* Public Engagement Masterclass: training academics how to plan, pitch and write stories for a non-academic audience.  27 September 2016. Registrations close Friday 2 September
* Lecturer/Senior Lecturer vacancy - University of Waikato, New Zealand
* Free journals: Teaching in Higher Education
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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Public Engagement Masterclass: training academics how to plan, pitch and write stories for a non-academic audience.  27 September 2016. Registrations close Friday 2 September

Do you want your research to be part of bigger conversations in the public domain? Learn how to pitch, plan and write stories for a non-academic audience at our Public Engagement Masterclass. Run by Liz Minchin, award-winning journalist and senior editor at The Conversation, this practical workshop provides tailored training on how to effectively communicate your research to reach a broad audience. Designed for academics at all levels, including graduate researchers, the workshop teaches skills that will be valuable throughout your academic career from publishing in news media outlets, to tailoring research proposals and grant applications to non-specialist readers. You will receive personalised feedback and leave with the skills and knowledge to dramatically improve your chances of having work published in non-academic media outlets.

The Public Engagement Masterclass is a joint initiative of The Conversation and the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne. Further information and registrations:  http://melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/study/for-academic-staff/public-engagement-masterclass

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer vacancy - University of Waikato, New Zealand

The Centre for Tertiary Teaching & Learning (CeTTL) is administratively situated within the Office of the Vice-Chancellor. The Centre provides research-informed leadership in tertiary teaching and learning development across the university. The Centre also oversees and has responsibility for the university’s main eLearning systems (Moodle, Turnitin, Adobe Connect, and Mahara).

You will contribute to the design, development, and teaching of practice-based approaches to enhance tertiary teaching development. You will also contribute to the design of a tertiary teaching development framework across the university. A doctorate in a relevant discipline is required.

You will be experienced in tertiary teaching and possess a demonstrated commitment to using innovative and appropriate tertiary teaching methods and approaches, including blended, e-education, and team teaching. You will also possess broad-based knowledge of the following areas: scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), pedagogy, curriculum design, assessment, evaluation, and reflective practitioner approaches. You will be expected to maintain and develop original scholarship and research, related to the work of the Centre and undertake professional development
activities relevant to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). It is expected that the successful candidate will contribute to the supervision of postgraduate students.

To be appointed at the Senior Lecturer level, you must have a well-established academic publication record and research experience in SoTL, together with leadership experience in tertiary teaching development and SoTL.

Salary for the Lecturer position will be in the range of $69,379 to $84,706 per annum and for Senior Lecturer will be in the range of NZ$86,840 to NZ$116,478 per year, depending on qualifications, skills and experience.

Closing date: 5 September 2016 Vacancy number: 360097

For more information and to apply, visit www.jobs.waikato.ac.nz

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Free journals: Teaching in Higher Education

I have an almost complete set of the journal Teaching in Higher Education dating from March 1996 (Vol 1,1) to January 2014 (19,1) inclusive. Four missing editions are Vol 2, 2; Vol 6, 3; and Vol 8, 1 & 4. The collection is available to any interested organisation or individual free-of-charge, apart from any packing and transportation costs. Please contact Robert Cannon, cannonra@icloud.com 

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Higher Education in the Headlines

Career at odds with degree | JULIE HARE | Australian Higher Eduction | 10 August, 2016
Average salaries and the proportion of graduates in full-time employment four months after graduation rose last year.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/graduate-survey-shows-c...

For Native Students, Education’s Promise Has Long Been Broken | Kelly Field | Chronicle of Higher Eduction | 05 August 2016
President Obama wants more American Indian students to graduate from college. But look at the challenges these high schoolers face, and it becomes clear why that is a tall order.
http://chronicle.com/article/For-Native-Students/237210

Higher pay for professors ‘was linked to better REF scores’ | David Matthews | Times Higher Eduction | 03 August, 2016
Study finds evidence supporting fears over a pre-REF ‘transfer market’ for star academics
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/higher-pay-for-professors-did-...