GAP Presentations & Publications

Conference Presentations on the Project

Influences on the assessment of graduate attributes in higher education.
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. Hughes C. & Barrie S. (in press).

Findings from The National Graduate Attribute Project:
Barrie S. & Hughes C. & Smith C.
Poster to be presented at the Australia Learning and Teaching Council Assessment Forum, Melbourne, Victoria, 19-20 November 2009.

The (Australian) National Graduate Attribute Project.
Barrie S., Hughes C. & Smith C.
Poster presented at the Assessment Institute. Indianapolis, Indiana, 25 – 27 October 2009.

Influences on the Assessment of Graduate Attributes in Higher Education.
Hughes C. & Barrie S.
 Workshop conducted at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, 25 – 27 October 2009.

The Assessment of Ethics.
Hughes C.
Paper presented at the 4th Asia Pacific Educational Integrity Conference: Creating an Inclusive Approach, Wollongong, NSW, 29-30 September 2009.

Today’s learners; Tomorrow’s graduates; Yesterday’s universities.
Barrie S.C.
Keynote address at the Improving student learning for the 21st century learner conference, London, 7 September 2009.

Institutional constraints on efforts to foster graduate attributes through the student experience of research based learning.
Barrie S.C.
Paper presented at European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction international conference, Amsterdam, 25-29 August 2009.

Research Higher Degree Attributes.
Barrie S.
Invited address at Postgraduate Careers Advisors Network (PCAN) Conference, University of Sydney, 7 July 2009.

Assessment of graduate attributes: Report from the National Graduate Attributes Project and lessons for veterinary science.
Hughes C.
Keynote address at the Australasian Veterinary Education Symposium, Brisbane, Queensland, 5-7 July 2009.

Achieving Graduate Attributes
Barrie S.C. 
Keynote address at Scottish QAA Enhancement Themes Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland, 5 – 6 March 2009.

ePortfolios as a tool to articulate graduate attributes.
Hughes C. & Barrie S.
Invited presentation at the Australia Learning and Teaching Council ePortfolio AeP2 symposium, QUT, Brisbane, 9-10 February 2009.

Approaches to the assessment of graduate attributes in higher education.
Barrie S. & Hughes C. & Smith C.
Roundtable conducted at the ATN Assessment Conference: Engaging Students in Assessment, Adelaide, South Australia, 19-21 November 2008.

The National Graduate Attribute Project:
Barrie S., Hughes C. & Smith C.
Poster presented at the Australia Learning and Teaching Council Grants Scheme Assessment Forum, Adelaide, South Australia, 19 November 2008.

Broadening conceptions of employability: How changing our understanding of graduate attributes can help broaden the search for a skilled workforce
Barrie S.C. 
Invited presentation at NAGCAS 'Partnering for Success' conference, Sydney 9 – 12 November 2008.

Identity Transitions: Developing Graduate Attributes
Barrie S.C. 
Keynote presentation at the Effective Teaching and Learning conference, Brisbane 30 – 31 October 2008.

Graduate Attributes: Why bother?
Barrie S.C. 
Invited presentation at University of Queensland Teaching and Learning Week, Brisbane, 29 October 2008.

Locating generic graduate attributes in the Australian university curriculum: taught? mapped? implied? hidden? or ‘missing in action’?
Barrie S.C., Hughes C. & Smith C.
Paper presented at “Improving student learning through the curriculum” the 16th Improving Student Learning Symposium, University of Durham, UK, 1–3 September 2008.

Using graduate attributes to win the curriculum culture wars: Developing practical strategies to achieve university wide curriculum renewal
Barrie S.C., Hughes C. & Smith C.
Invited workshop at “Improving student learning through the curriculum” the 16th Improving Student Learning Symposium, University of Durham, UK, 1–3 September 2008.

Approaches to the assessment of graduate attributes in higher education
Barrie S.C., Hughes C. & Smith C.
Paper presented at EARLI Assessment SIG, Berlin 27 – 29 August 2008.

Graduate Attributes and Career Development Learning
Barrie S.C. 
Invited address at the NAGCAS national symposium, Melbourne, 19 June 2008.

Over the hermeneutic horizon: Boundedness and supercomplexity in the development and assessment of generic graduate attributes – the inter-relationship of scholarship, context and practice
Barrie S.C, Smith C., Hughes C. & Dymock D.
Paper accepted for presentation at London SoTL 7th International Conference. 15 – 16 May 2008.