The International Journal for Academic Development ( IJAD) is the journal of the International Consortium for Educational Development. The purpose of the journal is to enable academic developers in higher education across the world to exchange ideas about practice and research, and to extend the theory of academic development, with the goal of improving the quality of higher education internationally.The editors welcome original contributions on any aspect of academic/educational/faculty development in higher and other post-school education and closely related topics (including staff development, educational development, instructional development and faculty development) and closely related topics. We will NOT accept submissions on K-12 development or teacher education; primary/secondary/high school education in general; or the role that education plays in ‘development’ (economic growth, poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, etc.).