Nominations for the position of HERDSA President are now open. The position of HERDSA President requires a three year commitment. For the first year, beginning at the 2018 conference in July, the successful candidate serves as President-elect. This one-year position enables the full induction of the incoming president into the current practices and systems of the Society before the full role of President is assumed at the conclusion of the 2019 conference. 

* HERDSA President Call for Nominations
* Higher Education Research & Development, Vol. 37 No. 2 is now available online
* World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP) 2018 World Congress Call for Speaker Proposals extended until 28 February
* Invitation to participate in a Survey on formative feedback for teaching development
* Director, Learning Transformations, Office of the PVC (Learning Transformations), Western Sydney University
* Work-integrated learning in Science
* Higher Education in the Headlines

* HERDSA Pre-Conference Workshops
* Call for Papers: Special Issue of HERD 2019: New Perspectives on Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines
* STEM Education Special Interest Group
* Online Workshop - Introduction to Educational Change
* Position Vacant: Learning and Teaching Advisor, UNSW Business School
* The Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP) invites proposals for special issues
* Job vacancy: Executive Director–Academic
* Job Vacancy: Executive Director - Student Success and Employability

HERDSA life member Emeritus Professor Ingrid Moses was awarded the an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Australia Day honours. Ingrid began her academic career at the Tertiary Education Institute (TEDI) at the University of Queensland and was the foundation Director of the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Technology Sydney. She was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Canberra, and later held the position of Vice-Chancellor of The University of New England before serving as Chancellor of the University of Canberra.