Key details Event description The United Nations has articulated 17 Sustainable Development Goals. My own pedagogical and research interest commenced some while ago when the UN previously declared the ‘Decade of Sustainability’. SDGs have now become a critical point of action for us all. But understanding what to do as educators is problematic. My own […]
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Key details Event description Research is emerging on identified functional (how-to) cognitive aspects of employability. Higher education graduates from all disciplines encounter multifaceted and precarious working lives that feature multiple transitions, complex employment arrangements and often a do-it-yourself career management plan to achieve meaningful paid work. The Australian Government introduced The Job-ready Graduates package that […]
The results of the 2022 – 2023 HERDSA NSW Branch Committee election have been announced. Sufficient nominations to fill each role were received without the need to hold formal elections. The office holders are: For further details, contact the Returning Officer, Saeed Shaeri (sshaeri@csu.edu.au).
Nominations are now open for the 2022 – 2023 HERDSA NSW Branch Committee election. To take part in the election, simply follow the steps below. Step one: read through the details Start by reading the details in the Word document below. Nomination details ↗ Step two: complete the nomination form Fill in the (Word) nomination […]
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End of year event (December 8, 2022)
Key details Event description The HERDSA NSW Branch will be holding its end-of-year social event in hybrid mode: in person at the University of Sydney (on the Darlington Campus) and online (using Zoom). Please register your interest to attend in person or online. In-person option A hub is being organised at the University of Sydney […]
Key details Resources The following resources were made available after the session: 1. Slides (as a PDF file) ↗ 2. Video-recording: Event description This webinar will share some of my more affective experiences of human connection through on-campus, on-country and online cultural mentoring to support Indigenous Australian cultural competence. I will speak from my reflections […]
Key details Resources The following video-recording was made available after the session: Description There have always been discipline-based academics whose passion has been education rather than research. The contribution and commitment of these faculty members, while often valued within their own departments, has largely gone unrecognised at an institutional level in the absence of clear […]
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Yarning our practice (May 25, 2022)
Key details Resources The following video-recording was made available after the session: Description This will be an interactive, free-form activity that will include the cultural significance of yarning, and provide an introduction to some skills in yarning. During the session, you will engage in yarning, and reflect on this as a way of learning about […]
Key details Resources The following resources were made available after the session: 1. Slides (as a PDF file) ↗ 2. Video-recording: Event description This webinar will introduce participants to the valuable HERDSA Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) online learning modules. The modules introduce new scholars to the role and value of SoTL in an […]
Key details Tuesday, April 19, 2022 6 – 7 p.m. (AEST) Free Online (Zoom session ↗) Two presentations Dr. Anke Hoeppner-Ryan and Associate Professor Eliza Wu Description Active learning in higher education: (1) Engaging students in authentic project-based learning to facilitate the development of graduate attributes in the context of professional preparation, and (2) Sharing […]
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