2025 SoLT Conference
- DATE
- 2-3 July 2025
- TIME
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Conference times TBC, Please see below for submission dates
- LOCATION
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TAFE Queensland, South Bank campus (plus virtual attendance)
- PRESENTER
- TAFE Queensland
The 2025 SoLT conference theme is, “Empowering education through confidence and change.” The SoLT conference is designed as a platform for vocational and higher education engagement where educators, researchers, policymakers and industry leaders can exchange ideas, share best practices and discuss the latest educational trends.
Vocational and higher education institutions alike, have a responsibility to prepare students well for their careers ahead. Vocation and higher education educators bring a wealth of experience to the classroom and play a critical role in better harmonising the integration of vocational to higher education. Tertiary education institutions also have a crucial role in fostering inclusive, equitable and prosperous societies.
SoLT 2025 Conference Program
The Pre-Conference workshops will be held on the 2nd of July 2025. The SoLT Conference will be held on the 3rd of July 2025.
The Conference Program will be release in early 2025, in the meantime you are welcome to see our 2024 Program here.
Key Dates
Workshop proposal submissions open: Monday, December 2, 2024
Workshop proposal submissions close: Friday, February 7, 2025
Workshop proposal notifications: Monday, March 17, 2025
Conference registration opens: March 31, 2025
Submissions are now open and close on Friday 7 February, 2025
Contributions are encouraged from educators and researchers from throughout the vocational and higher education sectors.
The SOLT conference will held at the TAFE Queensland South Bank Campus. South Bank is Brisbane’s premier lifestyle and cultural destination.
Learn more about TAFE Queensland's Higher Education department and courses.
Read more about the TAFE Queensland Foundation.
If you have any questions regarding submission of abstracts, papers, posters pre-conference, registrations or general program information, please contact us via email at highereducation@tafeqld.edu.au.
Accommodation information
The SOLT conference will held at the TAFE Queensland South Bank Campus.
South Bank is Brisbane’s premier lifestyle and cultural destination. Located on the southern banks of the Brisbane River, it is open 365 days a year and attracts an estimated 14 million visitors annually.
South Bank stretches from Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art in the north to the Queensland Maritime Museum in the south and is famous for its diverse mix of entertainment, recreation and leisure activities that are all within walking distance of each other. Just some of the precinct’s highlights include inner-city parklands; a wide selection of restaurants, cafes and bars; world-class museums and galleries; a performing arts centre; a cinema; five-star hotels and the Wheel of Brisbane.
Home to hundreds of events each year, South Bank is continually evolving to create new and exciting experiences for locals and visitors alike.