DASSH
Collaborative, Influential, Connected, Knowledgeable.
DASSH represents more than 250 deans, and associate and deputy deans, from 43 universities across Australia and New Zealand, leading schools and faculties that teach tens of thousands of students and several thousand scholars in the HASS disciplines. Led and governed by an executive committee, DASSH supports those who have responsibility for governance and management of research, teaching and learning across those member institutions.
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Supporting strong leadership
DASSH supports:
- Those within these institutions who have responsibility for the governance and management of research and teaching and learning in their universities.
- Those who aspire to these positions through a Network of Associate and Deputy Deans (NOADD).
- Data collection and dissemination on HASS research and teaching.
Promoting the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
DASSH:
- Advocates for the roles and contributions of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; and
- Contributes to policy debates, initiatives and inquiries that impact on HASS research and teaching in universities.
NOTICEBOARD
ABC Radio Sydney interview with President Catharine Coleborne
June 2022
LISTEN HERE: President Catharine Coleborne tells ABC Sydney Radio host James Valentine why Job-Ready Graduates fee reforms are essential.
Research Professional News reports Deans of Science and DASSH unite on fee reform
June 2022
Research Professional News reported DASSH and the Australian Council of Deans of Science are working together to acheive interdisciplinary fee reform. Read the article here.
DASSH on fee reform in Sydney Morning Herald
June 2022
The Sudney Morning Herald spoke to President Catharine Coleborne about DASSH’s call for Jobs-Ready Graduates policy wind backs. Read the article here.
Deans demand end to high fees for humanities
May 2022
Campus Morning Mail reports DASSH is calling for urgent fee reform to make Arts Degrees more affordable. Read here.
Science Deans join calls for fee reforms
May 2022
The Australian Council of Deans of Science has come out in strong support for DASSH’s calls for fee reforms and changes to the Commercialisation of Research Action Plan. Read their full statement here.