National Meetings

2012 Meetings
In 2012, the Network will meet in Adelaide in March and at the DASSH Conference in Canberra in September. We are optimistic that a some funding might be available to support travel to the March meeting, hosted by University of South Australia and University of Adelaide. For more information, please contact Deborah Gare.

September 2011
The Network met 28-30 September in Townsville as part of the DASSH 2011 Conference. 

This meeting focused on project workshops, review of 2011 activity and planning for 2012 activity. Associate Professor Nancy Longnecker from University of Western Australia presented on New Media Publishing: Upending the Teaching and Learning Experience of Undergraduate Assessment.  This meeting included a day of project workshops and a day of conference sessions including:

• ALTC Update: Dr Carol Nicoll, Chief Executive Officer, ALTC
• Focus Group: DASSH Academic Leadership Succession Project
• Discussion: Standards & the AQF
• Failure in L&T and Learning from Mistakes: A/Professor Sean Brawley, UNSW
• 2011 Townsville Conference Planning

March 2011
The first national meeting 17-18 March 2011 in Melbourne was supported by Deakin University, Monash University and DASSH.

This meeting included a half day of project workshops and conference sessions including:

• DASSH President Address: Professor Jennifer Radbourne;
• TEQSA Developments: Ian Hawke, Interim CEO, TEQSA
• DEEWR Update (Quality Issues, ALTC, Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes, Higher Educatuon Graduate Statement, My University): Dr Claire Atlinson, Director, Quality Unit, Higher Education Group, DEEWR
• My Work as an ADLT: Professor Sally Kift, past ALTC Senior Fellow, QUT
• Project Report 

September 2010
The Network met 29 September- 1 October in Freemantle as part of the DASSH 2010 Conference.

The network reviewed the Newcastle Declaration: Beyond Newcastle 2009, set targets for 2011 outlined in Beyond Fremantle: Outcomes and Intentions 2010 - 2011 and focused on key issues around policy, standards, internationalisation and other current issues in higher education.