2024 HETL Conference: Universities as change agents in society: Imagining social innovation for sustainable futures

October 02-04, 2024
Gqeberha, South Africa

Welcome to the Higher Education Teaching & Learning Association

The aim of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (referred to as HETL) is to bring together higher education professionals and thought leaders from around the world to dialogue, network, and collaborate on issues relevant to teaching and learning in higher education.

We welcome you to join our vibrant global community and get involved in our activities.​ Advance your career by becoming a member today.

Focus Areas

HETL focuses on the following focus areas to bridge the gap between higher education and UN’s SDGs for an inclusive future.

Rights,
Democracy, and Sustainability

Educational Development and Capacity Building

Advanced Research, Innovation, and Publishing

Educational Futures, Networking, and Collaboration

HETL Talks & Conferences

Webinar: Education for Sustainable Development

Join our International panel of educational leaders on Education for Sustainable Development.

  • 07:00AM – 8:00AM EDT

  • September 17th, 2024

2023 HETL Aberdeen Conference

Re-Imagining Education: Collaboration and Compassion

  • University of Aberdeen

  • 12-14 June, 2023

“Ending Digital Poverty” – Dr. Patrick Blessinger’s speech at the UN HPLF

Dr. Patrick Blessinger delivered a compelling address at the 2024 UN High-Level Political Forum Side Event, organized by the Blue Tree Foundation, ITU, and the Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education. The event focused on the pressing issue of “Digital Poverty,” a modern form of deprivation. Dr. Blessinger highlighted the severe impacts of the digital divide, emphasizing that inadequate internet access in developing regions exacerbates socio-economic challenges like illiteracy and financial poverty.

Webinars & Podcasts

Webinar: Cutting Edge Research – The JARHE
Webinar: Educational Leadership in Higher Education
Webinar: Comparative Education

International Conferences

Welcome Video: 2023 HETL Aberdeen Conference

HETL TUZDER Conference Opening – International Conference on Innovation in Basic – Higher Education

Feature Stories

Higher education for a sustainable future

For much of human history people used renewable resources to provide the basic…

Higher education’s role in sustainable development

As such, sustainable development not only deals with environmental issues, but…

Higher education report charts rise of the Global South

The inexorable shift of higher education’s centre of gravity from the Global North…

Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education

The Journal of Applied Research in Higher education (JARHE) is an internationally peer-reviewed journal focuses on the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning and higher education. The Journal is published in Affiliation with Emerald Publishing.

JARHE – Literati Award Winners

Emerald Literati Awards - Logo

Focus Areas

  • Higher education teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, policy, management, leadership, and related areas
  • Digitization, internationalization, and democratization of higher education, and related areas such as lifelong and lifewide learning
  • Innovation, change, and reflections on current practices
  • Issues around teaching and learning, especially those discussions which seek to inform practice are encouraged, ensuring the journal has validity and relevance in the fast-change higher education landscape

Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards (ODRAs)

Publications

Learning Futures Newsletter

Reimagining and rethinking how education, learning, and knowledge can transform the future of humanity.

Sustainable Futures Newsletter

Rethinking and ​r​eimag​ining​ how sustainable development can transform the future of ​humanity​​.

HETL
Frontiers

HETL Frontiers is a new peer-reviewed magazine committed to publishing concise, high-quality magazine-style articles on cutting-edge issues and topics in higher education.

News & Updates

Television interview with Dr. Diana Al Jahromi, HETL Country Director of Bahrain.
Dr. Abhilasha Singh representing HETL at Digital MENA 2022, UAE.

Call for Papers – Pedagogical Innovations in Higher Education

HETL’s Latest Written Statement for The United Nations ECOSOC

Affiliations & Partners

Consultative Status
Media Partner
Publishing Partner
Global Partner
Global Partner
Academic Blog
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