We would like to announce the list of papers that have been nominated as candidates for the Best Paper Award. The nominated papers were selected based on their review scores.

The final decision will be made during the conference by the best paper committee based on the presentation and Q&A. The award will be announced and conferred during the closing session (Friday, 28th June 2019 at 13:30).

Best Paper nominees

How authentic is it? Evaluating the products of an authentic assessment task
Kay Colthorpe, Harrison Gray, Hardy Ernst, Louise Ainscough

Using Active Learning Spaces to Support Flipped Classroom
Rui Li, Lei Zhu, Jt Singh, Yongyi Mo

The alumni narrative of the connection between university skills and knowledge, and industry: An ‘outside-in’ understanding
David Fleischman, Peter English

Active learning and social commitment projects as a teaching-learning intervention in engineering degrees
Alpha Pernía-Espinoza, Andres Sanz-Garcia, F. Javier Martinez-De-Pison-Ascacibar, Sergio Peciña-Marqueta, Julio Blanco-Fernandez

Assessment of Creative Thinking of Hong Kong Undergraduate Students Using the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
Annie W. Y. Ng, Chung-Yee Lee

Best Student Paper nominees

Creative writing and Critical Thinking Enhancement at Higher Education
Antonella Poce, Francesca Amenduni

Self-efficacy in first-year university students: a descriptive study
Paula Alvarez-Huerta, Iñaki Larrea, Alexander Muela, José Ramón Vitoria

EstuPlan: Methodology for the development of creativity in the resolution of scientific and social problems
Sergio Astudillo Calderón, Laura De Díez De La Torre, Marina García Companys, Nora Ortega Pérez, Víctor Rodríguez Martínez, Sabah Alzahrani, Raquel Alonso Valenzuela, Adolfo Ávalos García, Blanca Cifuentes, Alberto Esteban Carrasco, Aránzazu Gómez Garay, Luisa Martín Calvarro, María Soledad Martín Gómez

We are glad to announce the Special Issue “Promoting Sustainability in Higher Education” of the Sustainability Journal (Impact Factor 2017: 2.075). Participants of HEAd’19 who send papers to this special issue will receive a 20% discount in case their papers result accepted.

For more information, check the website of the special issue by clicking here.

We think this is a really good opportunity for HEAd’19 participants. Do not hesitate to send your papers!

We are glad to share the pictures of HEAd’18! They are available in the following link: HEAd’18 Pictures

We are glad to announce that the publication including all HEAd’18 papers is already available. Look at: HEAd’18 Publication

The presentations of HEAd’18 keynote speakers Patrick van der Bogt and Cesar Ortega-Sanchez are now available! You can find them in the “Keynote speakers” section of our website as well as in the following links:

• HEAd’18 keynote speech by Prof. Cesar-Ortega Sanchez
• HEAd’18 keynote speech by Patrick van der Bogt

You can follow on real time the keynote speech of Dr. Cesar Ortega-Sanchez by clicking here!

You can follow on real time the keynote speech of Patrick van der Bogt by clicking here!

You can follow on real time the keynote speech of Dr. Jose Lepervanche Valencia by clicking here!

The final HEAd’18 program with all the regular, poster and keynote sessions, as well with the social program has been released in a single PDF file. We hope you find it useful!

We would like to announce the list of papers that have been nominated as candidates for the Best Paper Award. The nominated papers were selected based on their review scores.

The final decision will be made during the conference by the best paper committee based on the presentation and Q&A. The award will be announced and conferred during the closing session (Friday, 22nd June 2018 at 13:15).

Best Paper nominees

Digitization of Analog Phonic Archives in a University Lab: A Report on a Young Apprenticeship Initiative
Luca Andrea Ludovico, Giorgio Presti

Social class and university graduates’ overqualification: testing two mediated relationships
Vicente Gonzalez-Roma, Ana Hernandez, Juan Pablo Gamboa, Ines Tomas

Transnational student consultancy – an integrated approach to business students’ learning
Veit Wohlgemuth, Tine Lehmann, Christina Saulich

Business French and Translation in the Era of Google Translate: Variations on the Action-based Approach in Language Courses
Snejina Sonina, Sylvia Mittler

Creativity in liberal education before and after study commencement
Merel Van Goch

Best Student Paper nominees

Factors Driving University Choice: A Principal Component Analysis on Italian Institutions
Mara Soncin, Giovanni Azzone

Relationship between student guidance and academic achievement
Anna Lukkarinen, Paula Koivukangas

Audiovisual content as a learning aid for Business English learners: developing and validating a Matrix
Tiago Carvalho, Pedro Almeida, Ana Balula