[Herdsa] Thurs 11 Nov News

[Roger Landbeck]

Dear List members

There is a lot to send out this week, hope you find it useful.
* Closing Dates for Herdsa 2005
* Australian Universities National teaching awards-list of finalists
* Call for reviewers
* Newsletter for the Imaginative Curriculum Project
* Latest addition to database on International curriculum
* EdNA
* Job vacancies in Scotland and UK

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The closing dates for submission of refereed papers and abstracts for the
Herdsa 2005 conference is 31 January 2005. For full details see
www.herdsa.org.au/2005

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The list of finalists for the Australian Universities National Teaching
Awards can be found on the AUTC website www.autc.gov.au The award ceremony
is on 30th Nov with the National Teaching Forum on the 29th Nov.

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Last week I attended the Griffith University Effective Teaching and Learning
conference. There were some excellent presentations. The organiser, Gay
Crebert would appreciate offers from colleagues to review one paper for the
forthcoming published proceedings. If you would like to help please contact
Gay Crebert at G.Crebert at griffiith.edu.au

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From: Norman Jackson  <Normanjjackson at aol.com>
Subject: Imaginative Curriculum Newsletter


Dear colleagues

I attach a newsletter

NOTE The newsletter can be obtained from Denise Chalmers
<d.chalmers at uq.edu.au>


to bring you up to date with the work of the project. As you will see when
we put it all together we have achieved much in the nearly three years that
the network has existed.

Thanks to all of you who have contributed to our events, our enquiries into
creativity, our research studies or who have prepared Curriculum Guides.
There is enormous commitment and passion in our network and our events are
quite inspiring.

The project was initiated in January 2002 by the Learning and Teaching
Support Network Generic Centre. In May of this year the LTSN merged with ILT
to form the Higher Education Academy and I am pleased that the Academy will
continue to support this area of work.

There are now over 200 people on the Imaginative Curriculum mail list so our
plan is to move quickly to a JISC mail list to make the network more
accessible. You will receive shortly a message inviting you to join the list
and I hope that you will want to remain within the network.

Over the last 18 months we have become more focused on the role of
creativity in students' learning and in the coming year we want to be more
strategic in encouraging higher education teaching communities to think
about how they encourage and enable students to be creative. If anyone would
like to contribute to this work by hosting a discussion in their department
or disciplinary community please get in touch with me.
best wishes
Norman
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The November 2004 batch of 110 records has been uploaded to the Database
of Research on International Education.

The new records can be browsed from the New Additions page:

http://aei.dest.gov.au/AEI/PublicationsAndResearch/ResearchDatabase/

The new additions this month include a number of New Zealand reports,
including several funded by the Export Education Levy. Of particular
interest will be the "Database of New Zealand literature related to the
export education sector" that arose from the "Stocktake of New Zealand
literature on export education". It details 360 publications of
relevance to export education in New Zealand. Non-NZ entries include
2004 HERDSA conference papers on international education, and other
publications on topics ranging from plagiarism, homestay host attitudes,
internationalisation, offshore teaching, online learning, Chinese
students, international student attitudes, and researching international
education.
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

University Centre for Teaching and Learning
University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand

The University Centre for Teaching and Learning (UCTL) seeks applications
for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer with experience in academic staff development
and in research in higher education.  UCTL offers a range of support
services including academic staff development, provision of post-graduate
programmes in tertiary teaching, evaluation of teaching and learning, and
its staff undertake research in higher education and supervise doctoral
students.

Applicants should have a doctorate in a relevant field, although candidates
with other relevant qualifications and experience may be considered.
Evidence of research and publication in higher education will be expected.
Candidates with a special interest and experience in one or more of the
following will be given favourable consideration:  teaching introduction to
university teaching programmes, teaching postgraduate programmes in tertiary
teaching, the training of postgraduate supervisors, teaching assistant
training and development, or teaching students from NESB backgrounds.

Specific enquiries should be directed to Dr Sally Hunter, Acting Director,
University Centre for Teaching and Learning, Telephone 0064 3 364 2832,
Email sally.hunter at canterbury.ac.nz

Details of the position and methods of application can be found at:
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/hr/vacancies/
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Centre for Academic Practice
University of Strathclyde
Scotland
Vacancy for Director

For application and further particulars visit Vacancies at www.strath.ac.uk

Closing Date 6 Dec 2004

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Roger Landbeck
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Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc
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