STUDENTS AS CHANGE MAKERS: TEACHING FOR MEANINGFUL LEARNING

Wednesday, 19 February 2025

This presentation focuses on why university teaching should help students to become change-makers. It seeks to stimulate your thinking and aims to inspire you to identify and articulate the ways in which you are already fostering change-making potential in your students.

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CONVENER | Dr Muammer Wali

PRESENTER | Associate Professor Sarah Robinson (Aarhaus University Denmark)

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INCREASING LEARNING AND TEACHING COLLABORATION, KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT

Wednesday, 2 October 2024

The Curtin Academy Mentoring Circle facilitates mentoring between Curtin Academy Fellows and Curtin academics. Outcomes have included peer reviewed publications, increased research funding and profiling of contemporary learning and teaching practices. This illumination will showcase two recent recipients of funding from the Curtin Academy Mentoring Circle including the “Assessment Design and Student-Led Publishing” project exploring how the systems and structures of a student-led publishing house can be optimised to create opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration and community and industry engagement, and the “Grades or Work Experience?” team who explored the question of how students perceive the relative importance of academic achievement compared to practice-based experience in the law and science disciplines.

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CONVENER | Associate Professor Ben Milbourn

PRESENTERS | Dr Per Henninsgaard (School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University), Mrs Pnina Levine (Curtin Law School, Curtin University) and Mr Leigh Smith (Curtin Law School, Curtin University)

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SUPPORTING STUDENT WELLBEING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Wednesday, 14 February 2024

An Illumination event that provides an opportunity for the Curtin community to find out more about how they can support student well-being on campus. Including insight into the Curtin Autism Research Group's (CARG) recent Mass Open Online Course (MOOC) for autistic students which provides opportunities for autistic students to learn how to celebrate their individuality, strengths, skills in the context of their mental health. The co-produced MOOC, designed alongside autistic academics, aims to support autistic students to better understand their individual strengths and skills, while also recognising when they may need extra support to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

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CONVENER | Associate Professor Ben Milbourn

PRESENTERS | Ms Ariane Cummins (Counselling and Disability Services), Professor Sonya Girdler (Curtin School of Allied Health), Mr Jack Graham Geraghty (Student Wellbeing Services) and Dr Wenn Lawson, Autism Consultant.

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THE CHANGING NATIONAL TERTIARY aGENDA: a NATIONAL CONVERSATION

Friday, 6 October 2023

This timely keynote delves into the significant shifts outlined in the 2023 Universities Accord and their impact on the evolving educational landscape. Professors Kift, Johnson, and Associate Professor Lodge will cover topics such as equity, participation, access, and opportunity in Higher Education, the progression of scholarly work and research, and its practical application. The discussion will also examine assessing quality and career prospects, along with practical strategies for achieving transformation through disruptive changes.

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CONVENER | John Curtin Distinguished Professor Dale Pinto

PANELLISTS | Professor Sally Kift, Associate Professor Jason Lodge, Professor Liz Johnson

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Students as Partners: Co-Forging Learning for the 21st Century

Thursday, 23 February 2023

This Illumination Panel is a joint event with the Curtin Student Guild and brings together students from Curtin Bentley, Curtin Malaysia and Curtin Singapore to explore the diversity of the student cohort, the challenges that students feel they face and how they see their future partnering with their university lectures to co-construct learning experiences to ensure they are ready for employment in 21st century.

Championing excellence and Innovation in learning and teaching: Building relationships, strategy and innovation through educational community

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

This Illumination Panel  invites Professor Paul Brunton, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic (DVC-A) to share his knowledge, passion and vision for learning and teaching at Curtin University in line with the main objectives of the Curtin 2030 Strategic Plan and the Curtin student experience.