HERDSA Notices 12 November 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Reflections as International Academics: Presentation, Roundtable, and the Inaugural SIG Meeting at HERDSA 2025, Perth
* HERDSA Community: HERDSA Hong Kong Branch Dinner Dialogue
* HERDSA Community: HERDSA SoTL Modules – Setting the Bar in World Standard Support for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
* HERDSA Online Engagement in HE (SiG event) Widening the Doors in HE: Implications for Engaging Underrepresented Students Online
* HERDSA SoTL SIG: Education Focused Academics: Navigating the tension between SoTL and the discipline
* Free Online: International Conference on AI for Higher Education (AI4HE) 2025
* Teaching Futures Symposium: Innovative Pedagogies, Assessments and Beyond
* Introducing the Universal Wellbeing Model (UWM) and Evaluation Tool (UWET)
* New articles in Higher Education Research and Development

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HERDSA Blog Post: Reflections as International Academics: Presentation, Roundtable, and the Inaugural SIG Meeting at HERDSA 2025, Perth
Jasvir Nachatar Singh, 12 November 2025

Dr Jasvir Nachatar Singh provides the exciting progress in the international academic space within HERDSA, including the creation of the International Academics Special Interest Group (IASiG)!

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HERDSA Community: HERDSA Hong Kong Branch Dinner Dialogue – 23 October 2025
HERDSA Hong Kong, 23 October 2025

The HERDSA Hong Kong Branch hosted its signature Dinner Dialogue on 23 October 2025, bringing together local members and colleagues for an evening of engaging discussion and collegial exchange over dinner. Since its founding in 1997, the Dinner Dialogue series has been a hallmark of the Branch, providing a relaxed yet intellectually stimulating environment for educators to explore emerging issues in higher education.

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HERDSA Community: HERDSA SoTL Modules – Setting the Bar in World Standard Support for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Alice Brown, 12 November 2025

Alice Brown describes how the changing higher education landscape has lead to significant growth in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research activity. Yet, she says, there continues to be limited access to institutional support or professional resources to guide academics starting out with SoTL investigations. HERDSA's SoTL portfolio undertook an extensive review of the existing SoTL modules and have now launched 10 redeveloped modules aimed at building the capacity of HERDSA members to develop and refine their SoTL knowledge and skills.

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HERDSA Online Engagement in HE (SiG event) Widening the Doors in HE: Implications for Engaging Underrepresented Students Online
Save the date - Thursday November 20th - 11am AEST (QLD time) - NSW daylight saving time 12pm

Globally, a key priority in higher education is to increase equity of access for students and successful degree completion. These outcomes are not only transformative for students but also directly benefit the institution, positively impact national productivity, the economy, and contribute to a more diverse and skilled workforce. There is a notable trend for underrepresented students to gravitate towards online study, drawn by its flexible learning format. Yet, while widening the doors to underrepresented students is commendable, it comes with significant responsibility for all stakeholders. Online teachers are evidencing significant effort, innovative practice, and focused attention on strategies to enhance engagement and learning online. However, limited attention has focused on exploring how online environments and practices may require nuancing to respond to the diversity of learning styles and considerations to afford success and enable equity in students to flourish. This HERDSA Online SiG event starts by sharing key insights from an innovative project that explored this issue. The study employed think tank methods and methodology and invited two groups of experts - those with online learning expertise and research background and those with equity expertise - to contribute insights to the question What would an increase in online enrolments of underrepresented students mean for the online teaching and engagement strategies we currently employ? Participants are then invited to share their considerations and discuss future implications and recommendations for key stakeholders who are committed to supporting equity of opportunity and success for underrepresented students who choose to study online.

Further information: Register: https://lnkd.in/dBmFxirA

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HERDSA SoTL SIG: Education Focused Academics: Navigating the tension between SoTL and the discipline
Friday 21st November 12–1pm AEDT (NSW/VIC); 11am–12pm AEST (QLD time)

This panel explores how institutions frame and support EFA roles differently, and what that means for career progression, research expectations, and identity. Drawing on both local and sector-wide research and professional experiences, our panellists will unpack the realities of transitioning into SoTL, balancing disciplinary commitments, and building sustainable academic pathways.

Join us for a conversation about the evolving landscape of educational scholarship and the role of academic development in shaping it.

Panellists:

Prof Barbie Panther, Director, Teaching Capability, Deakin University
Dr Collins Fleischner, Lecturer, National School of Education, Australian Catholic University
Dr Melissa Saligari, Deputy Director of Teaching and Learning, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne

Facilitated by Sue Sharpe

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

Further information: Contact the SIG at herdsa.sotl.sig@gmail.com

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Free Online: International Conference on AI for Higher Education (AI4HE) 2025
26-27 November 2025, 9:00am-5:00pm (AEST)

You are warmly invited to participate in the International Conference on AI for Higher Education (AI4HE). Facilitated by the Human-AI Collaborative Knowledgebase for Education and Research (HACKER) and the AI Literacy Lab, the conference provides an opportunity to share knowledge of AI in Higher Education, network with peers and participate in practical workshops. Please see link for program and registration.

Further information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10njM0j515kdGsP76d_PEJLcZJ8yh_cL5/view?u...

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Teaching Futures Symposium: Innovative Pedagogies, Assessments and Beyond
28 November 2025 (Friday), 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Venue:
JC3 302 - 303, The Jockey Club Campus of Creativity, Hong Kong Baptist University
or
Online via Zoom

Speakers:
Prof. Luis Damián Moreno Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, Academy of Language and Culture
Dr. Daniel Kwok, Lecturer, Department of History, Academy of Chinese, History, Religion and Philosophy
Dr. Martin Ma, Program Director (UG) and Lecturer, Department of Physics
Dr. Joshua Chan, Associate Head and Senior Lecturer, Language Centre"
Prof. Chan Shing Bun Benedict, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Director, Centre for Applied Ethics, Associate Professor, Academy of Chinese, History, Religion and Philosophy
Dr. Jackie W. W. Chan, Service Learning Course Instructor,, Academy of Wellness and Human Development
Prof. Kingsley Ng, Associate Professor,, Academy of Visual Arts

Further information: https://chtl.hkbu.edu.hk/workshops/tfsymposium.html

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Introducing the Universal Wellbeing Model (UWM) and Evaluation Tool (UWET)
4 December 2025 | 5 February 2026

This interactive online workshop introduces two key outputs from a 16-year wellbeing research programme conducted in New Zealand: the Universal Wellbeing Model (UWM) and the Universal Wellbeing Evaluation Tool (UWET).

Both frameworks are being applied internationally across education, health, business, and social sectors to strengthen prevention-based wellbeing systems and improve measurable outcomes.

Designed for counsellors, psychologists, researchers, and professional wellbeing practitioners, the session provides an introduction to UWM theory, evaluation principles, and practical resources for application in diverse cultural contexts.

Workshop Details
Dates: 4 December 2025 and 5 February 2026
Time: Morning sessions (NZDT), interactive online and open globally
Investment (GST inclusive):
• 150 NZD per person – includes Universal Wellbeing in a Nutshell resource
• 250 NZD per person – includes Universal Wellbeing in a Nutshell and Universal Wellbeing Evaluation Experience

Further information: To register, please contact us, contactus@fwi.ac.nz

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New articles in Higher Education Research and Development

Intersectionality and equality policies in Higher Education and Research organizations: a critical scoping review and future research agenda, Joanna Y.M. Beeckmans, Patrizia Zanoni & Koen Van Laer, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2573980

Problematising the invisibility of student parents in Australian higher education, Sarah Duffy, Michelle O'Shea, Alina Ewald & Emilee Gilbert, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2573979

The role of supervisors in learning about peer reviewing during doctoral studies: the case of Chinese STEM PhD students, Hugo Horta & Ting Zhou, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2573974

Academic casualisation and precarity: a scoping review, Rebekah Willson, Owen Stewart-Robertson, Heidi Julien & Lisa M. Given, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2573983

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