* HERDSA 2021 Conference - Final chance to submit your abstract
* HERDSA WEBINAR 9: From Band-aid to Sustainable Transformation?
* Announcement of HERDSA Grants Scheme: Call for Grant Proposals 2021
* Call for Chapter Proposals - Academic Voices: A conversation on new approaches to teaching and learning in the post-COVID World
* New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development

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HERDSA 2021 Conference - Final chance to submit your abstract
Abstracts close: 22 January 2021

This is your last chance to submit an abstract for inclusion in the HERDSA 2021 Annual Conference program as a showcase, round table discussion or poster presentation. Submit your abstract before the deadline on Friday 22 January 2021 (AEST) to be considered. For more information on submission guidelines and to download the template, please visit the conference website: https://conference.herdsa.org.au/2021/abstracts/.

Further information: https://conference.herdsa.org.au/2021/abstracts/

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HERDSA WEBINAR 9: From Band-aid to Sustainable Transformation?
Thursday 28th January 2021
(4-5pm NZDT; 2-3pm AEDT; 11am-12pm AWST; 11am-12pm HKT)

Hosted by HERDSA Hong Kong Branch in collaboration with Centre of Learning Enhancement And Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

HERDSA Hong Kong Branch are pleased to announce an online panel discussion facilitated by Dr Anna KWAN to share and discuss arrangements of online learning, teaching and assessment during the COVID-19 outbreak and implications for higher education.

The panel will discuss major shifts and experiences in learning and teaching across six Hong Kong institutions, providing valuable insights for those of us working across Hong Kong and for our colleagues teaching well beyond Hong Kong.

Prior to the discussion, the session will start with panel members’ very brief sharing of Hong Kong experience.

Panel Members Topics
Infrastructure for online teaching and learning
Dr Kevin CHAN, Department of Applied Social Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Mixed mode teaching – Pedagogical decision
Dr Theresa KWONG, Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning,  Hong Kong Baptist University

Tools for blended learning in new normal
Dr King CHONG, Teaching and Learning Centre, Lingnan University

Virtual laboratory for remote hands-on experience
Dr Beatrice CHU, Centre for Education Innovation, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Online assessments in new normal
Dr Crusher Wong, Office of the Chief Information Officer, City University of Hong Kong

Perception of students and teachers
Prof Paul LAM, Centre of Learning Enhancement And Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Registration: https://www.herdsa.org.au/content/herdsa-webinar-series

Enquiry: herdsa.hk@gmail.com

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Announcement of HERDSA Grants Scheme: Call for Grant Proposals 2021
28 February 2020

HERDSA offers grants to HERDSA members to fund research and/or development projects on teaching and learning in higher education that directly align to the mission of HERDSA.

Four (4) grants of AUD$5000 each are available. Priority for one grant will be given to applicants identifying as Indigenous/First Nations (e.g. Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori or Pacific Nations).

The call for HERDSA Grant applications is made in November/December. Applications close at the end of February. Successful applicants will be announced by the end of April. Grant applicants have one year to complete the project. Final Grant Project reports will be due by the end of April 2022. Project grant holders are expected to present their findings at the first HERDSA Conference (June/July) following completion of the project and publication in, e.g. HERDSA Connect, RDHE or the HERD journal.

For more information about the Grants Scheme (Timeline, Eligibility, Expectations, Grant Funds Guide, Application and Assessment Process, Application Form and Templates) see the HERDSA website: https://www.herdsa.org.au/herdsa-grants-scheme
The link to the 2021 ‘Grant Application Form’ and other templates are available on this page.

Further information: https://www.herdsa.org.au/herdsa-grants-scheme

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Reminder: IJSaP Call for Submission Proposals Special Section: Partnership in Fostering Socially-Just Pedagogies
1 Feb deadline

International Journal for Student as Partners (IJSaP) – Call for Submission Proposals
Special Section: Partnership in Fostering Socially-Just Pedagogies

The relationship between student partnership and power is being continuously negotiated and navigated in our learning spaces. Particularly now, as many navigate the context of a pandemic, the conditions under which power is defined, mobilized, and contested matters to how students and faculty/staff move through these circumstances and beyond.

As protest movements, such as Idle No More, #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall, and Black Lives Matter have demonstrated, learning and teaching spaces must reflect and act upon the critical work necessary to address structural inequalities, racism, and colonial ways of being and acting.

This special section of IJSaP seeks to explore the varied ways partnership and power intersect, overlap and work together and will offer conceptual and practical insights relevant in our overarching effort to promote learning, success and in advancing the notion of partnership.

We particularly encourage submission proposals that speak to one or more of the following framing questions:

● How does partnership influence efforts to adopt more socially-just pedagogical practices in learning environments, including in a time of pandemic?
● How does partnership influence efforts to build a community of practice, and an ethic of care, that is framed around inclusion?
● How can student partnership continue to facilitate the necessary processes of decolonization and reconciliation in our university learning spaces?
● How can student partnership (re)create a space of belonging in the physical or virtual classroom?
● How can partnership, particularly in a time of a global pandemic, open-up new ways of thinking, learning, and working in contemporary higher education that speak to resolving inequalities, fostering anti-racist and decolonizing curricula and pedagogies?
● How can exploring the intersection of partnerships and power advance disciplinary and/or community knowledges?

IJSaP welcomes contributions from a range of scholars/students/practitioners/teams and a broad range of genres. Paper proposals in the form of reflective essays, case studies, research articles (including empirical and conceptual articles and literature reviews), opinion pieces, and beyond are welcome. The editorial team welcomes contributions that disrupt dominant ways of knowing and engaging in academic knowledge production and would like to encourage submissions from traditionally underrepresented voices.

We encourage submission of a 250-300 words proposal by 1 February 2021 - via the linked form: https://forms.gle/jmuVo717wFKHXjwd9 - outlining your proposed submission (emphasizing how it relates to the special issue’s topic, the literature upon which you will draw, and your intended genre as appropriate). The editorial team will provide brief feedback and an indication if the proposed paper will be invited to form part of full paper submission that will be due 16 August 2021.

All manuscripts will go through a full IJSaP review process once they are submitted.

Submission Proposals due 1 February 2021 | Manuscripts due 16 August 2021 | Anticipated publication May 2022

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. A guide for authors, Word template, and other relevant information can be found on the IJSaP homepage: https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/ijsap

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Call for Chapter Proposals - Academic Voices: A conversation on new approaches to teaching and learning in the post-COVID World
8th February 2021

We invite you to submit your Chapter proposal for our book titled - Academic Voices: A conversation on new approaches to teaching and learning in the post-COVID World.
Publisher: Elsevier
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 8, 2021

Please email me at singhup@ukzn.ac.za for any queries.

Editors:
Dr. Upasana Singh University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa,
Professor Sid Nair, Victorian Institute of Technology, Australia
Associate Professor Craig Blewett, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dr. Timothy Shea, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

Further information: https://tinyurl.com/y25qrmtl

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New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development

Illusions of improvement: aspirations and realities of quality assurance and accreditation policy in Afghanistan higher education, Wolayat Tabasum Niroo & Chris R. Glass, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1867514

Knowing HE standards: how good are students at evaluating academic work? Jon Guest & Robert Riegler, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1867516

‘We don’t talk enough’: voices from a Māori and Pasifika lead research fellowship in higher education, Hinekura Smith & ‘Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1856791

In our own words: Pacific Early Career Academics (PECA) and Pacific knowledges in higher education pedagogical praxis, Patrick Thomsen, Marcia Leenen-Young, Sereana Naepi, Karamia Müller, Sam Manuela, Sisikula Sisifa & Tim Baice, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1852188

Pacific women’s experiences working in universities in Aotearoa New Zealand, Sereana Naepi, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1856792

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