Bringing together a globally diverse community comprising academic developers and innovators, academic leaders and managers, as well as practice-based scholars and education researchers, the 2008 conference provides a forum for collaborative exploration and discourse on increasingly pressing academic realities.
Presenters' evaluations of the realities of academic life, the design of appropriate and potentially pioneering responses will address three key themes:
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Contributors are asked to ground their work in the relevant research and to consider both the envisioned and the actual practice in higher education institutions.