HERDSA Annual General Meeting 2024 in Adelaide Convention Centre
Join us at the HERDSA Annual General Meeting on 10th July 2024 at the Adelaide Convention Centre to discuss higher education research and development in Australasia. The agenda includes reports, recommendations, and acknowledgement of country. Explore the activities and executive team while engaging with fellow professionals.
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HERDSA Annual General Meeting Adelaide Convention Centre 10th July 2024 (12.45pm AEST) Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Acknowlegement of Country I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the lands where our HERDSA members are located and pay respects to their elders, past, present, and emerging. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
AGENDA 1. Welcome 2. Attendance and Apologies 3. Minutes of the previous meeting (for adoption) 4. President s Report and Activities 5. Treasurer s and Auditor s Reports 6. Recommendations for ratification 2023-2024 ( Including Budget, Auditor, 2022-2023 accounts) 7. Other business 8. Meeting closure Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA President s Report & Activities Kogi Naidoo Adelaide Convention Centre Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA Executive 2023 - 2025 Kogi Naidoo (Vic) President (re-elected 2023-2025) Katrina Strampel (WA) Vice-President Christy Collis (QLD) (President Elect (2024-2025) Jay Cohen (Vic) Treasurer (new) Cally Guerin (SA) (HERD co-editor) Eva Heinrich (NZ) Raj Shekhawat (SA) Kwong Nui Sim (NZ) Julia Choate (Vic) Alice Brown (QLD) Shannon Johnston (WA) (Conference Co-convenor 2025) Manisha Thakkar (SA) Co-option Lee Partridge (WA) Fellowships Officer- Co-option Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA Officers 2023-2025 Cally Guerin Joint HERD Editor (2023 2025) Jinsung Jung Joint HERD Editor (2024) Susan Blackley HERD Until Dec 2023 Eva Heinrich Editor ASRHE Journal Lee Partridge HERDSA Fellowships Peter Kandlbinder Editor HERDSA Notices Denise Chalmers Dongmei Li Jennifer Ungaro Edward Palmer Shannon Johnston Series Editor HERDSA Guides TATAL (current) HERDSAOffice Administration Manager HERDSA Conference Convenor 2024 HERDSA Conference Convenor 2025 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
2024 Conference Organising Committee Our grateful thanks to: Raj Shekhawat Edward Palmer Tania Leach Malcolm Burt Manisha Thakkar Jay Cohen Samantha Kontra Kogi Naidoo Co Convenor Co Convenor Conference Chair Virtual Program Coordinator Communications Lead - HERDSA Executive Conf Liaison Officer - HERDSA Executive Conference Financial Advisor HERDSA President Other associated committees Expert Events Conference Organiser Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Highlights (2023 2024, incl. New Initiatives) President Elect Prof Christy Collis (2024-2025) ratified by Exec HERDSA Strategic Plan 2023-2025 + HERDSA Values (2022) History of HERDSA Report - Celebrating 50 Years of HERDSA (since 1972), HERDSA Fellowships - 2023 Celebrating 20 years HERDSA Conference Travel Grants, Awards and Prizes 2022, 2023 HERDSA Grants Scheme (2023, 2024) - 10 awards HERD Best Paper and Reviewer Awards (2022, 2023) 6 awards Life Membership Award 2023 - Professor Shelda Debowski MACS 2023-2024 - Mentoring & Coaching Support Program 2023 & 2024 Conferences Brisbane & Adelaide (hybrid) 2 New Portfolios 2023-2024 Events (including Online & Communications) Memberships (9 unis have group memberships Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA VALUES Connection:We provide opportunities for members to engage in positive, collaborative, scholarly interactions and create conditions conducive to members experiencing a sense of belonging. Inclusion:We provide a relational and scholarly space in which members are invited to respectfully question, challenge and be informed by a diversity of opinions and perspectives. We are committed to providing access to opportunities and resources to support all our members. Inquiry:We encourage and support our members to systematically investigate higher education issues, leading to scholarly solutions in practice and policy. Integrity:We uphold and expect honesty, openness, respect, and trust in members interactions with one another and the society. Quality:Our activities are informed by and contribute to contemporary evidence-based practice to enhance the learning, teaching and research capabilities of our members and their institutions. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA Awards and Grants 2024 Raj Shekhawat Research Grants Julia Choate Research Grants Eva Heinrich Conference Grants Julia Choate Conference Grants Eva Heinrich Roger Landbeck Professional Development Fund (RLPDF) 2024 Research Grants 6 grants of up to $5500 each 2024 Conference Grants 6 student grants @ $1500 10 early career grants @ $1500 5 Taylor and Francis Grants @ $500 RLPDF award to Aparna Datey Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
GROUP MEMBERSHIP Currently 9 Universities/Institutions have taken up Group Memberships and group membership will now be ongoing HERDSA Group Membership Group Membership 1 year 10 members $1435 ($1650) 1 free pre- conference workshop 1 free Associate Fellowship application ($110) 20 Members $2870 ($3300) 2 free pre- conference workshops 2 free Associate Fellowship applications ($220) 30 Members $4260 ($4950) 3 free pre- conference workshops 3 free Associate Fellowship applications ($330) Other Benefits Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Professional Learning Portfolio 2023 - 2025 Kwong Nui Sim Portfolio Lead Lee Partridge Fellowships Officer Alice Brown Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL Modules and New Scholars) Dongmei Li TATAL Officer Kogi Naidoo Mentoring and Coaching Support (MACS) Fellowships 2023 2 Fellowships awarded 2024 8 Fellowships awarded Update: 63 HERDSA Fellows 64 Associate Fellows 16 Assessors on the Board of Assessors Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Professional Learning Portfolio (Continued) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL Modules and New Scholars) Audit of HERDSA SOTL Modules and Final Report Formal (Webinars) and Informal (Indiv/Group Sessions) SOTL capacity building Increase strategic integration and promotion of SOTL across the HE sector TATAL Group Three TATALers are becoming HERDSA Fellows HERDSA project grant is secured for a new TATAL workbook A TATAL place reserved for all TATAlers at HERDSA Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Networks Portfolio Julia Choate Julia Choate Kwong Nui Sim Alice Brown Portfolio Lead Branches HERDSA Events Special Interest Groups (SIGs) HERDSA Webinar series Nine branches (branch reports available) Special Interest Groups Reviewing event management and promotion Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Networks Portfolio (continued) Special Interest Groups (SIGS) Assessment Quality s.Bedford@westernsydney.edu.au & pranit.anand@unsw.eud.au Academic Development erik.brogt@canterbury.ac.nz Health Sciences skusljic@unimelb.edu.au Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) - nira.rahman@unimelb.edu.au Online Engagement jay.cohen@adelaide.edu.au & Alice.Brown@unisq.edu.au Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) dclarke@csu.edu.au New SIG enquiries Alice.Brown@unisq.edu.au e Liaison with other Societies - Current ICED, ASCILITE, CAULLT, ACEN, ACUR, HEDx shared publicity, events, sponsorships, etc. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Publications Portfolio - HERD Submissions continue to increase 2017 506 submissions 2023 1075 (871 original subs/204 revised) submissions, Now publishing 8 issues/year = 119 articles Annual acceptance rate remains steady at around 13% average monthly acceptance rate currently 10% Changes in how Impact Factors are calculated have resulted in a small drop, but we are back at Q1 of CiteScore Readers around 660,000 downloads in 2023 Already 189,248 downloads in Q1 of 2024 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERD Editorial Team (Previous & Current) HERD Editorial Team Joint Executive Editors Co-Editors 2023-2025 Cally Guerin (2023-2025) Jisun Jung (2024-2025) Susan Blackley (2023) Ly Tran (2023), Rob Wass, Guy Curtis, Neal Dreamson Special Issues Editor Managing Editor Social Media Editor Stephen Marshall Emily Giles Stuart Hughes Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
Advancing Scholarship & Research in Higher Education (ASRHE) Journal Executive EditorEva Heinrich Editors Geoff Hill, Jo-Anne Kelder, Michelle Picard Managing Editor Heather Thomas ASRHE is open source, published under Creative Commons licence 2024 Issue 1 published Commitment of HERDSA 2024 Conference keynote speakers to submit invited articles Work on reviewer development ongoing (for review group members and leaders) Wide readership (e.g., from 133 countries, 433 average views for 2020 articles) Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA Guides Denise Chalmers (Series Editor) New HERDSA Guide released in 2023 Enhancing Online Engagement in Higher Education A Brown, J Lawrence, P Redmond, J Cohen, S M Foote and C Stone 23 Guides Available in print and ePublications ePublications (Kortext) Purchase Printed or ebooks through the HERDSA website Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA Connect Blog HERDSA Blog Posts Published on HERDSA Website Led by Katrina Strampel HERDSA Connect: (Transition update) 3 issues published in 2022 - 2023 (hard copy & pdf) Editor - Maureen Bell (2022 & 2023) Update: Appointment of Editor (current) Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA Upcoming Conferences (for noting) 2024 Adelaide, SA 9-11 July 2024 2025 Perth, WA 8-10 July 2025 2026 Singapore 7-9 July 2026 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HERDSA AGM 10 July 2024 Adelaide Convention Centre Treasurer s Report Jay Cohen
Overview of Accounts HERDSA Office is located in Sydney, Australia for the day-to-day operations of the Society, and branch administration of Australian accounts HERDSA NZ Branch The HERDSA branch account in NZ is operated by the NZ Branch Treasurer HERDSA Hong Kong Branch The HERDSA branch account in HK is operated by the HK Branch Treasurer
Principles Conservative budgeting Careful record keeping and use of resources Budget progress reviews 3x per year Careful choice of conference organisers and locations, with financial reporting 3x per year Reserve to ensure ongoing viability of HERDSA The current reserve is $346,781 held in Macquarie Bank
HERDSA Office Accounts Audit An independent audit by Satendar Kumar from S.K. Accounting and Business Services, NSW has been completed Copies of the auditor s report are available on the HERDSA Website: https://www.herdsa.org.au/AGM-reports
Major Income Sources 2024-2025 Projected income Description 2022- 2023 YTD Actuals 2023- 2024 YTD Actuals $150,544.00 $164,324.00 $ 150,000.00 Membership fees Annual conference Annual conference levy 12% HERDSA Guides HERDSA Journal $ 7,200.00 $52,416.00 Unknown at this stage $42,767.00 $48,620.00 $ 40,000.00 $2,657.00 $2,416.00 $1,500.00 $114,351.00 $116,878.00 $120,000.00
Key Areas of Expenditure and Proposed Budget 2024-2025 Area Legal and Finance 2023-2024 Actuals $ 2,491.00 2024-2025 Proposed $ 2,500.00 Conference Sponsorship $ 8,575.00 $ 500.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 500.00 Meetings and travel Fellowship Secretariat Life Membership ASRHE Journal HERD Journal Publications $ 49,698.00 $ 1, 322.00 $ 91,759.00 $ 1,400.00 $ 8,128.00 $ 91,606.00 $ 13,659.00 $ 50,000.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 92,000.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 11,000.00 $ 106,000.00 $ 15,000.00 HERDSA Website maintenance $ 3,498.00 $ 10,000.00
HERDSA Strategic Initiatives (incl new) 2024-2025 Area 2023-2024 $25,600.00 2023-2024 YTD Actuals $ 25,500.00 2024-2025 Proposed $ 25,500.00 Conference awards Research Grants $30,000.00 $ 30,000.00 2024 $ 11,552.00 c/fwd $ 47,760.00 c/fwd $ 12,000.00 c/fwd $ 10,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 250.00 c/fwd $ 3,000.00 $ 18,448.00 $ 2,240.00 In progress $ 5,000.00 $ 0.00 $ 750.00 Information Technologies HERDSA History Project HERD Editors Honorarium President Discretionary Fund HERD Awards $ 50,000.00 $12,000.00 $10,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 1,000.00 Life Membership $ 1,500.00 $ 1,441.00 Business Processes Project n/a n/a $ 25,000.00 new SoTL Modules $ 2,000.00 $ 0.00 $ 20,000.00 new HERDSA Blog contract 12mths n/a n/a $ 25,000.00 new TOTAL $149,100.00 $ 53,379.00 $216.062.00
Australian Branches Funds held in Trust June 2023 to 31/05/24 WA SA QLD VIC ACT TAS NSW Income (+) $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 10,000.00 $0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $0.00 $ 1,367.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 2149.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $0.00 Expenses (-) Closing balances As at 31/5/24 $8,189.00 $10,296.00 $ 11,184.60 $13,805.00 $0.00 $6,574.00 $0.00
HERDSA BANK ACCOUNTS ACCOUNT As at 31/5/2023 As at 31/5/2024 Bankwest Includes branch accounts $ 55,739.00 $56,973.00 HERDSA Term Deposit Macquarie Bank $ 246,355.00 $256,969.00 Operating account Australia - Commonwealth $ 220,204.00 $346.781.00 Operating account New Zealand $ 21,727.00 $24,993.00
Recommendations for ratification 1. That Santendra Kumar be appointed as HERDSA auditor for the 2024-2025 year. 2. That the 2024-2025 budget expenditure be ratified. 3. 2024 2025 Strategic Initiatives project expenditure be ratified. 4. That the 2023-2024 audited accounts be ratified.(copies at entry) Audited accounts available on HERDSA members website.
Closing Thank you! Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
