* HERDSA NEWS Vol. 39 No. 3 is now available online
* HERDSA Review of Higher Education Vol. 4 July 2017 is available online
* Position vacant: Professional Practice Fellow - Teaching & Learning (Wellington)
* Work Skill Development for WIL and Employability: 3rd Webinar in advance of I-MELT
* Call for applications for appointment to the role of external (Consumer) NASRHP Board Director
* Developing your Philosophy of Teaching Statement
* Call for Papers: Experts, knowledge and criticality in the age of ‘alternative facts’
* Vale Paul Ramsden
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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HERDSA NEWS Vol. 39 No. 3 is now available online

HERDSA NEWS 39(3) is now available from the publications link at the HERDSA website at http://www.herdsa.org.au/publications/herdsa-news

Further information: mbell@uow.edu.au

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HERDSA Review of Higher Education Vol. 4 July 2017 is available online

HERDSA Review of Higher Education is an online journal containing expert commentary on the latest developments in higher education research and development. Volume 4 of HERDSA Review is now available for download.

Table of Contents

Student learning and the experience of teaching
Michael Prosser & Keith Trigwell
http://www.herdsa.org.au/herdsa-review-higher-education-vol-4/5-27

Past, Present and Future: Acknowledging Indigenous Achievement and Aspiration in Higher Education
Susan Page, Michelle Trudgett, & Corrinne Sullivan
http://www.herdsa.org.au/herdsa-review-higher-education-vol-4/29-51

The Australian higher education student experience: A personal reflection on 15 years of research
Kerri-Lee Krause
http://www.herdsa.org.au/herdsa-review-higher-education-vol-4/53-78

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Position vacant: Professional Practice Fellow - Teaching & Learning (Wellington)
25 October

The Occupational and Aviation Medicine (OAM), which is a part of the University of Otago (Wellington) Department of Medicine, has an opportunity for an outstanding individual to join them as a Professional Practice Fellow in Educational Technology / Instructional Design for the support of their post-graduate international distance programmes.
The Role

This position presents a unique opportunity to develop, design and support distance teaching, learning and assessment developments to ensure OAM programmes are efficient and of the highest quality. You will provide expert knowledge and support of tertiary education methods and eLearning for other teaching staff in the team, most of whom are not on-campus.

This is a part-time (0.5 FTE) permanent position.

Applications close on Wednesday, 25 October 2017.

More information including Position details, and how to apply, can be found here: https://otago.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=1701921

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Work Skill Development for WIL and Employability: 3rd Webinar in advance of I-MELT
Friday 27 October (corrected date)

Dear colleagues
Join presenters from the Universities of New South Wales and Wollongong in a webinar on ‘Using the Work Skill Development Framework - Examples of Practice’

Three short papers for this topic by these authors are now online at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rsd/i-melt/papers/
Reading the abstracts of these in advance will be a great warm-up for the webinar.

The Work Skill Development (WSD) Framework, developed By Dr Sue Bandaranaike at James Cook University, has been used since 2009 for WIL contexts as varied as Geography & Engineering, Business and Nursing. This webinar will focus on practical applications of the WSD to make explicit the thinking processes and language used in workplaces and for enhancing student and graduate employment prospects.

This is the third webinar on the series on the various uses of the Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching (www.melt.edu.au).

Other papers on themes from the I-MELT conference will be available soon on the conference website www.rsd.edu.au/i-melt/papers/ 

See https://reskidev.wordpress.com/ for discussions on this theme and other MELT themes such as Evidenced Based Decision Making

Date: Friday 27 October, 1 hour
2.30 pm Central Daylight time 
3.00 pm Eastern Daylight time
2.00 pm Eastern Standard time
12.00 noon WA
(+10.30 GMT/Universal time)

URL: https://adelaide.zoom.us/j/933991892

The Zoom platform is web-based and user friendly 
Equipment: A headset is good for speaking quality, but not essential- you may just want to text chat or observe.

Please run a sound-check within Zoom before commencement time. Click on the arrow next to the mic icon, bottom left, choose ‘Audio options’ and click ‘Test computer mic and speakers’.
This is the third webinar in a series to discuss I-MELT themes based on the short papers for presentations before the conference www.i-melt.edu.au

I hope to see you online
John Willison
University of Adelaide

Further information john.willison@adelaide.edu.au

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Call for applications for appointment to the role of external (Consumer) NASRHP Board Director
Applications close 31/10/17

The National Alliance of Self Regulating Health Professions (NASRHP) is the national peak body representing self regulating health professions in Australia. NASRHP works to represent the interests of the self regulating health professions. 

Australian peak bodies of self regulating allied health professions wishing to join NASRHP must meet benchmark standards for regulation and accreditation of practitioners within that profession. NASRHP standards have been closely modelled on AHPRA standards. 

NASRHP seeks expressions of interest from external (both consumer and non-consumer) representatives to be appointed to the NASRHP Board of Directors. 
To be eligible for appointment as an external Director, you must not currently be, or have previously been, a health practitioner in a self regulating health profession. This may include a consumer Director. The term of appointment to the Board may be for a period of up to two years, with eligibility for reappointment. 
For more information regarding NASRHP, the role and application process, please download the forms below. 
Candidate Information Pack
• NASRHP Board Composition and Selection Criteria 
• Declaration of Interest Form

For more information, please refer to nasrhp.org.au

For enquiries, please email nasrhp@daa.asn.au

Further information http://nasrhp.org.au/opportunities/nasrhp-board-of-directors/

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Developing your Philosophy of Teaching Statement
9 November

Whether you are interested in developing your philosophy of teaching statement as part of the HERDSA Portfolio, or because you wish to understand more about your own approach to teaching and learning. This session is for you.

In this 2-hour workshop we take you through understanding more about your philosophy of teaching and take you through the process of writing your statement. You will leave the workshop with a rough outline, which you can then fill out and refine in your own time.

Further information https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/developing-your-philosophy-of-teaching-s...

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Call for Papers: Experts, knowledge and criticality in the age of ‘alternative facts’
17th November 2017

Teaching in Higher Education journal is planning a Special Issue entitled: "Experts, knowledge and criticality in the age of ‘alternative facts’: re-examining the contribution of higher education". Abstracts of up to 500 words are being sought with a deadline of 17th November.

Further information http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/ed/cthe-si-age-of-alternative-facts

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Vale Paul Ramsden

Paul Ramsden died recently after suffering a pulmonary embolism. HERDSA members would have known Paul was a respected scholar in higher education teaching and learning who was a regular contributor to Higher Education Research and Development. He remains one of the journals most highly cited higher education researchers, particularly for his seminal book Learning to Teach in Higher Education. Paul made an equally significant contribution to higher education policy through the introduction of the Course Experience Questionnaire, a survey he adapted from his PhD. research at Lancaster University.

His obituary is online at https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/15/paul-ramsden-obituary

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Higher Education in the Headlines

‘Strip unis of VC pay decision’ | BERNARD LANE | Australian Higher Education | 18 October, 2017
Universities would lose control over the salaries of vice-chancellors under a plan floated by the Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/strip-control-of-vcs-pa...

The Long Last Miles to College | Eric Hoover | Chronicle of Higher Education | 13 October, 2017
All along they wanted the same thing: to leave home, decorate a dorm-room wall, and shape a new life. Find out how two Texas students weathered an uncertain summer.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Long-Last-Miles-to-College/241399

Athena SWAN funding link under scrutiny in discrimination row | Ellie Bothwell | Times Higher Education | 12 October, 2017
Female lecturers allegedly under pressure to settle legal action after university’s equality charter application rejected
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/athena-swan-funding-link-under...