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BACHELOR OF ARTS
 CONFERENCE 

The first ever Bachelor of Arts conference was held in Brisbane at the University of Queensland on 25 and 26 September, 2017!

Bringing together teachers, students, leaders and employers

Reimagining teaching in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Sharing teaching innovation and practices

Considering key challenges and opportunities in BA curricula

Broadening conversations about curriculum

This conference was designed to provoke discussions around the Australian Bachelor of Arts curriculum. It was also a call to action, to evoke change in the ways that humanities, arts and social science (HASS) education is viewed, described and experienced in Australia and beyond.
The two-day conference was designed to allow participants to address challenges and highlight successes in contemporary HASS education. The program offered presentations, panel discussions, speakers and poster sessions that provoke debate, stimulate discussion, offer new ideas and encourage creative solutions. Time was allocated to engage with detailed discussion on a range of topics identified during a series of Think Tanks that sought to generate a value proposition for generalist HASS education.
Conversation topics included
  • How to create interdisciplinary learning spaces to empower students?
  • What is unique to the BA classroom experience?
  • Are there perils in overusing technology in the BA classroom? What is lost and what is gained in a digital world? 
  • How do we resource compelling HASS experiences in current university ecosystems?
  • How do we juggle the need for self-awareness with the need for social-awareness?
  • What about an HASS education is unique? Why is this valuable? What are the core strengths and values of a HASS degree? 
  • What about an HASS education prepares our graduates for global contexts? 
  • How do we enable students to imagine a different way of being in a neoliberal world? How do we develop our students’ employability while maintaining the values of a liberal education?
  • How can we advocate for action for HASS education?
For more info on the 2017 Conference Program, CLICK HERE!

PRESENTATIONS

Speaker Presentations:

Ten years after studying ‘just Arts’: thoughts on skills and status 
(speech)

Is the Arts degree history?  
​(article)​

Mr Patrick Begley


​HASS Futures: Don't be defensive ​

Distinguished Professor 
​Stuart Cunningham


Where we’ve been: Day 1 Summary ​(poem)

Dr Kathryn Sutherland

Parallel Sessions:

1:30 - 2:00pm 

The Impossible Curriculum: Imagining the BA from Scratch

A/Prof Parshia Lee‐Stecum

Reimagining HASS pedagogies – from sage on the stage to director in the wings ​ ​

Dr Genevieve Hundermark​

Can the BA be future proofed?

Prof. Robbie Robertson​

Embedding (and signalling) employability in the Adelaide BA

Dr Wayne Errington

Follow the yellow brick road: an interactive planner to help students maximise the BA’s value

Mr Chris Frost, Ms Sherrie Hoang & Ms Shirley Moran ​

2:00 - 2:30pm 

Balancing the BA with institutional imperatives: consolidation and renewal

A/Prof Heather Monkhouse & Ms Miriam Doi

The Pros and Cons of International Short Term Mobility Programs for HASS Students ​ ​

Dr Janette McWilliam

What is/Why Arts? Re-imagining the HASS narrative for a 21st century post-secondary cohort

Dr Peter Keegan​

More than a satisfying journey: valuing the BA degree in Australia into the future

Prof Catharine Coleborne &
​Dr Hamish Ford

The Innovative Assessment Database: A catalogue of assessment techniques that increase student engagement and encourage academic integrity

Dr Mair Underwood and Miss Annabel Shewring ​

2:30 - 3:00pm 

Streamlining the BA: a whole of program approach

Dr Vanessa Fredericks, A/Prof Cath Ellis &
Ms Yan Liu

Lost in Transit? The transition to University-level French ​

Dr Barbara E. Hanna &
​Dr Joe Hardwick

Losing our humanity? Student perspectives on the value of the BA degree in a neo-liberal age

Ms J. Dawn Marsh

Experiential pedagogies? Moving toward multi-disciplinarity HASS pedagogies and the place of the BA WIL curricula

Dr Violeta Schubert

Student Co-Creation as a Mechanism for Reinventing the Curriculum and the Student Experience

Ms Mollie Dollinger 

3:30 - 4:00pm 

Capping the degree: Providing a strong HASS capstone experience

Dr Wajeehah Aayeshah,
Dr Mitch Goodwin,
Dr Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins, 
Dr Kay Are,
Dr Maxx Schmitz

History and HBO, or using popular culture to teach unfamiliar pasts

Dr Rhiannon Evans

BA students qualitative feedback and reflections on assessment tasks: 
​Identifying relevance in the BA

Dr Amy Forbes & Dr Marie M’Balla-ndi

In defence of discomfort: on the importance of making students sad through radical defamiliarisation

A/Prof Greg Hainge

The Third Space - managing disruption and building capacity in the arts

Dr Mitch Goodwin, Dr Wajeehah Aayeshah,
Dr Kay Are,
Dr Bryonny 
​Goodwin-Hawkins & Dr Maxx Schmitz

4:00 - 4:30pm 

The Common European Framework of Reference for languages - bitcoin for language graduates?​

The Teaching Innovation Grant (TIG) research team led by A/Prof Marisa Cordella

Research-led teaching in the Arts: Pathways to Active Learning and Student Engagement?​

A/Prof Martin Forsey

Pecha Kucha Presentations

JxD: lessons from interdisciplinary teaching

Dr Skye Doherty

Cirrus: a teaching & learning platform for innovative digital assignments

Ms Kerry Kilner &
Dr Natalie Collie

The Adventures of HASS Crew

Ms Clarissa Dharmeseta & Ms Ellen Dearden

Poster: 

The Need for a Mentoring Program in the Bachelor of Arts Honours Year​

Ms Emma Cooke

Exploring BA students expectations using Social Media

Ms Carmen Garratt & Ms Yitong (Coco) Bu

Blended Learning Bootcamp: Professional Development to enhance active learning pedagogies

Ms Meredith Hinze

Tracking Changes in the Bachelor of Arts Program Across Australia

Ms Zoe Winder

Conference Supported By:

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For General Inquiries,  contact  deanne.gannaway@hassfutures.org
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