CATLysts for change: A university network for advancing teaching and learning. Paper presented at the

Universities are currently being challenged to respond to a variety of educational, economic and technological changes. One of the most notable challenges is to respond to the impetus towards life long learning and flexible delivery of education. How then does one facilitate systematic change in the teaching and learning culture of a highly devolved research-intensive university? In 1999, the University of Western Australia (UWA) responded to this dilemma by approving a project to form a Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL). One of the key priorities of CATL has been to establish and coordinate a University Network for Advancing Teaching and Learning. The Network consists of local appointees (CATLysts) within each of the six faculties who have a broad responsibility for promoting teaching and learning within their respective faculty and within the broader UWA community. This paper describes the establishment and coordination of the University Network for Advancing Teaching and Learning and the learning partnerships that have emerged as a result of this initiative