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Welcome by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) - July 2007
UQ has confirmed its commitment to further advancing and supporting the Teaching and Learning activities in this University with the appointment of Professor Deborah Terry to the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning). This is a w...

Welcome from the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) - July 2007
It is a great privilege to be the first PVC (Teaching & Learning) at The University of Queensland. As Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, I have had the opportunity to be involved with some wonderful developments in...

UQ Success in Carrick Fellowships, Grants and Discipline-based Initiatives
UQ Success in Carrick Fellowships, Grants and Discipline-based Initiatives Building on our success in 2006, UQ academics have again been successful in the 2007 rounds of Carrick Fellowships, Grants and Discipline-based Initi...

Issue 1, July 2007
In this issue Welcome by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Welcome by the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teachin...

Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching 2007
Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching 2007 Citation Winners Announced UQ has had further success in the Carrick Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. All of the nine nominatio...

Carrick Performance Indicator Project
UQ has agreed to participate as an invited pilot institution in the Carrick led project Rewarding and recognising quality teaching in higher education through syst...

New Carrick Scheme - Conference Funding for CAAUT Award Winners
The Carrick Institute has announced a new scheme that provides funding for previous AAU...

2008 Carrick Guidelines and closing dates
For those thinking ahead, Carrick has announced the submission dates for some of their 2008 schemes: Fellowship Scheme: nominations due 8 February 2008, guidelines not yet available. Grants Scheme - Guidelines now a...

Decision on the Expenditure of the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund (LTPF)
LTPF funding is allocated each year on the basis of student experience criteria measured from the Graduate Destination Survey and Course Experience Questionnaire, as well as student attrition and progression data provided to DEST.  UQ&r...

Teaching and Learning Enhancement Plan Review
The future framework for teaching and learning at UQ is being developed and driven through the review of the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Plan for 2008-2012.  During the first half of the year a university-wide consultation and research pr...

Electronic Course Profile System (ECP)
As from Semester 1, 2007, all Schools are now using the Electronic Course Profile System (ECPS) to produce profiles for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Enrolled students can access their course profiles via mySI-net and, for cour...

eLearning Activities
ePortfolios At the eLearning Sub-Committee meeting on 24 November 2006, the eLearning sub-committee decided that the concept of an ePortfolio would be evaluated separately from the Learning Content Management System. It was ...

MIT iCampus
The 2nd Pan Australian iCampus Workshop was held on 2 July and saw the participation of several institutions for the first time. The highlight of the workshop was a keynote address by Dr Phillip D. Long from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology an...

Next Generation Learning Spaces Colloquium
The Colloquium, held on 4 and 5 July, saw teaching and learning leaders, technology service managers, architects, senior librarians and facilities managers from nearly all Australian and some overseas universities gather to envisage the future shape...

Teaching and Learning Space
General Purposes North 4 Building Work is underway on the construction of the new building.  The GPN4 Building will provide new accommodation for the University’s Institute of TESOL and ...

Education Principles on Indigenous Australian Matters
As part of the University's year of focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, the UQ Senate at its May 31 meeting adopted a

Placement Course Showcase - call for examples of good practice
The Placement Course Workshop which was originally scheduled for 11 July has been postponed.  A showcase of good practice will be held during Teaching and Learning Week from 29 - 31 October and we are requesting examples of successful work/clinica...

Queensland Academies
The first of the Queensland Government’s Smart State secondary colleges was completed and officially opened on 30 January 2007. The Science, Mathematics and Technology Academy (SMT), located at Toowong, is partnered with The University of...

Teaching & Learning Committee Activities
Minutes of the Teaching and Learning Committee can be found on the Academic Board website.  Recent activities of the Teaching and Learning Committee include:

Assessment Sub-committee Activities
Minutes of the Assessment Sub-committee can be found on the Academic Board website.  Recent activities of the Assessment Sub-committee include: Rev...

Launch of the UQ Strategic Teaching and Learning Grants
$2.5 million of the money received from the Learning and Teaching Performance Funds is to be allocated to a new UQ Teaching and Learning Strategic Grants scheme. The scheme was launched on 14 June 2007 and followed by a workshop for staff detailing ...

Teaching-Focussed Appointments
Following Senate approval in March 2007, the University has introduced academic appointments in teaching-focussed roles.  A Working Party was convened in 2006 to examine the Diversity of Academic Roles.  The