Research development is one of the central functions of AARE. This year, the following key initiatives are planned. Each initiative is designed to support a different constituency within our organisation. I'd suggest that you put the relevant dates below into your diaries so as not to miss out on these events.
Research Training Workshops: Members are invited to submit proposals for funding to partially support workshops or seminars by visiting scholars. A proposal form to expedite this process will shortly be available on the Web. In general, some financial return to AARE is required (in the form of new memberships and/or recouped costs following a small charge for participation in the workshop). The Executive would also like presenters to make available their paper or some other material that can be distributed more widely and thus benefit members in others locations. If you have a visitor coming to your campus, please let me know so that I might be able to circulate the information and perhaps facilitate a "travelling roadshow".
Educational Research Leaders' Forum: AARE proposes conducting a one day forum on Wednesday June 13 in Canberra to bring together research directors, postgraduate coordinators, and others interested in policy and strategic matters. Details of this forum will be made available soon. We hope this event will provide an important opportunity for collective consideration of recent changes to national research and research training policy and that education faculties/schools/divisions will be able to send at least one representative to this meeting.
Pre-Conference Workshop on Publishing: This half day workshop in Fremantle on Sunday December 2 is designed to assist research students and early career researchers to write for publication in academic journals and books. Leading researchers and experienced journal editors will share "insider stories" and their knowledge of the "tools of the trade". They will also consider examples which participants bring along. Preliminary details will be available in the conference brochure and updated on the AARE website.
If there are other issues that you think AARE ought to address in the name of research training, please let me know and I'll see what can be arranged within the limits of our resources.
Jenny Gore