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2025 SoLT conference theme: Empowering education through confidence and change
Submissions Options:
- Abstract
- Paper
- Poster
Conference tracks:
- Track 1: Embracing teaching and learning innovations in AI
- Track 2: Empowering tertiary education harmonisation
- Track 3: Embracing educational justice, integrity and inclusivity
- Track 4: Empowering partnerships and community engagement
- Track 5: Empowering quality assurance
- Track 6: Embracing scholarship and research initiatives
The purpose of the 2025 SoLT conference is to enable vocational and higher education educators, professional staff, and students a platform to showcase, share and reflect on their scholarship.
Contributions are encouraged from educators and researchers from throughout the vocational and higher education sectors. Submitting authors are asked to identify which track their work best relates to, during the submission process. A description for each of the tracks is provided as follows.
Conference tracks
Track 1: Embracing teaching and learning innovations in AI
This track showcases current and future innovative trends in teaching and learning across tertiary education, in the face of Artificial Intelligence (AI). At the sector level, potential topics include strengthening vocational and higher education engagement and the changing nature of work. At the institutional level, potential topics include ensuring equitable access to tertiary education. At the educator level, topics include ensuring specific teaching and learning innovations and/or student perspectives on teaching innovations.
Track 2: Empowering tertiary education harmonisation
This track explores strategies to align and harmonise tertiary education across geographies and institutions, fostering collaboration, inclusivity and innovation. Potential topics include standardising qualifications, advancing credit transfer frameworks and leveraging digital solutions for equitable access to promote lifelong learning pathways. Papers may explore the process of establishing partnerships and/or facilitating cross-institutional and cross-sector pathways.
Track 3: Embracing educational justice, integrity and inclusivity
This track considers the role of vocational and higher education in breaking down barriers and creating opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds to improve their social and economic status. Submissions may explore strategies, policies and practices that promote educational equity and access.
Track 4: Empowering partnerships and community engagement
This track explores strategies to align and harmonise tertiary education across geographies and institutions, fostering collaboration, inclusivity and innovation. Potential topics include standardising qualifications, advancing credit transfer frameworks and leveraging digital solutions for equitable access to promote lifelong learning pathways. Papers may explore the process of establishing partnerships and/or facilitating cross-institutional and cross-sector pathways.
Track 5: Empowering quality assurance
This track highlights the critical role of quality assurance in strengthening the integrity and impact of educational systems. Papers may focus on innovative approaches to accreditation, assessment and continuous improvement, ensuring institutions meet established standards while addressing local needs. Topics may also include strategies to build robust quality frameworks, foster accountability and highlight solutions that empower institutions to deliver quality education.
Track 6: Embracing scholarship and research initiatives
This track examines the transformative role of scholarship and research in driving innovation and advancing knowledge to enhance learning. The track also focuses on how academic, researchers and thought leaders can share insights and best practices to engage with research for the purpose of student and community benefit.
Submission format options
Choose from three (3) submission options:
1. Abstract
- Max 500 words (not including references); APA referencing and formatting required
- Ensure chosen topic is aligned with conference theme
- Identify which conference track is preferred
- Abstract submission may provide a synopsis of completed or in-progress scholarship/research projects
Accepted abstract submissions will require:
- Author(s) to provide 15-minute presentation plus a 5-minute Q&A
- Authors of accepted abstracts will have until Friday, August 1, 2025 to revise prior to publication in the 2025 SoLT Book of Proceedings
- Authors of accepted abstract submissions will also have the opportunity to opt out for publication in the 2025 SoLT Book of Proceedings
2. Paper
- Max 3,500 words (not including references); APA referencing and formatting required
- Ensure chosen topic is aligned with conference theme
- Identify which conference track is preferred
- Paper submissions may feature the following:
- Significant theoretical reviews;
- Reports on medium to large scale research, evaluations, developments or projects;
- Empirical studies in areas of innovative vocational and higher educational practice;
- Case studies of innovative educational initiatives, pilot projects or institutional strategies
Accepted paper submissions will require:
- Author(s) to provide 15-minute presentation plus a 5-minute Q&A
- Authors of accepted paper submissions will have until Friday, August 1, 2025, to revise prior to publication in the 2025 SoLT Book of Proceedings
- Authors of paper submissions considered as early development will be given the option to present a poster rather than a paper
3. Posters
- Max 3,500 words (not including references); APA referencing required
- Ensure chosen topic is aligned with conference theme
- Identify which conference track is preferred
Paper submissions may feature the following:
- Significant theoretical reviews;
- Reports on medium to large scale research, evaluations, developments or projects;
- Empirical studies in areas of innovative vocational and higher educational practice;
- Case studies of innovative educational initiatives, pilot projects or institutional strategies
Accepted paper submissions will require:
- Author(s) to provide 15-minute presentation plus a 5-minute Q&A
- Authors of accepted paper submissions will have until Friday, August 1, 2025, to revise prior to publication in the 2025 SoLT Book of Proceedings
- Authors of paper submissions considered as early development will be given the option to present a poster rather than a paper
Submit your abstracts, paper or poster
Please complete the below form to submit your abstract, paper or poster.
Once you have submitted you will receive an email confirming receipt of your submission.
Each submission will be double-blind peer-reviewed, and author notifications can be expected 1st of June
If your submission is accepted your will be notified on 1st of June 2025 by email.