[Herdsa] [HERDSA]: Newson Wed 6th August 2008

Wed Aug 6 11:19:29 EST 2008

Dear List Members

Welcome to all those who will be receiving this Newsletter for the first
time. You are on this list because you attended the Rotorua conference and
became a member of HERDSA by registering for the conference. You should now
receive this News about HERDSA each Wednesday. If you do not wish to receive
the News you can easily unsubscribe through this link

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However I hope that you will find it, as many others have, a useful source
of information. In fact already I have had a request from a new member, who
after a great time in New Zealand at the conference, is looking for
sabbatical opportunities there.

He writes:
"English National Teaching Fellow & Principal lecturer - specialist in
active learning and rural development - seeks suitable sabbatical with NZ
university colleagues"

If you can help with this request please contact James Derounian direct at
jderounian at glos.ac.uk 

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This week we have:

* Conferences in Townsville and Adelaide
* Positions vacant at the University of Western Australia and Glasgow
University.
* The AUQA quality report for Swinburne University of Technology 

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FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND COLLOQUIUM

Dear Colleagues 

It is with great pleasure that the Teaching and Learning Development team at
James Cook University invite you to participate in the Foundations
Colloquium 2008. This event will be held in Townsville on 29-30 September,
2008. The theme for the Colloquium is: Enhancing Quality.

We have arranged an interesting program with a number of presenters who will
be addressing aspects of the theme. These include Mr Travis Kelleher from
Edith Cowan University who, in 2007, won a Carrick Teaching Award in the
Early Career Academic Category. Travis’ presentation has been kindly
sponsored by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.  Professor Sally
Kift, ALTC Senior Fellow will also be delivering a facilitated discussion
titled: Attending to the Very Foundations: A FYE Perspective for Staff
Development that Articulates a Transition Pedagogy.  The complete program
(which is subject to change) is now available on our website. 

We have also arranged a fun and exciting Colloquium Dinner at Reef HQ where
we will spend an evening at the world's largest living coral reef aquarium.
The aquarium exhibits provide a real life encounter of the Great Barrier
Reef with the main attraction being a two and a half million litre coral
reef exhibit that replicates a natural reef ecosystem.  The cost of the
dinner is $60 (excluding drinks). 

The Colloquium website is now available and contains full information on the
program, registration and accommodation.  The registration fee is $175,
which includes tea and coffee on arrival, morning tea, lunch and afternoon
tea each day. The registration form is available on the website under the
registration button. 

If you have any queries about the Colloquium please don’t hesitate to
contact us at foundations at jcu.edu.au. 

We look forward to seeing you at the 2008 Foundations Colloquium in
Townsville. 

Kind regards  
JCU Foundations Colloquium Organising Committee 
-- 
Amanda Townsend
Teaching and Learning Development
JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY
Email: imamt at jcu.edu.au 

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2) ATN ASSESSMENT 2008, ADELAIDE, NOVEMBER 20-21, 2008

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

ATN ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE BLOG: HTTP://UNISAATN08.BLOGSPOT.COM

ATN ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE UPDATE (Adelaide, November 20 & 21, 2008;
University of SA)

 ·         The deadline for paper submission for peer review for inclusion
into the ATN Assessment conference is looming (August 18)
http://www.ojs.unisa.edu.au/index.php/atna/index 

·         Registration is now open - early bird bargain rate of $350 for
conference, welcome reception and gala dinner at the National Wine Centre!
http://www.unisa.edu.au/ATNAssessment08/registration.htm 

·         Phil Race has agreed to offer delegates a pre-conference workshop
about feedback on November 19 for an additional $100. Indicate your interest
when registering for the conference.

·         The blog for the conference allows delegates to interact with
keynotes (Sally Brown, John Biggs, Catherine Tang), conference themes and
organisers prior to the conference: why not subscribe?
http://unisaatn08.blogspot.com/ 

Diana Quinn

On behalf of the UniSA organising committee for the ATN Assessment
conference

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POSITIONS VACANT
1) University of Western Australia

LECTURER (HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT)
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (Vice Chancellery)

Salary range:  HEE Level B $ 71,957 - $ 85,450

This is a new position to provide leadership and support on student
evaluation of teaching in particular, and evaluation of teaching and
curriculum more broadly. The position will provide advice on current
developments in educational policy and practices around evaluation,
including developments in evaluation methodologies and will assist in
documenting and reporting the University's teaching and learning
performance.

This position is responsible for leading and managing the Evaluations
operations in CATL and the implementation of evaluation systems that support
teaching and learning in the University, including the maintenance, review
and strategic development of the University's student evaluation schemes.

Contact: 
Denise Chalmers.  Director, CATL, Ph 08 6488 2603,
denise.chalmers at uwa.edu.au

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide leadership in the area of educational evaluation (teaching and
programs) with an institutional focus, including innovation and research in
these areas, analysing the trends in data from surveys and reporting results
and policy implications through the Director, CATL to senior management.

Oversee the maintenance, review and strategic development of the
University's student evaluation schemes, particularly the Student
Perceptions of Teaching (SPOT) service and contribute to the development of
other evaluation schemes as identified by the review of UWA evaluation of
teaching.

Contribute to leadership, development and presentation of professional
development of academic staff in the design, conduct and evaluation in
higher education.

Undertake and contribute to research, publication with an emphasis on
evaluation of teaching and learning and benchmarking in higher education.

Provide advice through the CATL Director to the Teaching and Learning
Committee, and other university committees as appropriate, on ways to
improve teaching and learning performance of the University through
evaluation.

Coordinate evaluation activities and liaise with stakeholders and clients to
provide appropriate services in the University community.
Provide leadership to the Evaluation staff including the review of duty
statements, work plans and identifying relevant staff development.

Actively contribute towards CATL strategic direction and goals.
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2) University of Glasgow

UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW 
Learning and Teaching Centre 
SENIOR LECTURER/LECTURER (One Post Only) 
£36,912 - £49,606 per annum (Depending on experience) 
Ref No: 14452/HRP/A1 
You will support the implementation of the University’s Learning and
Teaching Strategy in partnership with faculty staff, undertake high-quality
research in Higher Education, and contribute to teaching and the development
of new programmes/courses within the Learning and Teaching Centre and across
the Institution as appropriate. You will also undertake management and
administration (as appropriate to the post) as requested by the Head of the
Academic Development Unit.

For an application pack, please see our website at www.glasgow.ac.uk or
write, quoting Ref 14452/HRP/A1 to the Recruitment Section, Human Resources
Department, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ. Closing Date: 12th
September 2008

Lecturer position
http://www.gla.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/researchandteaching/14452lecturer/#d.en.
85642 
Senior lecturer position
http://www.gla.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/researchandteaching/14452senlecturer/#d.
en.85641 

For jobs available in Australian Universities see:

www.unijobs.com.au

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An Audit Report of Swinburne University of Technology was released on
Wednesday 30 July 2008.

For your information, a PDF or WORD version of the Audit Report can be
downloaded from the AUQA Website.

http://www.auqa.edu.au/qualityaudit/universities/ 

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Roger Landbeck
List Moderator