HERDSA SA is delighted to announce the outcome of our small grants applications for 2025! This initiative is aimed at building capacity at a local level with applicants from HERDSA SA partnering with other HERDSA members from different institutions within or outside of the state under leadership of a mentor to enhance their SoTL research practice. The winning teams were as follows:

SA Branch Committee members are pleased to launch a 2025 small grant scheme initiative. We are interested in supporting small-scale projects and assisting our members to grow their ideas on collaborative higher education research or scholarly teaching initiatives. We encourage people interested to review the criteria in the information flyer below and consider submitting a project proposal.

Applications will be open from 1 August until 1 September.

In this interactive webinar Edward Palmer discuss the increasing awareness and capabilities of AI and its likely impact on education. By providing a background of where AI has come from and how it is currently being used we address the new version of ChapGT and its ability to produce work that is indistinguishable from a good students output. We also address other AI engines that can create scripts, books, artwork and videos that will challenge our abilities to assess creative output as we have done in the past.

Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) is a highly ranked international journal that publishes scholarly articles that make a significant and original contribution to the theory, practice or research of higher education. If you have ever wondered about what processes are used to select and publish articles in HERD, or if you would like to find out how you can become a reviewer in a higher education journal, then this is the workshop for you!

If you missed our informative and provocative discussion of the review into scholarship definitions currently being conducted by the Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), you can watch the webinar recording here:

In facing the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19, how can we best support students to transition to online study? As higher education moves completely online, educators are working to minimise student disruptions and support all students to learn. This presentation will provide useful strategies for supporting student access and engaging students through online learning.