Registrations for the CAULLT 2025 Academic Development Day and Conference will close on 12 October 2025
- 23 October 2025
Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching (CAUT) MOOC
- 21 July - 14 December 2025
Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching (CAUT) MOOC
- 21 July - 14 December 2025
CAULLT 2025 Conference: Four Provocations for Leading in Learning and Teaching
- 24 October 2025
about us
Empowering Strategic Leadership in University Learning and Teaching
The Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching (CAULLT) is the peak professional body for leaders in university learning and teaching whose responsibilities include academic development. We seek to enhance our members’ capacity to be key strategic leaders and advisers in learning and teaching.
Mission
The mission of CAULLT is to promote and advance research, policy and practice as it relates to the leadership, management and development of higher education learning and teaching.
Objectives
CAULLT’s goals are to:
Undertaking an advocacy role for evidence‐based processes and initiatives to advance learning and teaching in higher education,
Providing leadership for the investigation, development and evaluation of international, national and institutional approaches to advancing learning and teaching in higher education,
Encouraging and fostering communication and collaboration with key bodies in the advancement of learning and teaching in higher education,
Fostering collaboration among those who lead learning and teaching within universities, including those who carry formal responsibility for academic development, to disseminate and share knowledge and expertise in relation to their practices for advancing learning and teaching in universities, and to establish and monitor benchmarks for performance,
Creating and supporting professional learning career development and networking opportunities for Australasia’s community of learning and teaching leaders.
Vision
CAULLT’s vision is to be:
- Recognised in Australasia as the key advocate and influencer in university learning and teaching.
- A key support for learning and teaching leaders in their role as strategic and effective promoters of quality academic practices within their institutions and in the university education sector.
Values
CAULLT values a holistic approach to academic/educational development that focuses on both professional capability and institutional capacity for quality learning and teaching, including:
Open communication and a willingness to share across the university education sector,
Purposeful partnerships;
Evidence-based practice informed by the scholarship of learning and teaching;
A futures orientation based on a deep understanding of contemporary university education and changing landscape;
The well-being of university leaders in learning and teaching including the promotion of the professionalism;
Diversity and inclusion.
Objectives
Driving Excellence Through Collaboration, Advocacy, and Leadership
CAULLT is committed to advancing learning and teaching in higher education by championing evidence-based practices, fostering collaboration, and strengthening the professional capacity of academic leaders. Our objectives guide our strategic focus and reflect our dedication to quality and innovation across the sector.
Advocate
for evidence‐based processes and initiatives that enhance learning and teaching in higher education.
Lead
the investigation, development, and evaluation of international, national, and institutional approaches to advancing learning and teaching.
Foster communication and collaboration
with key bodies working to improve higher education teaching and learning.
Support collaboration
among university learning and teaching leaders to share knowledge, improve practices, and set benchmarks for performance.
Create and sustain professional development opportunities
and networks for Australasia’s academic leadership community.
CAULLT Executive Committee
Providing Strategic Leadership and Governance
President
Professor Steven Warburton, University of Newcastle
Vice President
Professor Barbie Panther, Deakin University
Treasurer
Dr Andrea Adam, University of Tasmania
Secretary
Professor Ruth Greenaway, Southern Cross University
Committee Member
Professor Michelle Picard, Flinders University
Committee Member
Professor Anthony Whitty, Australian Catholic University
Executive Officer
Dr. Christa Jacenyik-Trawöger
