ALARA News - November 2024

Hello ALARA member

ALARA 2024 Australasian Conference

Anticipation is growing, as the ALARA-UTS Conference is this week at UTS on 7 and 8 November! Registrations for participants close tomorrow (4 November), so make sure you and your network members have a seat. The program is now available online.

See here for more information. The registration price includes one year's membership of ALARA.

ALARA Annual General Meeting

The electronic section of the ALARA Annual General Meeting commenced on 22 October, and closes on Wednesday 6 November. The face-to-face section of the AGM will be held at the ALARA-UTS Conference, at 5.00 pm on Thursday 7 November (Australian Eastern Daylight Time). If you cannot attend the Conference, you can join via a Zoom link, but you will need to contact ALARA by Noon Wednesday 6 November to register for the Zoom link.

Details about the AGM are available on the Annual General Meeting 2024 page (you will need to be logged into the ALARA site to open this page). If you have any questions about the meeting, please email ALARA.

Brisbane Group Workshop: Bridging the Practice-Theory Divide in Higher Education using Action Research

A quick reminder about the Bridging the Practice-Theory Divide in Higher Education using Action Research: Integrating Community and University Knowledges for Positive Change workshop, presented by Lesley Wood, Eileen Piggot-Irvine and Sara Branch, on 12 November at 2.00-4.00 pm at Griffith University Mt Gravatt Campus. The workshop is followed by a book launch by Bill Synnot (international guru of change management):
Shaping the Future of Higher Education: Positive and Sustainable Frameworks for Navigating Constant Change – Edited by Lesley Wood and Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt.

See here for more information or download the flyer.

Action Learning and Action Research Journal

The latest issue of the ALAR Journal, a special issue recognising the work and interests of Dr Erik Lindhult, who was a member of the ALARA Global Strategic Publications Editorial Board when he passed away last year, is now available.

The Editorial Board welcomes submissions for the Journal. Please see the ALAR Journal site for more information on submitting to the Journal.

Action Learning / Action Research Calendar

The ALARA webpage with Action Learning and Action Research news and events continues to be updated, as does the AL / AR calendar of events. Please send any news for us to add to the webpage and the AL/AR Calendar so that all can see what is happening in the AL/AR communities. If you have any items, please contact ALARA.

Colin Bradley
President