that all applicants can take advantage of the early bird registration rate.
(Judged by members of the HERDSA Professional Learning Portfolio during the conference)
The purpose of the prize is to encourage students to disseminate their work at national and international higher education conferences. Applicants must be presenting a showcase at the HERDSA conference in order to be eligible for this prize.
All posters are eligible for this prize of AUD$500. The purpose of the prize is to promote and recognise excellence in the ability to visually communicate ideas, findings or outcomes related to tertiary education.
Posters will be assessed by all conference delegates – on both the ability to visually communicate as well as on the academic content of the poster. The best poster prize will be awarded to the poster that receives the highest number of votes with two runner up prizes of AUD$250 each awarded. The priizes will be awarded at the conference.
Conference participants can vote using the conference mobile.