CFP: First Year Conference (Townsville, June/July 09)
Written by Agnes Bosanquet on January 23rd, 2009
Quality proposals are invited for the 12th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference which is being held in Townsville from 29 June - 1 July 2009. The theme is ‘Preparing for tomorrow today: the first year experience as foundation’.
The submission deadline is 13 March 2009.
The conference is designed to disseminate research and practice [...]
First Year Experience Curriculum Design Symposium
Written by Agnes Bosanquet on October 29th, 2008
Registration (free!) is now open for a First Year Experience symposium on the 5th and 6th January 2009 at QUT. The forum is the outcome of an ALTC grant, and the topic is ‘Articulating a Transition Philosophy’ (or, as the website describes it, “a guiding philosophy for intentional first year curriculum design that carefully [...]
More on the Foundations Colloquium…
Written by Agnes Bosanquet on October 9th, 2008
The Foundations Colloquium was hosted by James Cook University in Townsville (29th – 30th September) with 60 participants attending (of which over half were first time attendees at this colloquium). The colloquium opened with a keynote and panel speaking on how the Foundations program had assisted their academic development. These personal, engaging and scholarly reflections [...]