Association for Learning Development in Higher Education

(ALDinHE is the membership association for subscribers to LDHEN)

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Welcome to the website of the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)

ALDinHE is the association for Learning Development professionals which has grown out of the JISCmail discussion list LDHEN (the Learning Development in Higher Education Network). Participants in both LDHEN and ALDinHE are united by their interest in and commitment to the development of student learning and the provision of opportunities for students to develop their skills for study and their awareness of academic practices. The association was officially launched at the 2007 LDHEN Symposium, where the inaugural meeting adopted the constitution and elected the first steering group.

LDHEN continues to be a lively forum for online discussion about all aspects of student learning in higher education, and ALDinHE encourages both individual and institutional membership to build our professional network. Since its establishment in 2002, LDHEN has attracted over 300 subscribers and now represents almost all of the UK’s universities and higher education intuitions. The group also has subscribers beyond the UK, in countries such as Ireland, Hong Kong, Germany, Belgium and Australia.

There is an annual conference, open to anyone with an interest in the field, which promotes the exchange of materials and ideas, and provides opportunities for colleagues to meet and work with special interest groups. This has also enabled more localised or regional forms of networking and support for members to share their understandings of issues and of good practice in learning development.

ALDinHE is a member of the Higher Education Academy Supporting Academic Staff Reference Group on Academic Development. The Reference Group, chaired by Dame Janet Ritterman, is intended to enhance communications, relationships and collaborative working between the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres, Academy York, and other organisations active in academic development in higher education. The Group is supported by, but functions independently of, the Academy. The Group links with the Academy primarily through the Academy's Supporting Academic Staff Facilitation Group. More information is available from John Hilsdon