* HERDSA Review of Higher Education Vol. 3 July 2016 is now available
* LH Martin Institute Conference 2016: Service Improvement and Innovation in Universities. Brisbane Pullman Hotel 11th and 12thAugust.
* Innovation Eco-systems: LH Martin Institute Study Mission to Italy and the Netherlands 21-30 September 2016
* WA Forum on Contract Cheating
* Invitation to participate in research into teaching challenges
* Last Reminder Survey Higher Education Teachers
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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HERDSA Review of Higher Education Vol. 3 July 2016 is now available

HERDSA Review of Higher Education is an online journal containing expert commentary on the latest developments in higher education research and development. Volume 3 of HERDSA Review was launched at the HERDSA Conference and is now available for download.

Table of Contents

First-in-family learners and higher education: Negotiating the ‘silences’ of university transition and participation
Sarah O’Shea
http://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-review-higher-education-vol-3/5-23

Evaluation of teaching 
Denise Chalmers & Lynne Hunt
http://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-review-higher-education-vol-3/25-55

Beyond teaching quality: Towards a framework for course unit quality 
Angela Carbone, Julia Evans, & Jing Ye
http://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-review-higher-education-vol-3/57-72

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LH Martin Institute Conference 2016: Service Improvement and Innovation in Universities. Brisbane Pullman Hotel 11th and 12thAugust.

Registration closing, Fri 5 August!

Organised by the sector and for the sector on the principle of high quality, low cost to participants, our broad aim remains to build sector capability as institutions, and boost the overall performance of universities. Conference themes this year feature: Future landscapes for universities; Deciding what to change; Delivering change.

Our key speakers include Dr Sallyanne Atkinson AO (former Lord Mayor of Brisbane), Prof Michael Rosemann (QUT), Prof Anthony Arundel (UTAS), Prof Dawn Freshwater (UWA), Ms Jan Own AM (Foundation for Young Australians), Mr Dorjee Sun (serial social entrepreneur), and Dr Simon Eassom (IBM Smarter Cities). Registration is $1,250 and a discount applies for groups. For more, please go to:  http://go.unimelb.edu.au/ya5a

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Innovation Eco-systems: LH Martin Institute Study Mission to Italy and the Netherlands 21-30 September 2016.

Registrations close 15 August.

Australia has embarked on an ambitious innovation agenda. With the current agenda focussed on commercialisation of university research and linking universities to industry, an effective innovation agenda must take into account the different roles that diverse partners and institutions play in a true innovation eco-system. A lot can be learned from initiatives launched in other jurisdictions: This study mission explores a select number of these innovation eco-systems, and is about understanding the complex interrelationships between the parties and the socio-economic landscape. The Study Mission will visit Milan, Italy, as well as Eindhoven and Enschede, including the University of Twente, in the Netherlands. For more, including a detailed itinerary please go to: http://go.unimelb.edu.au/o9ua

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WA Forum on Contract Cheating
 
Contract cheating, a term coined by Lancaster and Clarke in 2006*, describes the situation where students purchase bespoke academic assessments and submit the work as if it was their own.
 
This issue has been rapidly gaining traction globally due to the ease of accessing contractors within the digital space. Students are able to quickly outsource their work for a relatively low price due to increasing competition within the industry. Current assessment practices and technologies are not readily able to identify the affected work.
 
Through presentations, panels and discussions, the WA Forum on Contract Cheating will examine this problem from a number of perspectives. The forum will include:
 
·        Analysis of common business models and prevalence of contract cheating
·        Research findings on new methods of detecting contract cheating
·        Student perspectives and case studies of motivators and drivers of behaviour
·        How institutions can respond: recent developments in policies and practices
 
Please join us for a stimulating and interesting day on Thursday October 13, 2016 at Curtin University. Register early as spaces are limited.
 
The cost for the forum is $100 for the day and will include:
 
·        Attendance at all sessions including material made available electronically;
·        Refreshments and Lunch
 
More information https://registrar.curtin.edu.au/events.cfm 

* Clarke, R., and Lancaster, T. "Eliminating the successor to plagiarism? Identifying the usage of contract cheating sites." Proceedings of 2nd International Plagiarism Conference. 2006.
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Invitation to participate in research into teaching challenges

Dear Colleague,

I am exploring some of the current challenges encountered by university lecturers. Some of my earlier work on different stakeholder views about the range of goals for university teaching showed lecturers face a broad range of challenges. Because they are understood and experienced in different ways, outcomes for student learning are highly variable. Recent inquiries have helped me narrow the tasks down to 8 areas. I hope to find out how relevant these are for lecturers worldwide so I can represent a range of views. I am using a Qualitative Survey Technique to find out what academics think and will analyse data inductively using a grounded theory approach. I have written the 8 challenges as short statements and value any thoughts you might wish to share on each matter. 

Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and I appreciate the time you have taken to help with this project
Professor Tony Harland, University of Otago, New Zealand
Email: tony.harland@otago.ac.nz

The project has ethical approval from the University of Otago:http://www.otago.ac.nz/council/committees/committees/HumanEthicsCommitte...
By taking the survey you will have consented to take part in the research. Your participation in the study is completely voluntary. All data collected in this survey will be held anonymously and securely at the University of Otago, Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC). All results will be presented in an aggregated and anonymised form, and all the data collected will only be used for the purposes of this survey and will not be used to identify any individuals.

Click in the link below if you would like to participate in the study: http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/forms/form/YHV63_LPvsp 

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Last Reminder Survey Higher Education Teachers

Dear AustralAsian colleagues,

a lot of you have already participated in my survey on higher education teachers' emotions and their approaches to teaching - thank you very much for your participation so far!

However, it would be great if yet more higher education teachers would participate in order to make the results more representative. 

I therefore kindly ask you to participate (if you have not so far) and to forward this message to colleauges at your university or at other higher education institutions in Australia and New Zealand. Completing the survey will take max. 10 minutes and data will only be analysed on the group sample-level and only in an anonymous manner.

You can access the survey via this link until 31 August, 2016: http://www.unipark.de/uc/teach_2016/

Thank you very much - I hope I can provide you with results soon.

Sincerely

Robert Kordts-Freudinger

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Higher Education in the Headlines

Enabling courses need scrutiny | JULIE HARE | Australian Higher Eduction | 3 August, 2016
Carte blanche access to the demand-driven system could drive distortions in demand, researcher Tim Pitman says.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/subdegree-higher-educat...

Mental health research ‘being short-changed’, academics claim | David Matthews | Times Higher Eduction | 28 July, 2016
The grouping of subjects such as neuroscience and psychiatry with cheaper disciplines will lead to what critics say is a failure to fairly fund mental health research
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/mental-health-research-being-s...