Key dates

29 - 30 November 2021
25th ANZSSA Conference 2021
 

Enquiries

Association Professionals

Conference Managers

PO Box 7345
Beaumaris VIC 3193
E: conference@anzssa.com
P: +61 3 9586 6088

 

Program

For 50 years ANZSSA has been supporting student service professionals and during that time, our student cohorts have changed and diversified. Throughout that period,  as professionals we too have changed the way we think about and deliver student services to meet student needs, but never have we been compelled to change at the accelerated pace of the last 18 months.  The global pandemic has impacted significantly on our world, politically, economically and socially.  It has impacted on us as people and as professionals.  It has fundamentally impacted on our sector and forced us to rethink our offerings, our mode of delivery and how we best reach and support our students. 

 

In 2020 our focus was on the crisis and responding quickly to support the needs of our students to ensure they remained enrolled, engaged and successful.  Now in 2021 we are developing roadmaps to recovery, taking the learnings from the past two years and reshaping the ways we deliver our services to students, to ensure we continue to deliver the service our students need in a manner that will be sustainable into 2022 and the future.  In this context, the theme of the 2021 ANZZSA Conference is ‘Looking Forward – Student Centric and Sustainable’. 

Join us for insightful panel sessions, expert keynote speaker presentations, posters and concurrent sessions on the following topics:

  • transition, retention & progression
  • safety, health & wellbeing
  • graduate outcomes & employability

 

 
 

25th ANZSSA PROGRAM
 

Monday 29 November 2021

 All times are in AEDT (+11 GMT)

      

1100-1115

Welcome to Country

Facilitator: Tony Reed, Director (Engagement), Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1115-1130

 

Presidents Welcome

Dr Christie White

President, Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

Facilitator: Tony Reed, Director (Engagement), Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1130-1215

Opening Keynote

Prof. Jan Thomas

Students as Partners: How Massey University is Leading into our Collective Future

Vice Chancellor, Massey University

Facilitator: Tony Reed, Director (Engagement), Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1215-1220

ANZSSA Update: Engagement Strategies Moving Forward

Tony Reed, Director (Engagement), Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1220-1230

Break

 

Concurrent Session 1

 

Transition, Retention & Progression

Safety Health & Wellbeing

Graduate Outcomes & Employability

Safety Health & Wellbeing   

 

 

1230-1300

 

 

 

 



1300-1330

Facilitator: Kristin Warr

Facilitator: Stuart Martin

Facilitator: Caroline Spotswood

Facilitator: Jeremy Cass

Peer-led Support At Australian Catholic University: Sustainable And Student-centric Throughout The Pandemic
Geraldine McNulty
Rachel Phillips
Karen Grech
Tiffany Gutteridge

The Good Vibes Experiment At Flinders University
Gareth Furber
 

Searching For The Holy Grail: Personalisation, Scalability And Impact In Employability Services At Macquarie University
Kylie Ebert

Journey Towards Cultural Renewal At The University Of Sydney – The Approach Of The Safer Communities Office In Response To Sexual Assault And Sexual Harassment
Karina Chalouhi
Mira Pankhania-Macdonald

Meeting Sexual And Reproductive Health Needs For International Students
Maddison Stratten

Core Competencies Model For The Practice Of Tertiary Learning Advising In New Zealand
Mona Malik 

Improving Graduate Outcome Rates For Students Living With A Disability
Edward Osano

Managing Demand, Risk And Priority Through Dedicated Triage Service In Student Wellbeing
Sharon Andersen

1330-1400

Break

1400-1445

Student Panel Discussion:
Supporting Higher Education in the New World - A Student's Perspective

 

Facilitator: Stephanie Taylor, Conference Convenor, 25th ANZSSA Conference

 

Andrew Lessells


 

President, New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations

Nkhaya Paulsen-More
(Ngāti Maru (Hauraki)

 

(Ngāruahine, Ngāti Pūkenga), Tumuaki Takirua (Co-President) of  Te Mana Ākonga (National Māori Students Association)

Renata White
(Tītahi Ki Tua)

 

Tumuaki Takirua (Co-President) of  Te Mana Ākonga (National Māori Students Association)

Braydon Broad

 

 

President,
Tasmanian University Student Association

 

1445-1450

ANZSSA Update: Reflections by the Inaugural ANZSSA Indigenous Executive Representative

Caroline Spotswood, Director (Indigenous), Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1450-1500

End of Day One Summary and Close

Facilitator: Tony Reed, Director (Engagement), Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1500-1530

ANZSSA - Annual General Meeting 

All welcome - Zoom link to AGM
 

 

 

    Tuesday 30 November 2021

      All times are in AEDT (+11 GMT)

1100-1110

Welcome and Opening Address

New President to be announced and provide opening address

Facilitator: Christie White, President, Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1110-1155

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Marcia Devlin

Personal Sustainability in Challenging Times: Ideas to Build Grit, Resilience and Optimism

Adjunct Professor, Victoria University

Facilitator: Tony Reed, Director (Engagement), Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1155-1200

ANZSSA Update: PFGs and How to Connect

John Devereaux, Director (Professional Development), Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1200-1210

Break

1210-1300

Panel Discussion:
Supporting Higher Education in the New World - A Global Perspective

 

Facilitator: Christie White, President Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

 

  

Ms Lisa Bardill       Moscaritolo      

Vice Provost for Student Life at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates

Ms Jennifer Hamilton
 

Executive Director, Canadian Association of
College and University Student Services

Mr Nic Streatfield
 

Vice-Chair, Professional Development The Student Services Organisation (AMOSSHE), UK

1300-1330

Break

 

Concurrent Session 2

 

Transition, Retention & Progression

Safety, Health & Wellbeing

Graduate Outcomes & Employability

Transition, Retention & Progression       

1330-1400






 

 

 

 

 

 

1400-1430




 

Facilitator: Jeremy Cass

Facilitator: Stuart Martin

Facilitator:Caroline Spotswood

Facilitator: Joanna Thyer

The Benefits And Challenges Of Environmental Sensitivity: Supporting Neurosensitive Students
Kaaryn Cater

Having The Mob At Uni With Me Made Me Feel Connected': Bringing The Evidence Together To Improve Completion Rates For Indigenous Students
Katelyn Barney
Brenna Bernardino
Bronwyn Fredricks

Implementing Interactive Oral Assessments To Enhance Graduate Outcomes And Employability Skills
Amita Krautloher

Connect2Uni: A Proactive Approach to Facilitating Student Transition and Promoting Retention and Success
Sarah Rose and Emeline Jerez

Exploring The Efficacy Of An Online Sexual Violence Response And Prevention Module: Preliminary Findings From The Evaluation Of Uq Respect: Sexual Consent, Ethical Bystanding, And Compassionate Response
Emma Heard
Andrea Strachan

Empowering Student Mentors To Lead And Thrive
Janina Good

Supporting Our Peer Team In The Living Room At The University Of Western Australia
Cati Thomas
Liz Caddy
Patricia Cardoso

Student Advice and Mentoring (SAM)
Jane Skalicky

1430-1440  

Break 

1440-1520  

Indigenous Panel Discussion:
Support Provisions for Indigenous Students

 

Facilitator: David Warrener, University of Tasmania: Riawunna Centre for Aboriginal Education

 

Jodi Haines


Lecturer, Academic B
Riawunna Centre for Aboriginal Education
University of Tasmania
 

Jamie Hapi



Director Master Maori and Indigenous Leadership
School of Maori and Indigenous Studies
University of Canterbury

Vicky Peters



Manager Indigenous Student Services
Swinburne University of Technology 

1520-1530

50th Birthday & the History of ANZSSA

Christie White, President, Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association

1530-1535

26th ANZSSA Conference and Close

Facilitator: Stephanie Taylor, Conference Convenor, Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association