[csaa-forum] Free Conference: Academia: A Scholarly Life: Exploring Academic Practice Conference

[Amanda Third]

ACADEMIA: A SCHOLARLY LIFE

EXPLORING ACADEMIC PRACTICE CONFERENCE

21 & 22 July 2011 FREE REGISTRATION

University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus, Sydney, Australia

Welcome to the Academia: A Scholarly Life conference. Organised by the University of Western Sydney (UWS) and funded through a federal government grant, this conference aims to deliver you an insight into the excitement and fulfilment provided by a rewarding career in academia.

This conference will stimulate and support the development of academic practice and provide you with the opportunity to hear from a number of highly successful academics.

The conference program includes a number of opportunities to attend workshops on relevant themes and issues facing early career academics, structured in a way to allow for detailed analysis and discussion. The program also offers a rich array of expertise through keynote presentations and small group discussions from a number of the following distinguished academics, including Australian Vice-Chancellors and Deputy Vice-Chancellors.

• Professor Denise Bradley, Emeritus Professor

• Professor Barney Glover, Vice-Chancellor, Charles Darwin University

• Professor Margaret Sheil, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Research Council

• Professor Janice Reid, Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Sydney

• Professor Atilla Brungs, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research), University of Technology Sydney

• Professor Graeme Hugo, ARC Australian Professorial Fellow, The University of AdelaideACADEMIA: A SCHOLARLY LIFE

EXPLORING ACADEMIC PRACTICE CONFERENCE

The conference aims to:

• showcase many of the exciting and rewarding careers available in academia

• showcase academia to late stage doctoral students and early career academics

• provide a forum for exploration and discussion of academic practice issues including: - transitioning from student to academic - transitioning from profession to academia - publishing as an early career academic

• provide an opportunity for collaboration on key areas of academic practice across Australian higher education institutions.

Who Should Attend:

Higher degree research students in doctorate or Masters Hons programs, post doctoral fellows who have recently completed their doctorate, and early to mid career academics.

REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN: www.uws.edu.au/academia

As this is a federally funded conference, a limited number of free registrations are available. To apply for free registration please contact Sonya Cachia at s.cachia at uws.edu.au or phone (02) 9678 7461.

Program:

Visit the conference website to view the program at www.uws.edu.au/academia


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Dr Amanda Third
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities and Languages
Centre for Cultural Research
University of Western Sydney
ph: +61 2 9772 6028 (w) +61 420 36 47 58 (m)
email: a.third at uws.edu.au

- President, Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
- Research Program Leader, Cooperative Research Centre for Young People, Technology and Wellbeing (YAW-CRC)
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