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

We are pleased to announce that the HEAd conference has been indexed in the Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Web of Science Core Collection (former ISI Proceedings). This index includes papers published by the most relevant conferences, seminars and other professional and scientific meetings worldwide. We have been able to achieve this position thanks to the high quality works of our participants and the hard effort of the organizing and scientific committee. Thanks to all, these are great news!

Pictures of HEAd’17 are available in the following link:

HEAd’17 Pictures

We hope these pictures capture to an extent the exciting atmosphere that we enjoyed on HEAd’17, and which we are working to even embetter on HEAd’18!

The slides of the fantastic keynote speech delivered by Michelle Morgan are available for all of you to read them whenever you want!!!

Click here to download the slides of the keynote speech.

Click here to read the 3 case studies of the Postgraduate Experience Project explained by Michelle Morgan.

Dear HEAd’17 delegates, we are glad to announce that the conference proceedings by UPV Press are already available. Look at: HEAd’17 Conference Proceedings

The final program with all the regular, poster and keynote sessions, including also the social program is available in a single PDF file. Hope it is useful!

Dear delegates, below you can find a summary of the instructions for successfully connecting to UPV Wifi with your smartphones or laptops.

Smartphones

1 – Connect to UPV-INFO network and download certificate of authentication from: https://www.upv.es/id/241
2 – Name the certificate ‘radius upv’ . Select Wi – Fi from Credential use
3 – Add the UPVNET network (Press on + icon, or “Add network”)
4 – Enter UPVNET in the Network SSID. Select “802.1x EAP” under “Security”
5 – Enter your user name and password
6 – Check ‘Show advanced options‘ and set the following options:
> EAP Method: PEAP                  > Phase 2 Authentication: MSCHAPV2
> CA Certificate: radius upv    > User/Client Certif. and Anonymous Identity: Blank
7 – Click Save and then, click Connect to complete the set-up

Laptops

1 – Network name: UPVNET
2 – Security type: WPA2-Enterprise Encryption type: AES
Network authentication method: Microsoft: Protected EAP (PEAP)
3 – Click the Settings button. The Protected EAP Properties screen will open:
> Check Validate server certificate
> Check Connect to these servers and introduce ‘radius.upv.es’
> Check Thawte Premium Server CA and thawte Primary Root CA
4 – Click the Configure button. Uncheck the box beside Automatically use my
Windows Logon name and password.
5 – Click the Advanced settings button. On the 802.1X settings tab check
the box beside Specify authentication mode and select User authentication.
6 – Click the Save credentials button. In the User name and password box
enter your credentials
7 – Your wireless connection is now ready to use

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, 23rd June 2017 at 13:15).

Best Paper nominees

Education as absorptive capacity and its role for economic growth
Estefanía Mourelle, Laura Márquez-Ramos

Teachers’ perceptions about their practices and needs for improvement: A qualitative research project at the University of Padova
Debora Aquario, Renata Clerici, Lorenza Da Re, Ettore Felisatti, Cristina Mazzucco, Omar Paccagnella, Anna Serbati

Use of emerging technologies in flipped classes
Carme Huguet, Jillian Pearse, Leslie F. Noè, Nataly Castillo Ruiz, Diego Valencia, Alexa Jimenez Heredia, Mónica Andrea Patiño Avedaño

Student Auditing of University Social Responsibility – Reform through Reflective, Experiential Learning?
Isabel Menezes, Márcia Coelho, Fernanda Rodrigues, Peter Evans, Brian Martin

Attitudes and attitude change of students towards the relationship between theory and practice
Thomas Fischer, Andreas Bach, Kathrin Rheinländer

Best Student Paper nominees

The Role of Coherent Research-Based Curricular Unit in Mediating Students’ Integrated Vision of Human Impact on the Environment
Narmin Shahin Ghalichi, Gillian Roehrig

Personal development, resilience theory and transition to university for 1st year students
Luke Pickard, James Mckenna, Julie A Brunton, Andrea Utley

How about equality and equity in higher music education? A theoretical framework for researching quality of music teaching and learning
Tuula Jääskeläinen, Guadalupe López-Íñiguez

We are glad to announce that HEAd’17 and the Journal of Foreign Language Education and Technology (JFLET) have reached a partnership agreement.

JFLET is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. It publishes two regular issues each year (February and August), with submissions being published online as soon as they successfully complete the reviewing and editorial processes. The journal has a broad scope incorporating the following sections: Research Articles, Review Articles, Book Reviews and Educational Materials. Topics of interest in these sections include, but are not limited to, research into: Education, Foreign/Second Language Learning/Teaching, ICTs and Educational Material Development.

Authors of accepted papers related to these topics are invited to submit an extended version of the works presented in HEAd’17 to JFLET, for evaluation and possible publication (free of charge). JFLET is indexed by numerous organizations, including for instance Google Scholar, Advanced Science Index, Electronic Journals Library, DOAJ and J-Gate. You can find complete information about JFLET in its website. The submission of papers to JFLET must be performed using the online system which you can find in this link. You must indicate the ID of the paper accepted in HEAd’17.

We are sure this is a very good opportunity. We encourage you to submit your extended work to JFLET!

We are glad to announce that HEAd’17 and the Spanish Journal of Accounting, Finance and Management Education (EDUCADE) have reached a partnership agreement.

Authors of accepted papers related to Finance, Accounting, Economics and Management are invited to submit an extended version of the works presented in HEAd’17 to EDUCADE, for evaluation and possible publication in a fast track. Since 2015, EDUCADE is present in the Emerging Sources Citation Index from Thomson Reuters. You can find complete information about EDUCADE in its website. The submission of papers to EDUCADE must be performed following the instructions in this link. You must indicate the ID of the paper accepted in HEAd’17.

We are sure this is a very good opportunity. We encourage you to submit your extended work to EDUCADE journal!