Network of Associate Deans (Learning & Teaching)

Under the DASSH Discipline Support Strategy, DASSH established a Network of Associate Deans (Learning and Teaching) in 2009 funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). The network's inaugural meeting was at the DASSH 2009 Conference and AGM in Newcastle.

The Newcastle Declaration articulates the Network's founding principles with the following key aims:

• To provide network members with professional development, on issues such as standards and outcomes, higher education policy, leadership, resource sharing and professional skills.
• To engage members as advocates for arts, social sciences and humanities (ASSH) disciplines, emphasising teaching and learning issues.

The network's current focus is research productive, with network members working on three collaborative research projects relating to ASSH disciplines: Undergraduate Assessment - Scoping Guidelines, Good Practice and Benchmarking; First-Year Student Experience - Recruitment, Transition and Retention; and Social Inclusion.   

The next Network National Meeting will be in Adelaide in March 2012.