Congratulations

• Professor Caroline Cohrssen, Deputy Head of School, Education

Welcome

• Stephanie Armatage, OPL Team Leader
• Allison White and Angus Baillie – CAM team
• Huy Phan – Acting Head of Department, Leadership Pedagogy, Diversity and Inclusion

Farewell

• Kerryn Allen, CAM team moved to HASS – we thank Kerryn for all her hard work in letting us know what we can and can’t do with our units and courses. We wish her well in her role with HASS.
• Solina Quinton, Researcher working with Associate Professor Brendan Jacobs – Solina has been an invaluable part of the school over the past few months – she has brought enthusiasm, youth and knowledge to our teams. We wish her well returning to Canada on 24 August 2024.

Congratulations

• The VC’s citation for excellence in teaching awards announced at the recent UNE Symposium 2024: “Leadership using Universal Design for Learning principles and evidence-based strategies: Building academics’ capacities to enhance initial teacher education student engagement and retention in online learning” CSSP TEAM – Associate Professor Ingrid Harrington, Dr Kristy O’Neill, Dr Cat Volpe, Associate Professor Rachael Adlington, Tim Bartlett-Taylor, Rob Whannell 😊.

SoE Representation at various events

• Aquip (21 August 2024)
  • Sally Larsen and Carol Elder
• Catholic Education Conference: Spirit on Country: Learning Together, Then, Now and Always (22-24 October 2024) – sponsored
  • Casey Mainsbridge and Maria Cotter

SoE Science Labs – we are moving

• From T1 2025, our SoE Science labs are moving from Milton to Room 303, Building W55 (Natural Resources building)

New Course approved by ACECQA

• First two years of the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education and Care) course has been approved by ACECQA (thank you Rachael and Caroline). All units in the new course are already offered by various disciplines around the university. The course will begin in T3 2024 and already advertised 😊

SoE Research Seminar 

• Digital technologies and nature, can they be friends? – 14 August 2024 – Dr Jo Bird
• View previous SoE Seminar presentations https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/faculty-of-humanities-arts-social-sciences-and-education/school-of-education/research/seminar-series

Other 

• ASCILITE – free membership for all in the university, please complete this form – join a SIG, social media, monthly newsletters, webinars, research schools, CMALT, TELAS, AJET, mentoring – community and women in academic leadership, grants, awards, bursaries, peer-assisted learning and AJET. 
• PPDR – Please start thinking about your 2024 goals and begin meeting with your Head of Department. Ensure you discuss Teaching, Research and Service/Leadership outlining SMART Goals (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timebound).