LEARNING & TEACHING

The following activities are particularly relevant for leadership in learning and teaching. You may also be interested in reading a leadership summary of the activities in support of leadership in learning and teaching held during 2006-7.

Sharing issues and approaches to implementation of UNSW learning and teaching policies and strategies.

Senior Management Heads of Schools Forum to include discussion of issues relating to learning and teaching.

In 2006, UNSW was part of a consortium with the Queensland University of Technology QUT (lead organisation) and Charles Darwin University (CDU) that received nearly $200,000 of Carrick funding to conduct an educational leadership project focused on Associate Deans (Education) and Course Coordinators. Titled “Caught between a rock and several hard places: Cultivating the Roles of the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) and the Course Coordinator”, the aims of the project are to: acknowledge the leadership roles of Associate Deans, Learning and Teaching (ACE) and Teaching and Learning Champions (T&L Champions); Clarify the nature of these roles; Understand and share the challenges faced by those in these roles; Support leadership capacity building

Further information on the Carrick Educational Leadership Project can be found within the Learning and Teaching @ UNSW website.

The leadership section of the Learning and Teaching @ UNSW website includes information about leadership in learning and teaching, including current UNSW initiatives and a selection of resources intended for staff in formal or informal leadership positions.