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Cultural Competence in Higher Education Conference 2024: Provocations, Policy, and Practice
Dates: 27th-28th November 2024
Venue: Susan Wakil Health Building
The University of Sydney NSW 2050
Please note: ticket sales are now live.
The National Centre for Cultural Competence at the University of Sydney is pleased to announce its upcoming conference Cultural Competence in Higher Education: Provocations, Policy, and Practice.
The conference will provide a valuable opportunity to share knowledge, experiences, and showcase innovative approaches to cultural competence across the sector.
The overarching theme of this conference is cultural competence and its intersection with the higher education sector from multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and Indigenous Knowledges perspectives and will focus broadly on provocations, policy, and practice.
The conference will explore:
- current critical and provocative issues in theory and practice of cultural competence
- organisational policies and frameworks
- innovative approaches to the practice of cultural competence in Higher Education
Abstracts are invited that address these key themes and may include, but are not limited to, the following subthemes:
- Indigenous Knowledges and the Academy
- Culturally competent methodologies
- Culturally competent systems and organisations
- Culturally competent leadership
- Culturally responsive pedagogies
- Artificial Intelligence and cultural competence
- Internationalisation of Higher Education
- Cultural competence in communication and media
- Cultural competence and the arts for social change
Practitioners, teachers, and researchers are encouraged to submit an abstract to highlight their work in the cultural competence space.
Further information
Call for papers opens: 3 June 2024
Registrations open: 11 July 2024
Call for papers closes: 26 August 2024
Early bird registration closes: 19 September 2024
Registration closes: 20 November 2024
Conference commences: 27 November 2024
Submit your abstract here.
Presentations: Presentations will be 20 minutes and 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts of maximum 300 words. Please use APA 7th referencing style.
Panel proposals: Submissions must include a panel title, a short introduction to the panel (200 words) and the abstract of the presentations (max. 250 words each, in English). Panels will generally be for 90 minutes and include 3-4 presenters. Please use APA 7th referencing style.
Full catering will be provided. Please provide your dietary requirements upon registration.
| Group | Early Bird Pricing | Full Price |
| Standard Entry Includes two-day conference entry and cocktail party |
$875 | $1250 |
| University of Sydney Staff Discount* |
$600 | $800 |
| Community Organisations* Not-for-profits, NGOs and Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations |
$600 | $800 |
| Student* | $400 | $400 |
| Single Day Entry Ticket does not include access to cocktail party event. |
$300 | $400 |
*For University of Sydney Staff, Community Organisations and Student Discount codes, please contact nccc.conference@sydney.edu.au
You will receive a confirmation email and a receipt. Please check in with our staff at our conference booth to receive your conference badge when you arrive.
Veriu - Camperdown, Veriu - Broadway, and Veriu - Central are offering 15% off all room types for our conference guests. Please use code USCC24 when booking your room. Please contact Veriu with any queries.
Rydges Camperdown is offering 10% off their Bed & Breakfast rooms for our conference guests. Please contact Rydges Camperdown with any queries.
The University's Sustainability Strategy outlines our commitment to reducing the environmental impact of traveling to our campuses and travelling on University-related business. It includes targets to improve active travel to our campuses and to encourage our staff and students to cut their emissions contribution by travelling using more sustainable means.
Whether traveling to our campuses or travelling domestically and internationally on University-related business, staff, students, and visitors are encouraged to consider the impacts of their travel.
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Terms and Conditions
We hope everyone who registers for the conference will be able to attend. However, we understand that extenuating circumstances do occur. Our cancellation and refund policies are as follows:
Cancellations received on, or before, the 27th of October 2024 (11.59 pm AEST) will be refunded in full.
Cancellations will only be considered when received in writing to nccc.conference@sydney.edu.au.
Cancellations after the 27th of October 2024 will not receive a refund unless the cancellation is due to illness and where a valid medical certificate has been provided. Please provide the request and medical certificate in writing to nccc.conference@sydney.edu.au as soon as possible and prior to the 27th of November.
No refunds for any reason will be issued once the Conference has begun (27th November 2024).
Tickets are transferable. Please contact the NCCC at nccc.conference@sydney.edu.au if you would like to transfer your ticket to someone else.
The NCCC and the University of Sydney reserve the right to make alterations to the conference program, venue, and timings at any time. In the event of it being found necessary, for whatever reason, to postpone or change the dates of the conference, the NCCC and the University of Sydney shall not be liable for any expenditure, damage, or loss incurred by the delegate. The NCCC and The University of Sydney accept no responsibility for loss of monies incurred by delay or cancellation.
The NCCC recommends that all participants procure their own travel insurance.
Views expressed by speakers at the conference are their own. The University of Sydney and the NCCC cannot accept liability for any advice given, or views expressed, by any speaker, or delegate, at the conference or in any material provided to delegates.
The following University of Sydney policy will also apply: Charter of Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom
The NCCC will gather and record information necessary to facilitate your registration and related correspondence. The University will manage your personal information as required by the Privacy and Personal Information Protection 1998 (NSW), as well as the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) and international privacy laws where applicable. Further information about the University’s privacy statement is here.
The following University of Sydney policies will also apply:
Emergencies and personal safety
If you have any questions, please contact the NCCC at nccc.conference@sydney.edu.au
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