Monday, July 7, 2025

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Details

Facilitators Dr Cally Guerin, La Trobe University This is a free half-day workshop provided by HERDSA Aim of the workshop The aim of the workshop is to develop participants’ understanding of the foundations of journal reviewing practices and processes. This in turn will develop skills in providing effective, high-quality peer review of scholarly publications. Focus of the workshop • Understanding the expectations of peer review and the reasoning behind them • Learning about different peer review approaches • Practical application of peer review skills Overview of the workshop • Intended audience: Those who are new to academic publication and interested in developing peer review skills, including professional staff, research students and early career academics. • Context: HERDSA academic journal publications (ASRHE and HERD) Brief workshop plan with an emphasis on activities to engage participants • Introduction, acknowledgement of country, session overview, icebreaker activity • Reasons for reviewing (large group discussion) • Models of peer review • What reviewers are looking for (small group activity) • Constructive review • Group reading and reviewing activity