HERDSA Annual Conference

Click the link for the preview of the 2027 Conference. https://conference.herdsa.org.au/2027/ National Convention Centre, Canberra ACT

Hosted in Canberra, the nation’s capital, by the ACT and NSW branches, the conference offers a timely setting for conversations about the relationship between higher education, policy, community, professional practice and civic life. It will provide an inclusive and energising space for educators, researchers, academic developers, learning designers, leaders, students and other stakeholders to share ideas, examine challenges, and explore how educational leadership can reconnect purpose with action. 

The HERDSA 2027 theme, Re-valuing Higher Education: Renewing Purpose, Possibility, and Practice, invites us to pause, reflect and consider the purpose is of higher education, who it serves, and how its value can be strengthened in changing times. 

Across Australasia and beyond, higher education is navigating significant social, economic, technological and institutional shifts. These changes bring complexity, but they also create an important opportunity to renew our collective commitment to learning, teaching, scholarship, leadership and the public good. HERDSA 2027 will foreground the strengths, creativity and commitment that exist across the sector, while creating space to engage constructively with both the challenges and opportunities shaping higher education. 

Through keynotes, scholarly presentations, workshops, interactive sessions and networking opportunities, HERDSA 2027 will support critical dialogue, evidence-informed practice and collegial exchange across the sector. Together, we will explore how higher education can be re-valued through inclusive practice, curriculum innovation, assessment renewal, student partnership, academic development and research-informed change.