* HERDSA national webinar series: Increasing student engagement, satisfaction and learning through pre-class activities
* HERDSA 2022 Conference Grant Applications now open
* Register for the CAULLT conference - Leading Higher Education: Near and Far Horizons
* Register for the Advancing Academic Development event and Global Good Practice Awards
* Higher Education Research & Development, Vol. 40 No. 6 is now available online
* Recent articles in The Conversation highlighting research published in HERD
* New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development

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HERDSA national webinar series: Increasing student engagement, satisfaction and learning through pre-class activities
Thursday 11th November 2021 12.00-1.00pm AEST

Student preparation for in-class practical experiences enables students to confidently and competently apply theory to practical activities. Despite developing quality preparatory resources, most students were choosing not to engage. Associate Professor Jennifer Wilson therefore repackaged the resources into a series of gamified, online, adaptive, laboratory preparatory modules (GOAL-PMs) to successfully increase student engagement, satisfaction and learning in her Biochemistry course laboratory sessions as measured by system metrics, student survey and focus groups. The GOAL-PMs supported deeper learning with students asking conceptual questions (e.g., “why?”) during class instead of procedural questions (e.g. “how do I do this?”). Associate Professor Wilson has expanded this approach into her course content and other courses at student request. The GOAL-PM intervention promotes improved preparation and performance for classes requiring prior knowledge. Register at https://www.herdsa.org.au/herdsa-webinar-series

Further information: https://www.herdsa.org.au/herdsa-webinar-series

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HERDSA 2022 Conference Grant Applications now open

Conference Grant applications deadline: 28 March 2022

The HERDSA Executive is pleased to announce the following travel grants in support of HERDSA members attending the 2022 conference. The conference grant can be used to support travel, accommodation or subsistence of the successful applicant.
• The Early Career Conference Grant awards: FIVE grants up to AUD$1000 each.
• The Taylor & Francis Conference Grant awards: FIVE grants up to AUD$500 each.
• The HERDSA Student Conference grant award: ONE grant up to AUD$1000.
You will know before applications close whether your submission has been accepted for the conference, so to avoid missing out, please read the application guidelines on the conference website and complete the application form NOW.

Further information: https://conference.herdsa.org.au/2022/attending/grants-prizes/

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Register for the CAULLT conference - Leading Higher Education: Near and Far Horizons
28th October, 2021

Leading in higher education is typically driven by a vision. But visions can be hard to adhere to in the midst of a pandemic. The future seems profoundly uncertain and at times planning seems impossible. Shifting local and national restrictions are drawing our focus to the immediate and urgent demands of managing learning and teaching, and the wellbeing and productivity of our staff and students. Yet we are forced to cast our eyes forward to consider unknown challenges and imagine possible futures. What are our options? What are the opportunities? What are the implications of what we decide? And on what basis must we bravely move ahead? This conference explores the ways in which higher education is grappling with horizons, both near and far. In particular, it builds a conversation about leading from different vantage points and positions in the sector and our organisations.

The opening panel for the conference includes: Romy Lawson (Interim Vice Chancellor, Murdoch University), Angela Hill (Deputy Vice Chancellor - Education and Vice President, Edith Cowan University) and Steve Warburton (Executive Principal Education Futures, University of New England). Sally Kift, editor of the What is needed now in learning and teaching series on Campus Morning Mail, will present the provocative keynote. 

Further information: https://www.caullt.edu.au/events/register-for-the-caullt-conference-octo...

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Register for the Advancing Academic Development event and Global Good Practice Awards
3rd November 11.00am - 1.30pm AEDT

A record number of nominations were submitted for the Global Academic Development Good Practice Awards (sponsored by CAULLT). Finalists have been invited to present short Pecha Kuchas about their good practice at the Advancing Academic Event to be held online 3rd November, 2021. Register now.

Further information: https://www.advancingacademicdevelopment.com/publications-1

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Lecturer and Senior Lecturer (2 roles), Te Puna Ako Centre for Tertiary Teaching & Learning, University of Waikato (new link)
Applications close 5 November, 2021

We have two vacancies, creating an opportunity for a Lecturer and a Senior Lecturer to join us. You will apply your passion and drive to design and lead initiatives to enhance the quality and the inclusiveness of tertiary teaching across the University of Waikato. In particular, you will contribute to major pan-University initiatives to support Māori and Pacific student success through professional development for tertiary teaching staff across the University.

You will also develop the strengths of the Centre in promoting accessible and inclusive teaching strategies and best practice in online learning design. Working with a diverse team to enhance tertiary teaching across the university, you will design professional development workshops and events, offer individual consultations, and deliver our Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning. Your active research programme will contribute to the profile of Te Puna Ako, and enable you to supervise research students at all levels.

Further information: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/vacancies/current-vacancies

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Higher Education Research & Development, Vol. 40 No. 6 is now available online

Higher Education Research & Development, Vol. 40 No. 4 is now available from the HERDSA website at https://www.herdsa.org.au/higher-education-research-development-vol-40-no-6

Free online access is available to HERDSA members through your member dashboard.

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Recent articles in The Conversation highlighting research published in HERD

Do university students want more online learning, post-pandemic? Here’s what some chose before COVID-19, Kevin O'Neill, https://theconversation.com/do-university-students-want-more-online-lear...

Unis want research shared widely. So why don’t they properly back academics to do it? Margaret Merga and Shannon Mason, https://theconversation.com/unis-want-research-shared-widely-so-why-dont...

Half of our unis don’t have bullying policies for students. This is what they need to protect them, Zoe Vaill, https://theconversation.com/half-of-our-unis-dont-have-bullying-policies...

1 in 4 unemployed Australians has a degree. How did we get to this point? Lynlea Small, Amie Shaw & Ruth McPhail in the Conversation, https://theconversation.com/1-in-4-unemployed-australians-has-a-degree-h...

What’s the purpose of university? Your answer may depend on how much it costs you, Achala Gupta, https://theconversation.com/whats-the-purpose-of-university-your-answer-...

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New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development

Exploring the paradoxes and tensions encountered by business faculty teaching teamwork in a changing academic environment, Linda Riebe, Craig Whitsed & Antonia Girardi, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2021.1979939

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