| Day 1 | Wednesday 30 November 2022 | |||
| 12:00pm - 5:00pm - REGISTRATION - Ground Floor, Business School, MGSM | |||
| 12:30pm - 1:15pm - SIG Delegate Lunch - Macquarie Room | |||
| PRE-FORUM SIGS AND WORKSHOPS | |||
| Time | Room 248 | Room 265 | Room 267 |
| 1.30 – 3pm | Load Management and Planning Presenter: Andrew Bradshaw, Statutory Reporting Consultant, AAIR Executive Committee member, and AAIR SIG Leader, Australia Andrew Herd, Department of Education (virtual), will be available to discuss and respond to questions. |
Business Intelligence and Analytics Presenter: Lester Dsouza, National Manager, Business Intelligence at Australian Catholic University, and AAIR SIG Leader, Australia |
Surveys and Evaluation Presenter: Lisa Bolton, Director, QILT Research and Strategy at Social Research Centre, AAIR Executive Committee member, and AAIR SIG Leader, Australia Chris Norton Senior Advisor (Surveys) Kaitohutohu (Kaiārahi pātai) Te Pūkenga – Whitireia | Weltec (virtual) |
| 3.00-3.30pm | Afternoon Tea, Macquarie Room | ||
| 3.30 – 5pm | Government Reporting Presenter: Don Johnston, Manager, Reporting and Analysis at Southern Cross University, AAIR Vice President, and AAIR SIG Leader, Australia Philip Blagus, Nick Post, Wayne Shippley (virtual) and Galina Prosselkova Department of Education will be available to discuss and respond to questions. |
Surveys and Evaluation Presenter: Lisa Bolton, Director, QILT Research and Strategy at Social Research Centre, AAIR Executive Committee member, and AAIR SIG Leader, Australia |
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| 5.30pm – 7.00pm | Social Event – pizza and drinks - Ubar, Macquarie University | ||
| Day 2 | Thursday 1 December 2022 | |||
| Time | Plenary Session Room: Caltex Theatre 121 | ||
| 8.45 – 9.00am | Acknowledgements and welcome address Stuart Terry, AAIR President |
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| 9.00 – 9.15am | Welcome to Macquarie University Jonathan Wylie Vice-President Strategy, Planning and Performance, Macquarie University |
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| 9.15 – 10.00am | Keynote Presentation: The future direction of Australian higher education policy Virtual Presentation Andrew Norton Australian National University Chair: Lisa Bolton |
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| 10.00 – 10.30am | 2022 AAIR AGM | ||
| 10.30 – 11.00am | Morning tea & Trade Exhibition– Macquarie Room | ||
| 11.00 – 11.40am | IR in Research Presenter: Eva Seidel, Associate Director, Research Engagement and Success at Flinders University, AAIR Executive Committee member, and AAIR SIG Leader, Australia |
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| 11.50 – 12.30pm | Platinum Sponsor Presentation Explorance The Student Life Cycle – Understanding the Student Journey Inside and Outside the Classroom for Greater Student Success Arjoman Chatterji, Explorance |
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| 12.30 – 1.30pm | Lunch & Trade Exhibition – Macquarie Room | ||
| Concurrent Session – Room 121 | Concurrent Session – Room 101 | |
| 1.30 – 2.10pm | Session 1.1 Measuring university policy influence on research Rintaro Ohno Tohoku University |
Session 1.2 Qualitative Data Analysis – Part 1 Virtual Presentation Lizzie Li & Mark Fischle, University of Queensland Jason Mazanov, Australian National University |
| 2.20 – 3.00pm | Session 2.1 What’s your (data) point? Alice Goeury, Ilse Hogendorf, Rowena Malig Charles Darwin University |
Session 2.2 Qualitative Data Analysis – Part 2 Christie Woodhouse Australian National University |
| 3.00 – 3.30pm | Afternoon tea & Trade Exhibition – Macquarie Room | |
| 3.30 – 4.10pm | Session 3.1 An Analysis of ‘Ghost Student’ Failure Beyond the First-Year: Exploring Course, Unit and Year Level Factors Bret Stephenson La Trobe University |
Session 3.2 Empowering users with data literacy Seemab Khalid, Winnie Yu University of Canberra |
| 4.20 – 5.00pm | Session 4.1 Removing barriers and transforming access to tertiary education: The Schools Recommendation Program in Tasmania Virtual Presentation Todd Ellis University of Tasmania |
Session 4.2 A new era for data and analytics in higher education Omer Yezdani University of the Sunshine Coast |
| 6pm – late | Social Catch Ups | |
| Day 3 | Friday 2 December 2022 | ||
| Time | Plenary Session | |
| 9.00 - 9.15am | Welcome to Day 2 Andrew Bradshaw AAIR Executive Committee member |
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| 9.15 – 10.00am | Keynote Presentation | What is Institutional Research? David Miller Chief Data Officer, Macquarie University |
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| 10.00 – 10.40am | Platinum Sponsor Presentation UNSW Rules for Power BI Best Practices and Security Gopinath Thangachandran, UNSW Markos Keir, Altis |
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| 10.40 - 11.00am | Morning Tea & Trade Exhibition – Macquarie Room | |
| 11.00 – 11.45am | Panel Session | Equity in Higher Education Leanne Holt, Pro Vice - Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy, Indigenous Strategy, Macquarie University Ron Bull, Tumuaki Whakaako, Te Pūkenga (virtual panellist) Chair: Ewa Seidel |
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| Concurrent Session – Room 121 | Concurrent Session – Room 101 | |
| 11.50 – 12.30pm | Session 5.1 Measuring Higher Degree by Research Candidate Experience: ANU and the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey
Jason Mazanov Australian National University | Session 5.2 The use of a Viability Index as a Better Measure of Departmental and Program Strength Virtual Presentation Andrew Luna Austin Peay State University |
| 12.30 – 1.30pm | Lunch & Trade Exhibition– Macquarie Room | |
| 1.30 – 2.10pm | Session 6.1 Towards an Inclusive Analytics Throughout the University: Protecting Equity Interests Through Data Ethics, Governance and Algorithmic Auditing Bret Stephenson La Trobe University |
Session 6.2 Is the COVID-19 cloud over yet? Insights from the impact of COVID-19 on student experience in the Australian HE Sector Chandrama Acharya Macquarie University |
| 2.15 – 2.55pm | Session 7.1 The Challenges of External Referencing of Student Performance Data Rebecca Green CQUniversity |
Session 7.2 Improvise, Adapt, Overcome and Survive TCSI Russell Yau University of Canberra |
| 2.55 – 3.10pm | Forum Wrap Up and Presentation of Awards Don Johnston AAIR Vice President |
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