RESEARCH

In Project 3  evidence-based  Benchmarking Standards for Australasian Academic Development were developed. They were based on extensive, authentic evidence of good practices from across the sector (capturedinProjevcts 1 and 2). Drawing on a large data set (of 100 good practice exemplars collected over four years), a set of criteria, descriptors, and standards were developed to produce an Academic Development Good Practice Framework. The framework was tested and validated with stakeholders at a well-attended CAULLT webinar.

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APPROACH

This project involved action research and including:

1. 100, 300 word nominations submitted over four years to the Australasian Advancing Academic Development Good Practice Awards by 40 Australasian universities provided the foundational data

2. 30 finalist submissions were analysed through content analysis and attribute coding.

3. As a result of this analysis, four criteria for good academic development practice, along with their associated descriptors and standards were deduced and consolidated as the new Academic Development Good Practice Framework. This was presented for peer review and further refined based on feedback.

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PUBLICATIONS:

Harvey, M., Hamilton, J., & Adam, A. (2024). Establishing Benchmarking Standards for Academic Development, https://www.caullt.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CAULLT-final-grant-report-July-2024-AAD.pdf

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Harvey, M., Hamilton, J., & Adam, A. (2025). What is good academic development practice? Introducing Australasian standards, International Journal for Academic Development, In Press (DOI: 10.1080/1360144X.2025.2603552)

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BENCHMARKING TOOL:

Upon publication of the above article, thebenchmarking tool will become available.

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