Contents

Higher Education on the Edge. The 2011 HERDSA Conference 1

From the Editor 2

Prizes and Awards at the Conference 4

Impressions of the Conference 7

TATAL @ the Conference 8

HERDSA President’s Address 2011
ALTC, ERA and TEQSA: Where to from here? By Geoffrey Crisp 9

From the New President Shelda Debowski 11

Welcome to the New Executive 12

HERDSA Branch News July 2011 17

Report on Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development Workshop By Peter Ling 19

Post Conference Workshop for Academic Developers By Denise Chalmers 20

New HERDSA Publications 21

Good Vibrations: A Consultant’s Impressions from Southern California By Kim McShane-DeBacco 24

Thoughts on the Collegiate Learning Assessment Generic Skills Test By Mike Prosser 26

International Column Exchange HERDSA/POD/STLHE Newsletters
Dear Mr. President By Arshad Ahmad 27

QUT Faculty of Science & Technology – second annual “Science Educators Symposium” By Stephanie Beames 28

The Philosophers Column On Kindness By Ann Kerwin 29

Meanderings By Robert Cannon 31

Higher Education in the Headlines By Peter Kandlbinder 33

A Poem
Success in academia: Findings from an international research project with early career academics By Kathryn Sutherland 34