Sessional Diaries: Recognising International Sessionals' Contributions - 'Let's celebrate you' (Issue 1)

Description:
An initiative created and developed by Dr. Naima Iftikhar, as the International Success Advisor under the International Sessional Academic Success Program by the Learning and Teaching Unit. There was a need to begin a positive conversation in the international sessional community by sharing stories of teaching practice success of the international sessionals in the Australian QUT context – so, Dr. Naima Iftikhar devised a productive way of creating a sense of belonging in this particular cohort in the form of a digital monthly magazine/newsletter edited by her and supervised by Ms. Michelle Fox and Prof. Jillian Hamilton.
Aims:
To celebrate and recognise the contribution the international sessionals bring to the success of the QUT students setting a precedent for the new sessionals and to build awareness of teaching practices across all faculties.
Activity description:
The pedagogical success stories were published under five major themes for the newsletter. Dr. Naima Iftikhar developed a format for the magazine editing to keep the format same for upcoming issues. The international sessionals received it through their QUT email inbox.
Target group:
The entire international sessional community across QUT which included more than 200 international sessionals at QUT.