ICALLD

Beyond Survival: Agency, Advocacy and Impact in Learning Development 

Join us for the ICALLD Symposium Over Time 2026, where we will move beyond survival narratives to explore the agency, advocacy, and impact at the heart of Learning Development. This year’s symposium invites colleagues to reflect on our collective successes, share the diverse journeys of third‑space professionals, and consider how Learning Developers shape, influence, and articulate their value within complex institutional landscapes.

This event creates a space for connection and shared reflection highlighting Learning Development as purposeful, relational, and influential practice. Together, we will explore the ways we exercise agency, foster meaningful change, and create impact, especially in challenging times.

Attendance is free for members, but registration is required. Links to join the symposium will be sent to registrants ahead of the event.

ALDcon26

Join ALDinHE for three days of stimulating discussions and inspiring sessions. The conference includes online sessions on Friday, 12 June 2026, and in-person sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, 16–17 June 2026, at the University of Leeds.

Call for Proposals is now open!

The 2026 conference will present an overarching theme, accompanied by four sub themes:

FREE MEMBERS EVENT

Making cases for the role of learning development/advising in changing educational landscapes

We are delighted to announce the 9^th International Symposium Over Time! Over two days, rolling around the clock, participants from member associations will take turns facilitating discussions. All attendees are encouraged to share answers, experiences, and observations. Facilitators will compile and share key points and outcomes.

Bring your tea and biscuits, and join the conversation!

(ATLAANZ, New Zealand – June 2021) Learning advisors at Student Learning Te Taiako regularly evaluate our Tertiary Learning Advice Consultations  (TLACs), workshops and programmes, by conducting student surveys and focus groups, together with staff peer-observations and one-minute papers.  In response to recent calls in the literature to go beyond attendance data and perceived student satisfaction to ‘measure’ impact, we have begun using Hamilton et al.’s  (2019) ICALLD evaluation model.

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ICALLD (the International Consortium of Academic Language and Learning Developers) is a global community of higher education practitioners working to enhance students’ learning and academic literacies. Our member organizations are from all around the world: Canada, the United Kingdom, Scotland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

One of ICALLD’s key aims is to facilitate professional development opportunities for its members. To that end, the “symposium over time” was born: a conference that occurs in small increments over the year, at varying times and with rotating host organizations. A full record of the symposium presentations is available on our website’s blog.

(AALL, Australia – May 2021) Dr Sally Ashton-Hay, Alex Barthel and Dr Amanda Müller spoke about updating the Australian University Register of Academic Language and Learning (ALL) Centres / Units. The aim was to capture the structures in which we work, the contexts in which ALL happens, and the practices that we engage in. The update provided a snapshot in time, revealing a significant increase in Australian tertiary student enrolments in the last ten years, a dramatic reduction in ALL staff employed across the sector, and a proliferation of new services offered particularly online.

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ICALLD (the International Consortium of Academic Language and Learning Developers) is a global community of higher education practitioners working to enhance students’ learning and academic literacies. Our member organizations are from all around the world: Canada, the United Kingdom, Scotland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

One of ICALLD’s key aims is to facilitate professional development opportunities for its members. To that end, the “symposium over time” was born: a conference that occurs in small increments over the year, at varying times and with rotating host organizations. A full record of the symposium presentations is available on our website’s blog.

(ScotHELD, Scotland – February 2021) ScotHELD’s symposium reflected on student learning development throughout the Covid pandemic. The presentation discussed the benefits and challenges the enforced move to online and hybrid teaching models brought to learning development in Scotland and presented findings from a recent ScotHELD conference on how the profession sought to enhance student learning and wellbeing during these troubled times.

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ICALLD (the International Consortium of Academic Language and Learning Developers) is a global community of higher education practitioners working to enhance students’ learning and academic literacies. Our member organizations are from all around the world: Canada, the United Kingdom, Scotland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

One of ICALLD’s key aims is to facilitate professional development opportunities for its members. To that end, the “symposium over time” was born: a conference that occurs in small increments over the year, at varying times and with rotating host organizations. A full record of the symposium presentations is available on our website’s blog.