Join HERDSA Vic for a workshop/webinar to explore the fundamentals of learning, including how we learn, key principles of learning, and the role of active learning. Inspired by the ongoing discussions around generative AI in education, participants will tackle the critical question: In what ways can the use of GenAI in the learning process compromise student learning or, alternatively, enable deeper learning?

The HERDSA Pedagogy of Student Belonging and Wellbeing Special Interest Group is having its first official online meeting. Please join us on Thursday September 25th, 12-1 pm (ACT).

Register for the session here: https://adelaide.zoom.us/meeting/register/KmEydJLZTNikZUvjBdZN9A

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Bob Ross died on July 23, 2025 in Nimbin NSW at the age of 94 years, after a brief period in residential care. He was born Robert Argent Ross in Broken Hill on April 15, 1931 and is remembered by his long, distinguished career in Science and Education, and as a great friend and colleague to all who knew him.

He achieved a BSc. and Dip.Ed at Sydney University in 1952/53, followed by an MSc. at New England University in 1960. He shifted overseas and took a PhD at London University in 1966. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1967.