These events happened in isolation.
With NTLSN, you could have joined all of them.
Every event above was invisible to the rest of the sector.
A practitioner at CQUniversity, which has no formal L&T week, had no mechanism to access any of this. With NTLSN, they could have joined all of it — from anywhere, for free.
The sector at a glance
Benchmarking data from all 42 Australian universities (Dianati & Bolt, 2025)
What NTLSN means for you
"I presented at our internal showcase but no one outside my university saw it."
With NTLSN, your session streams nationally. Your work enters the sector conversation. It counts as CPD evidence for your HEA Fellowship application.
"I can't afford conference fees and my institution won't fund my attendance."
NTLSN is free. No registration, no travel. Join any session from your laptop. Present your practice to a national audience without gatekeeping.
"How do I demonstrate cross-institutional scholarly engagement for TEQSA?"
NTLSN participation provides systematic evidence of sector engagement beyond internal-only showcases. Stronger HESF evidence portfolio for the Engagement domain.
"I'm researching SoTL but I only see what's happening at my own university."
Access practitioner presentations across the sector. The year-round repository becomes a research resource. Present your own SoTL work to a national audience.
Open by design
You can't critique gatekeeping and then build a different gate. All recordings, materials, and resources are openly licensed under Creative Commons, accessible without institutional login, free at point of use — permanently.
Data sourced from institutional websites and Dianati & Bolt (2025) benchmarking study of all 42 Australian universities.
Three steps. That's it.
Universities opt in
Each institution nominates 1–3 sessions from their existing L&T week. Full programming control stays local.
Sessions go hybrid
Selected sessions stream live during the fortnight. On-campus at host, online for everyone else.
Anyone joins free
No registration fees. No gatekeeping. Academic, professional, sessional staff, HDR candidates.
Session formats
Thematic streams
Recognition & CPD
Maps to PSF Dimension A5 (CPD) and V4 (wider academic community). Platform generates HEA Fellowship documentation. Recordings accessible year-round.
Filling the missing middle in Australian L&T infrastructure
The problem
52% of universities maintain active L&T weeks. 14% discontinued post-COVID. No cross-institutional access exists without conference fees and peer-review gatekeeping.
The precedent
WATLF has connected five WA universities since 1992. Shared ownership, rotating hosting, low barriers. Over three decades of sustainable proof.
The model
Independently convened. Consortium-funded $2K–$5K per institution. Seeking founding partners and endorsement from CAULLT, HERDSA & ASCILITE. No registration fees — ever.
Design principles
Timeline
Sector consultation. Identify founding partners.
Governance and digital platform.
Pilot fortnight, 5–8 institutions.
Evaluate and scale to 15–20.
Full national rollout.
An open invitation to the sector
Founding partner institution
Open 1–3 L&T sessions to the network during the pilot. Your institution's logo on the site. $2K–$5K annual consortium contribution.
Showcase coordinator
Champion the network within your institution. Coordinate which sessions go hybrid. Join the national advisory group.
Endorsing body
CAULLT, HERDSA, ASCILITE, Advance HE — endorse the network and signal sector-wide support.
Expression of Interest
Register your interest in becoming a founding partner, showcase coordinator, or supporter.
Founding partners
Seeking 8–10 founding partner institutions for the 2027 pilot fortnight.