Upcoming Key Dates

ACODE 52 Workshop and business and networking meeting

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100

This workshop allows students to raise differences in their skills and academic literacies and universities have invested resources in programs and services, including eLearning packages, to target areas such as English language, critical thinking, reading and writing in academic genres, foundation maths and stats, research and information literacy, and academic integrity.

Event Start Date/Time: Monday, March 15, 2010 - 00:00

Location: University of Tasmania, Tasmania

Tertiary & Higher Education Conference 2010

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100

The government’s additional funding in resourcing is designed to support high quality teaching and learning, improve access and outcomes for students from low socio economic backgrounds, build new links between universities and disadvantaged schools, reward institutions for meeting agreed quality and equity outcomes, improve resourcing for research and invest in world class tertiary education infrastructure.
Themes include Ministerial address on transformation in the Australian Higher Education system, challenges of applying the Bradley Review recommendations, revising academic standards in line with the new funding, how research intensive universities should be organized in 21st Century, defusing the Indian student’s fear on security, recruiting overseas students from China & India vs USA, regulating off-short educational agents, effect of proposed Government funding on TAFE institutes.

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Dockside, Cockle Bay, Sydney

Leadership Program – proposals for round one due

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100

The Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Program, a program of the Grants Scheme, supports systematic, structured and sustainable models of academic leadership in higher education.

Event Start Date/Time: Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 00:00

CADAD meeting

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100

This is the first CADAD meeting in 2010, hosted by Professor Denise Chalmers (President). The meeting will include a workshop, business meeting, AGM and professional development program.

Event Start Date/Time: Monday, March 22, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Story Hall Foyer, RMIT University, Melbourne

2010 ALTC Fellows' Forum

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100

The ALTCFellows meet together as a community of scholars twice each year. This workshop is for Fellows to share progress on their Fellowship and will include discussion on the Learning and Teaching Academic Standard Project.

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Quay West Suites, Brisbane, Australia

Building Academic Leadership Capability Workshop

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100

This workshop is part of an Academic Leadership program for Heads of School/Associate Heads of School/Theme Leaders. The program involves an initial one day workshop followed by a review session some 4 months later. These workshops will include discussion and reflection on broader issues that affect strategic planning around learning and teaching as well as interpersonal aspects of Academic Leadership.

Event Start Date/Time: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Airport Inn, Darwin

Priority Projects Program – proposals for round one due

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The Priority Projects Program, a program within the Grants Scheme, is to support programs addressing academic standards, assessment practices and reporting, curriculum renewal, and teaching and learning spaces.

Event Start Date/Time: Friday, April 9, 2010 - 00:00

Project Management Workshop

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Project management training for managers of projects funded during 2009 under the Grants Scheme. The aim of the workshops is to enhance the skills, knowledge and confidence in the ability of participants to contribute to the leadership and management of their projects. Participants will learn how to put into practice proven strategies and techniques for effective project management and spend time working on customised action plans to help progress their projects. The workshops also provide a valuable opportunity to build better understanding of the ALTC’s reporting requirements.

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Macquarie Graduate School of Management (CBD Campus), Sydney, Australia

The 8th Annual Higher Education Summit

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The 8th Annual Higher Education Summit 29th - 30th April 2010 National Wine Centre, Adelaide Featuring the return of the Regional Tertiary Education Forum on Wednesday 28th April 2010 In 2010, Australias original and most established higher education policy and planning conference will be about Questioning Australian higher education policy & planning in the 21st century. There will be a discussion on how well the Bradley Review has gone and how policy and planning is addressing other important issues, such as the big ticket issue of the century - climate change. We want to give people an opportunity to ask what they think about higher education policy and what they consider is the best way forward.

Event Start Date/Time: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 00:00

Location: National Wine Centre, Adelaide

Citations Program - nominations due

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning Program, a program within the Awards Scheme, recognises and rewards the diverse contributions that individuals and teams make to the quality of student learning. Citations are awarded to academic, general and sessional staff, and institutional associates, who have made significant contributions to student learning in a specific area of responsibility over a sustained period

Event Start Date/Time: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 00:00

Conference Funding - applications due

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The Funding for Award Recipients to Present at Conferences Program, a program within the Awards Scheme, is to promote and advance learning and teaching through providing funding for recipients of Awards to present at discipline, research-based, and learning and teaching conferences and forums

Event Start Date/Time: Saturday, May 1, 2010 - 00:00

19th meeting of the Audit and Risk Management Committee

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Sydney

Competitive Grants Program – proposals for round two due

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The Competitive Grants Program, a program within the Grants Scheme, supports innovation in learning and teaching, especially in relation to new technologies; research and development focused on issues of emerging and on-going importance; and strategic approaches to addressing the implications of the changing cohort in higher education.

Event Start Date/Time: Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 00:00

Temasek Polytechnic’s International Conference on Learning and Teaching

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The conference is held in conjunction with Temasek Polytechnic's 20th anniversary and the theme is “Changing Perspectives. Crossing Boundaries”.
Keynote speakers include Professor David Boud 2007 ALTC senior fellow, Professor Stephen Brookfield University of St.Thomas, Minneapolis, Professor Diana Laurillard Institute of Education, London and Associate Professor Gary Poole University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Event Start Date/Time: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, Singapore

Indigenous Research Methodologies Masterclass Module

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The Workshop is an intensive introduction to Indigenous research methodologies and their use within Indigenous related research. The Masterclass Module is designed to meet the needs of current PhD candidates, Masters and Honours higher degree research students especially Indigenous PhD candidates. It will also prove valuable for non– Indigenous researchers planning or undertaking Indigenous related research.
The aim of the Masterclass is to skill post-graduate scholars or researchers in understanding and utilizing methodologies informed by an Indigenous interpretive framework. Indigenous research methodologies are those built around Indigenous epistemologies (ways of knowing), our axiologies (ways of doing) and ontologies (ways of being).

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Charles Darwin Univeristy, Darwin

26th meeting of the ALTC Board

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Melbourne

First Year in Higher Education Conference 2010

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The Conference is designed to disseminate research and practice based work that enhances the first year in higher education and lends itself to a wide variety of subjects. Some of the subjects are: academic and professional partnerships to enhance FYHE, managing the expectations-reality mismatch, work integrated learning for FY students and exemplar and innovative practices to support FY students.
Keynote speakers will include: Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington, 2008 ALTC Prime Minister Award Recipient and Professor Bob Lingard from The University of Queensland.

Event Start Date/Time: Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 00:00

Location: TBA, Adelaide

Indigenous Research Methodologies Masterclass Module

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000

AuQF2010

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The Australian Quality Forum: Higher Education (AuQF) is the premier national annual event for the discussion of quality assurance and quality enhancement in the Australian higher education sector. The Forum’s aim is 'Quality in Uncertain Times'. The program is intended to reflect the evolving Australian higher education quality assurance landscape.
One of the keynote speakers is Professor Christine Ewan AM, who is the Leader of the Learning and Teaching Academic Standards Project at ALTC.

Event Start Date/Time: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia

Leadership Program – proposals for round two due

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000

International Summer School: Implementing Bologna in your institution

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000

With the 2010 deadline fast approaching for alignment with the Bologna Process, the International Summer School in Cork, Ireland offers you the opportunity to acquire the strategies and tools required to enable the implementation of Bologna in your institution and will feature an experienced range of presenters addressing topics focused on the Bologna action lines.
The key people involved in assisting the implementation of Bologna in Ireland such as Dr Declan Kennedy (author of international bestseller Writing and Using Learning Outcomes), Dr Norma Ryan (Irish Bologna expert), Professor Áine Hyland (member of EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Team) and Dr Jim Murray (CEO of National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) amongst others that will share their experiences and advise you on the best strategies to facilitate effective implementation.

Event Start Date/Time: Monday, July 5, 2010 - 00:00

Location: University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Program Awards - nominations due

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The Australian Awards for University Teaching are an important part of the ALTC's mission to promote and advance learning and teaching in Australian higher education. The Scheme comprises four Award programs that recognise teaching excellence and contributions to student learning. These Awards are the Program Awards, Teaching Awards, Prime Minister's Award and Career Achievement Award.

Nominations for Program and Teaching Awards are called at this time

Event Start Date/Time: Friday, July 9, 2010 - 00:00

Teaching Awards - nominations due

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The Awards for Teaching Excellence, part of the Australian Awards for University Teaching, are an important part of the ALTC's mission to promote and advance learning and teaching in Australian higher education. The Scheme comprises four Award programs that recognise teaching excellence and contributions to student learning. These Awards are the Program Awards, Teaching Awards, Prime Minister's Award and Career Achievement Award. Teaching Awards nominations are called at this time.

Event Start Date/Time: Friday, July 9, 2010 - 00:00

2010 ALTC Citations ceremony

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning recognise and reward the diverse contributions that individuals and teams make to the quality of student learning. They are presented at regional ceremonies in six centres annually in late July and early August. The distinctive contribution of each nominee is described in a unique citation and presented on a certificate.

Event Start Date/Time: Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 00:00

Location: State Library South Australia, Adelaide

Priority Projects Program – proposals for round two due

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000

2010 ALTC Citations ceremony

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Event Start Date/Time: Monday, August 2, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

2010 ALTC Citations ceremony

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

2010 ALTC Citations ceremony

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Event Start Date/Time: Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 00:00

Location: NGV International, Melbourne

2010 ALTC Citations ceremony

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Event Start Date/Time: Monday, August 9, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Old Parliament House, Canberra

2010 ALTC Citations ceremony

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Event Start Date/Time: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Perth Town Hall, Perth

20th meeting of the Audit and Risk Management Committee

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Event Start Date/Time: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Sydney

27th meeting of the ALTC Board

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Brisbane

Conference Funding - applications due

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Tertiary Education Management Conference 2010

admin — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The theme for the 2010 Conference is Future Directions and is intended to provide insight and promote discussion into what tertiary education might be like in the future. The conference themes reflect areas where the impact of innovation and advancement may have the most significant impact.
The types of directions that will be discussed at this conference include: education services (including academic support and student services), financial and resource management, career and leadership development, facilities management technology (including teaching and learning spaces), policy development and implications, privatisation, commercialisation, internationalisation and post-Bradley review and environmental issues.

Event Start Date/Time: Sunday, October 3, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Crown Promenade Hotel, Melbourne

2010 ALTC Fellows Orientation & Workshop

admin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1100

The ALTC Fellows meet together as a community of scholars twice each year. Day one of this workshop is to orient new Fellows to the ALTC and what is means to be a Fellow. Days two and three will provide networking opportunity and professional development for all Fellows.

Event Start Date/Time: Monday, October 11, 2010 - 00:00

Location: QUT Gardens Theatre Foyer, Brisbane, Australia

CADAD meeting

admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1100

This is the second CADAD meeting in 2010, hosted by Professor Denise Chalmers (President). The meeting will include a workshop, business meeting, AGM and professional development program.

Event Start Date/Time: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 00:00

Location: ALTC Offices, Sydney

21st meeting of the Audit and Risk Management Committee

admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1100

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Sydney

2010 ALTC Awards ceremony

admin — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1100

The Australian Awards for University Teaching programs recognise teaching excellence and outstanding contributions to student learning at the highest level. The Program, Teaching, Prime Minister’s and Career Achievement Awards are presented at a national event with senior executives from all institutions invited to come together to recognise the recipients of these significant Awards.

Please note that the 2010 ALTC Awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday 10 November. This is earlier in November than in previous years.

Event Start Date/Time: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Venue - to be confirmed, Location - to be confirmed

ALTC Assessment Forum 2010

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1100

The ALTC Assessment Forum is being held in conjunction with the ATN Assessment Conference 18-19 November 2010.

The purpose of the forum is to:
•Provide projects an opportunity to share work they’ve undertaken
•Situate their projects within international perspectives
•Draw and build upon the knowledge and expertise of the facilitator.

Event Start Date/Time: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 00:00

Location: UTS - to be confirmed, Sydney

28th meeting of the ALTC Board

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1100

Event Start Date/Time: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 00:00

Location: Sydney