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* HERDSA Connect: Reimagining Assessment: A Collaborative Journey Through Co-Design
* HERDSA Community: HERDSA 2026 Presenter Workshop: Roundtables & Showcases
* Important update on the HERDSA SoTL Modules
* Higher Education Research & Development, Vol. 45 No. 5 is now available online
* CFP: Writing Research Across Borders 2026 (30/11-3/12/26)
* Interested in STEM Education? Join Us!
* New IJAD Special Issue: Educational leadership and academic development
* New Issue Out Now | JANZSSA Volume 34, Issue 2
* New articles in Higher Education Research and Development
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A full list of HERDSA Notices is online at http://www.herdsa.org.au/latest-news
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HERDSA Connect: Reimagining Assessment: A Collaborative Journey Through Co-Design
Jennifer Sun, Amanda Kennedy, Sandis Zeivots, Andrew Cram & Yuan, 3 June 2026
Jennifer & her collaborators discuss a co-design approach to assessment involving not only lecturers but students, tutors and ed designers.
Read more: https://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-connect/reimagining-assessment-collaborativ...
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HERDSA Community: HERDSA 2026 Presenter Workshop: Roundtables & Showcases
Manisha Thakkar | 2 June 2026
The HERDSA 2026 Roundtables & Showcases Workshop, an interactive professional development session designed to support accepted presenters in preparing engaging and impactful conference presentations. The workshop explored practical strategies for designing and facilitating both showcase and roundtable sessions while highlighting the importance of participant engagement, scholarly conversation, and community building. A recurring message throughout the workshop was that successful conference presentations are not simply about disseminating information. Whether presenting a showcase or facilitating a roundtable, presenters were encouraged to create meaningful opportunities for participation, connection, and shared learning. The lively discussion throughout the workshop reflected HERDSA's commitment to scholarly exchange and collegial engagement, with participants generously sharing experiences, questions, and ideas for their upcoming presentations.
Read more and view the webinar recording at https://herdsa.org.au/news/herdsa-2026-presenter-workshop-roundtables-sh...
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Important update on the HERDSA SoTL Modules
To all HERDSA members, we regret to advise you that the HERDSA SoTL Modules are currently offline. The modules were hosted on a Canvas platform that has now been discontinued due to Canvas's recent security incident.
We know that many of you are using the HERDSA SoTL Modules to support the development of your scholarship and associated projects.
HERDSA is currently seeking quotes for a new host platform for the HERDSA modules. We anticipate the modules being accessible via a Moodle site by July.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to the active community of HERDSA SoTL scholars.
Further Information: Alice Brown: alice.brown@unisq.edu.au
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Higher Education Research & Development, Vol. 45 No. 5 is now available online
Higher Education Research & Development, Vol. 45 No. 5 (2026) is now available from the HERDSA website at https://herdsa.org.au/higher-education-research-development-vol-45-no-5
Free online access is available to HERDSA members through your member dashboard.
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CFP: Writing Research Across Borders 2026 (30/11-3/12/26)
Submission deadline: 30/6/26
The International Society for the Advancement of Writing Research (ISAWR) is holding its triennial conference - ‘Writing in Motion: Writing Research Across Borders' at the University of Sydney from 30 Nov to 3 Dec, 2026. The conference has already accepted papers from over 250 international scholars and writing researchers. It will feature plenary addresses and panels including international and Indigenous poets, leading scholars in translanguaging, Gen AI, and crosscultural rhetorics.
The Local Organising Committee now invites submissions from Australia and nearby regions in a Round 2 Call for Papers (https://wrab2026.com/call-for-papers-round-2/).
Round 2 proposals will be due at the end of June, with acceptances to be provided by the end of July.
Further information: contact@wrab2026.com and www.wrab2026.com
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Interested in STEM Education? Join Us!
The Engineering Mathematics Group provides a collegial space to share ideas for collaboration, and to foster and promote mathematics within the field of engineering in teaching and research. It has the following aims:
- promote engineering mathematics
- support professionals, researchers, educators and students in engineering mathematics
- encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing in engineering mathematics
- organise activities aligned with the above goals
I encourage you to join the EMG mailing list and become involved in the conversation: https://www.anziam.org.au/Engineering+Mathematics+Group
Further information: https://groups.google.com/g/emg_anziam
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New IJAD Special Issue: Educational leadership and academic development
Announcing the International Journal for Academic Development's new special issue on educational leadership and academic development. The open access editorial provides an introduction to all articles and reflections in Issue 2 (2026):
Educational leadership of, for, with, and through academic development by Klara Bolander Laksov, Cormac McGrath, and Anna Serbati
Further information: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rija20/current
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New Issue Out Now | JANZSSA Volume 34, Issue 2
The Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association (JANZSSA) is delighted to present the second issue for 2026: Volume 34, Issue 2.
JANZSSA’s May issue explores belonging from a range of different perspectives and international contexts, highlighting both the complexity and importance of belonging within contemporary tertiary education.
Further information: https://janzssa.scholasticahq.com/issue/14130-vol-34-issue-2-2026
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New articles in Higher Education Research and Development
The augmented scholar: how Generative AI usage influences research self-efficacy among Chinese doctoral students, Jie Guo, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2026.2679246
Mapping the invisible helpers: mesosystemic pathways to goal escalation among first-generation college students in elite Chinese universities, Siliang Yu, Rui Guo, Cheng Yao & Lijun Xu, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2026.2670664
Understanding students’ motivations for pursuing a PhD in non-research-intensive Chinese universities, Hanyu Qin & Hugo Horta, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2026.2670672
Power x prejudice: risk-based assessment on the vulnerability of female Chinese international students in Australia, Adrian Hale & Dennis Lam, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2026.2639618
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In the spirit of reconciliation HERDSA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australasia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.