* HERDSA Blog Post: Academic Development: The Art of Shaping Professional Identity & Educational Excellence
* HERDSA SoTL SIG - December meeting - Next Friday! --- Reflection on 2024: HERDSA SoTL SIG Wrap up and retrospective
* HERDSA GRANTS 2025 now open
* Request for PhD Qualitative Participants 
* New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development

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HERDSA Blog Post: Academic Development: The Art of Shaping Professional Identity & Educational Excellence
Yoko Mori, 11 December 2024

Yoko Mori provides insights about the art of academic development and poses the question "What does the art of academic development mean to you?"

Read more: https://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-connect/academic-development-art-shaping-pr...

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HERDSA SoTL SIG - December meeting - Next Friday! --- Reflection on 2024: HERDSA SoTL SIG Wrap up and retrospective
Friday, 20 December 2024, 12.00–1.00 pm AEDT (NSW/VIC time)/11.00 am–12.00 pm AEST (QLD time)

Topic: Reflection on 2024: HERDSA SoTL SIG Wrap up and retrospective
Presenter: Dr Trisha Poole (University of Southern Queensland)
Date: Friday, 20 December 2024, 12.00–1.00 pm AEDT (NSW/VIC time)/11.00 am–12.00 pm AEST (QLD time)
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Overview: The HERDSA SoTL SIG has had ten sessions in its first full year. So where are we? And where do we want to go?
In this retrospective, Dr Trisha Poole will facilitate a review of the SIG sessions this year and seek input into what 2025 will bring. We’ve firmly established ourselves as a supportive, developmental space for early career scholars, both academic and professional. If you are a member of the SoTL SIG, this is a chance to provide input that will guide our direction. Make sure you have your say so that the SIG can collectively serve our needs.

What do you need to help you flourish as a SoTL Scholar?

Zoom registration link: https://unisq.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpduuqqT8oE9eNBtwMqrc7Bvim1eNqfKsj

Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14343410/

Further information: Please feel free to contact the HERDSA SoTL SIG at herdsa.sotl.sig@gmail.com

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HERDSA GRANTS 2025 now open
Closing 14th March 2025

HERDSA offers grants to HERDSA members to fund research and/or development projects on teaching and learning in higher education that directly align to the mission of HERDSA. In the 2025 round, up to six grants of AUD$5000 each, plus gst are available. Priority for one grant will be given to applicants identifying as Indigenous/First Nations (e.g., Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori or Pacific Nations).

Applications close on 14th March 2025. Successful applicants will be informed at the end of May 2025. Grant applicants have one year to complete their projects. Grant progress reports are due end of January 2026 and final reports at the end of June 2026.

For detailed information see the guidelines document on the HERDSA website https://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-grants-scheme

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Request for PhD Qualitative Participants 

I would like to invite you to participate in this UNE PhD qualitative study (Ethics approval: HE24-129, valid 10/7/2026) investigating how academics maintain resilience and wellbeing using workplace technology. Your participation will involve completing a short pre-screening online survey, ensuring the target group, academics employed in a higher education institution, who use workplace technology for work completion are selected (public or private university). An invitation to participate in an online video interview and submission of a short reflection will be sent to participants who meet pre-screening criteria.

Further information: Further information: If you would like to find out more about the study and participate, contact Marie (Bernie) Fisher via email

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New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development

Clinically-based PhDs by publication: a South African experience, E. S. Grossman & C. Aldous, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2429448

International doctoral students’ socialization into English academic writing proficiency, Wai Mar Phyo, Marianne Nikolov & Ágnes Hódi, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2429428

Assessing the effectiveness of feature film and television series in university teaching through evaluation quadrangulation and action learning, Ngoc Nhu Nguyen (Ruby) & Edward Palmer, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2429451

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