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1. Background
The Australian Quality Forum (AuQF) http://www.auqa.edu.au/auqf is the premier national annual
event for the discussion of quality assurance and quality enhancement in the Australian higher education
sector. The Forum’s aim is to stimulate debate about quality assurance within the sector and to share
good practice. In 2011 the forum theme is ‘Demonstrating Quality’.
The 2011 program is intended to reflect the evolving Australian higher education quality assurance
landscape.
AuQF2011 is expected to attract around 220 delegates, representing senior executives, international and
local academics and higher education experts, including representatives from Asian universities and
international quality assurance agencies, quality managers in universities and other higher education
providers, decision makers from government departments and accreditation agencies, and members of
professional associations.
2. AuQF2011 Themes
The theme of AuQF2011 is ‘Demonstrating Quality’.
1. What is quality?
• Students
• Staff
• Government
• Society
• International
• Industry
• Media
3. How is it demonstrated?
• Case studies
• Communication
• Audit reports
• Rankings
• Sharing good practice
• Transparency
• Benchmarking
• KPIs
• Surveys and feedback for improvement
• Use of data
• Forms of evidence
• Monitoring of outcomes
• Reviews/accreditation reports
• Integration and building bridges
• AQF
• National protocols
• Benchmarking
• Open system
• Proprietary system eg. ISO, Balanced Scorecard, TQM
5. Risks to quality
• Risk assessment
• Risk management
• Organisational culture
The forum program will be streamed into these sub-themes, so contributions should indicate to which
theme their contribution aligns. As the overarching purpose of the AuQF is to facilitate discussions
about quality and quality assurance in higher education, the AuQF2011 organising committee, the Joint
Steering Group, welcomes contributions on any topics that relate broadly to the conference theme
‘Demonstrating Quality’ but contributors are still requested to indicate in which sub-theme they wish
their contribution be aligned.
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Program streams will be included to target more experienced delegates and also those who are new to
quality assurance and enhancement in higher education. Contributors should indicate to whom their
contribution might best be targeted.
Guidelines for papers and workshop proposals are provided below. Formatting information is at
Attachment 1 (Instructions for Authors & Workshop Facilitators). Participants are asked to follow these
instructions precisely, in order to facilitate preparation of AuQF Proceedings.
• Workshops are interactive sessions, not extended paper presentations. The workshop
outlines should clearly indicate how the participants in the workshop will be actively involved,
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and preference will be given to workshop proposals that demonstrate how this interaction will be
facilitated.
• Each accepted workshop will be allocated 65 minutes in the Forum program.
• Proposals on any topic related to the AuQF2011 theme ‘Demonstrating Quality’ will be
considered.
• Presenters are encouraged to include in their proposals details of any materials or presentation
tools they wish to use.
• Workshop outlines must not exceed two A4 pages.
• AuQF2011 may also include invited workshops, to be facilitated by persons approached directly
by the JSG.
• Detailed instructions for formatting workshop outlines are contained in Attachment 1
(Instructions for Authors & Workshop Facilitators).
• Authors must indicate to which sub theme their contribution aligns and to which delegates
the workshop would most appeal eg. those new to quality assurance.
• Proposals for workshops will be assessed by the JSG selection committee. Accepted workshop
outlines will be published in the AuQF Proceedings and on the AuQF2011 website.
• The deadline for workshop submissions is Friday 1 April 2011.
6. Copyright
Persons submitting contributions to AuQF will retain copyright in the work but are required to grant
AUQA a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to publish the work, or an extract, in AuQF material such as
the Program and Proceedings. Authors should include a completed Copyright Licence Agreement form to
AUQA (Attachment 2) with the submission of their contribution.
Updated final versions of papers and workshop outlines must be submitted via email to Claire Gresty, the
AuQF Event Manager, at c.gresty@auqa.edu.au by Tuesday 7 June 2010, to allow time for editing and
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publishing the final AuQF2011 program. Biographical details of presenters of approximately a paragraph
in length should also be submitted at this time.
7 June 2010 Final versions of papers and workshops due with AuQF
Biographical notes due with AuQF
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11. Further Information
Contact either:
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ATTACHMENT 1
AuQF2011
Demonstrating Quality
29 June – 1 July 2011, Melbourne
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR
AUTHORS & WORKSHOP
CONTRIBUTORS
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Guidelines for Papers for AuQF2011
An abstract of no more than 250 words should be provided here in the format given in
the style ‘abstract’.
1. Introduction
This document is an example of the style to be used to format a paper for submission to AuQF2011.
Please follow the directions given below. Please do not use Microsoft Word Styles in your
document.
The paper should be between 1500 and 3000 words, including title, body text, figures and tables,
references, acknowledgements and appendices, but not including the abstract.
Page setup
Use A4 paper size settings and use mirror margins settings, margins to be set at: Top 2.5cm, Bottom
2.5cm, Inside 2.5cm, Right 2cm. Leave the Gutter at 0cm.
Headers or footers
Ensure that your document does not include headers or footers, as these will be added when the paper
is inserted into Proceedings.
Page numbers
Include page numbers in the middle of the page.
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Title of the Paper for the Forum Participants
Author details
Author names are Times New Roman italic 12 point centred. Author details are Times New Roman
italic 11 point centered. Each author is to be identified by superscript a and b as in the example below.
Use 12 point paragraph spacing after.
Author 1 a
Author 2 b
a
Position Title, Institution, City, Country
b
Position Title, Institution, City, Country
Abstract
The abstract should be no more than 250 words. Use Times New Roman italic 11 point left and right
justified, in single spacing, as in the following example. Use 12 point paragraph spacing after.
Keywords
Keywords use the same style as the Abstract. Three words or phrases should be provided to facilitate
indexing and refereeing.
Keywords:……………………
Body text
Body text is Times New Roman 11 point, single spaced. Text is left and right justified. Do not indent
or tab the first line of a new paragraph. Use 12 point paragraph spacing between paragraphs and at the
end of each section.
Heading level 2
Heading level 2 is Times New Roman bold 11 point, single spaced with 12 point paragraph spacing
after. Text is left and right justified. Use maximal capitalisation. (NB. Heading level 1 is used only for
the title of the paper.)
Heading level 3
Heading level 3 is Times New Roman italic 11 point, single spaced with 6 point paragraph spacing
after. Text is left and right justified. Use maximal capitalisation.
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Use Arial bold 9 point font for the figure heading with maximal capitalisation, as in the example
below. Place the heading under the figure, left and right justified, with 12 point paragraph spacing
after.
Use Arial bold 9 point font for the table heading with maximal capitalisation, as in the example
below. Place the heading above the table, left justified, with 12 point paragraph spacing after.
Use Arial 9 point font for text and numbers in the table, with one line and 12 point paragraph spacing
after the table. If more than one table is used, layouts should be consistent throughout the paper.
Heading Heading
Bullet points
Lists using bullet points should be kept to a minimum. The format is as shown in the example:
3. References
In-text citation
Use in-text citations in preference to footnotes and endnotes. In-text citations should include author
name(s) and the publication date, as in the examples below:
(Smith, 2000)
Order
References should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order.
Style
References are listed in Times New Roman 11 point, with 6 point spacing after each entry. References
are left justified. Do not leave a blank line between references. Examples of referencing different
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sources are given below. For references to electronic materials, contributors should follow American
Psychological Association style (http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html).
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Guidelines for Workshop Proposal for AuQF2011
Workshop Outline
1. Introduction
This document is an example of the style to be used to format a workshop outline for submission to
AuQF2011. Please follow the directions below.
The workshop outline should be no more than 2 A4 pages, including title, body text, figures and
tables and references. Please do not use Microsoft Word Styles in your document.
Page setup
Use A4 paper size settings and use mirror margins settings, margins to be set at: Top 2.5cm, Bottom
2.5cm, Inside 2.5cm, Right 2cm. Leave the Gutter at 0cm.
Headers or footers
Ensure that your document does not include headers or footers, as these will be added when the paper
is inserted into Proceedings.
Page numbers
Include page numbers in the middle of the page.
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Title of the Workshop Proposal
Workshop Outline
Author details
Author names are Times New Roman italic 12 point centred. Author details are Times New Roman
italic 11 point centered. Each author is to be identified by superscript a and b as in the example below.
Use 12 point paragraph spacing after.
Author 1 a
Author 2 b
a
Position Title, Institution, City, Country
b
Position Title, Institution, City, Country
1. Outline
Heading level 3
Heading level 3 is Times New Roman italic 11 point, single spaced with 6 point paragraph spacing
after. Text is left and right justified. Use maximal capitalisation.
Body text
Body text is Times New Roman 11 point, single spaced. Text is left and right justified. Do not indent
or tab the first line of a new paragraph. Use 12 point paragraph spacing between paragraphs and at the
end of each section.
Bullet points
Lists using bullet points may be used. The format is as shown in the example:
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ATTACHMENT 2
Title of Work:
The Australian Universities Quality Agency (the ‘Publisher’) and the Author (Authors if a multi-authored paper)
agree as follows:
1. In consideration of the Publisher’s agreement to publish the work, the Author hereby grants the Publisher
a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to print, publish, reproduce or distribute the Work throughout the
world by all means of expression, including electronic format, for the purposes of the AuQF2011. The
Author further grants the Publisher the right to use the Author’s name in association with the Work in
published form and in promotional materials. Copyright of the Work remains in the Author’s name and
the Author reserves all other rights.
2. The Author agrees not to publish the Work in print form prior to the publication of the Work by the
Publisher.
3. The Author agrees not to use the Work in any way that implies that the Publisher endorses any practice or
procedure described in the Work.
4. The Author shall indemnify and hold the Publisher harmless against loss or expenses arising from breach
of any such warranties.
All authors are requested to sign this form. If not signed by all authors, the corresponding author acknowledges that
s/he is signing on behalf of all the authors and with their authorisation. Faxed signatures and multiple forms are
acceptable provided the corresponding author collates all the material and submits it in one batch.
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