Professors' Forum

At CSU we have regular Professors' Forum meetings. This afternoon's meeting was focused on discussion with the Vice Chancellor. Additionally, there was a discussion about a number of issues:

• "The evolving risk to academic integrity posed by generative artificial intelligence": https://www.teqsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-08/evolving-risk-to-academic-integrity-posed-by-generative-artificial-intelligence.pdf. It is a very useful forum for receiving information and providing feedback.
• CAUL has agreements with a number of quality publishers and made journal articles open access free of any transactional Article Processing Charges - https://caul.libguides.com/read-and-publish. For example, Taylor and Francis journals still have some free open access charges during October - but indicate their funds are likely to expire after that time.
  

 

CSU Professors’ Forum

Today I attended the CSU Professors’ Forum. In addition to the conversation amongst the professors we heard from Rick Wilmot (Chief Operations Officer), Brad Booth (Executive Director of Division of Strategy, Marketing and Analysis) and Jason White (Director, Research Services and Dean of Graduate Studies) who provided an update on the University strategy. 

Prof Riley Dionigi encouraged us to join the Australian Association of University Professors http://www.professoriate.org/

Deputy convenor of the CSU Professorial Forum

Today at the Charles Sturt University Professorial Forum I was appointed Deputy Convenor for 2015. The Professorial Forum addresses issues of teaching, research, service, and mentoring across the university and beyond. It meets 3 times per year and provides advice to Academic Senate and each meeting invites key members of the university to participate in the discussions.

Here is the description of the Professorial Forum from the CSU website:

Membership of this forum is for all Professors of the University (Level E Academic Appointments), excluding the Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellors. The Professors meet annually in July with the University Council.
Aims

• To provide advice and advocacy to the University on academic and strategic matters concerning the conduct and development of teaching and post-graduate supervision, research, and community and professional service;
• To be a source of professorial nominees to serve on various University bodies including: Academic Senate; University Research and Management Committee; and selections and promotions to academic Level D and E positions;
• To act as a collegial forum for Professors of the University; and
• To advise on or participate in programs of professional development relevant to the exercise of academic leadership by Professors in the University

Professors' forum

Three times per year the Charles Sturt University professors meet. Of the 940 academic staff and 1264 general staff (CSU pocket statistics, 2013), only about 70 are professors. Last week, approximately 25 professors met in Bathurst from 30 July - 1 August. Topics included the CSU academic, professional education and pedagogies, promotions policy, industry connections, publication in open access journals, and research impact. We had discussions with the Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), and Academic Senate representatives. There was also a session where selected professors showcased their current research. Dinner with University Council members and the retiring Chancellor was a highlight. These meetings are a productive time of networking and provision of input into the direction of the university.