| Natasha Abrahams General Secretary Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations Natasha Abrahams is the General Secretary of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, the peak representative body for Australian postgraduate students. In addition, she is currently the President of the Monash Postgraduate Association, which represents the interests of postgraduate students at Monash University. Natasha is also a third-year doctoral student in the Monash University School of Social Sciences. | |
| Dr Rola Ajjawi Senior Research Fellow (CRADLE) Deakin University Rola Ajjawi is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University. Her research encompasses assessment and feedback, particularly in the health workplace, and is currently leading a research project on failure and persistence in higher education. She has extensive research experience with over 70 research outputs and more than $1 million in grant funding. | |
| Sharon Altena Learning Designer Queensland University of Technology Sharon Altena is a passionate, innovative and enthusiastic educator from Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She has vast experience acquired over the past 30 years as a teacher and learning designer across secondary schools, vocational education and the university sectors. She holds a Master of Learning Innovation from QUT along with several other undergraduate and post graduate degrees, Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas. In 2018, she is planning to commence Doctoral studies.
Sharon has extensive skills and experience in curriculum design, pedagogy, eLearning and learning technologies. In recent years, she has been involved in two high profile whole-of-program curriculum development projects at both post-graduate and undergraduate levels. She has also played a key role in several innovation projects at QUT, including the Transform and Graduate and Professional Education projects that were exploring new approaches to university learning and teaching. Sharon’s key focus is on how we tailor and scaffold learning to best meet the needs of students and to develop and encourage academic staff to adopt active and student-centred learning approaches. Sharon has recently been recognised for her work in education by being admitted as a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.
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| Dionne Amato Ali Academic Developer (Promoting Excellence) Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching University of the Sunshine Coast Dionne Amato Ali is an Academic Developer (Promoting Excellence) with USC's Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching. Dionne is responsible for the promotion and the administration of the University’s internal Learning and Teaching Grants Scheme, Advance Awards and external Grants and Awards programs. This includes the promotion of learning and teaching funding opportunities and the establishment and maintenance of effective systems and processes to facilitate staff engagement with grant, award and fellowship opportunities. She is currently part of the leadership team in the Queensland Promoting Excellence Network. Julieann Smith is a Business Analyst with USC’s Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching. Julieann provides analysis on a number of projects relating to Learning and Teaching, with particular focus on curriculum, learning systems and processes, as well as grants and awards. | |
| Professor Sophie Arkoudis Associate Director Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education Sophie Arkoudis is Associate Director of the Melbourne CSHE and a Professor in Higher Education at the University of Melbourne. She is a national and international researcher in higher education. Her research program spans English language teaching and assessment in higher education, student employability, quality of teaching and learning, academic workforce and internationalising the curriculum. Sophie has led a number of national projects on enhancing international students experience in higher education. Her most significant contributions have been on developing interaction between local and international students and on strengthening the evidence-base for communication skills in higher education. Sophie has published widely in the area of English language education. She has presented keynotes both nationally and internationally on her research into language and disciplinary teaching, English language standards, international students in higher education and English language development. | |
| Professor Anona Armstrong Chair of Board Southern Cross Education Institute Emeritus Professor Anona Armstrong AM PhD FAPS FAICD FIPAA (Vic)FAES is former Director of Research and Research Training, Professor of Governance and Head of the Governance Research Program in the College of Law and Justice, Victoria University. She is Chair of the Corporate Board at Southern Cross Education Institute- Higher Education. Her major research interests are evaluation, governance and ethics. She has supervised over 70 postgraduate theses and published many books and papers on these topics. Her latest book with Ronald Francis is The Meetings Handbook. Her latest article is a chapter addressing the Governance of Public Service Companies. | |
| Professor Kevin Ashford-Rowe Director, Learning and Teaching Centre Australian Catholic University The Director, Learning and Teaching Centre is responsible for the provision of high level academic leadership at Australian Catholic University and management of the Learning and Teaching Centre, in order to promote quality learning, teaching and scholarship across the University. | |
| Professor Chris Auld Deputy Vice-Chancellor International College of Management Sydney Professor Chris Auld is the Deputy Vice Chancellor, International College of Management Sydney. Chris has 30 years experience in management and leadership positions in Higher Education. Prior to taking up his role at ICMS in January 2016, he worked at Griffith University for 11 years, which included eight years as Dean (International) with the Griffith Business School and one year as Head of the Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management. Chris has also held positions as Associate Professor at the Institute of Human Performance, University of Hong Kong, Visiting Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, and also in a previous period of 15 years with Griffith University, as Head of the School of Leisure Studies. Prior to his academic career, Chris worked in policy and program development roles with the Federal Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism. | |
| Dr Simon Bedford Senior Lecturer Data for Quality Assurance Working Group, University of Wollongong We are all members of the Data for Quality Assurance working group at that University of Wollongong (UOW). Simon is a Senior Lecturer – Assessment and Feedback. Previosuly, Simon held the role of Director of Teaching with the University of Bath (UK). Since arriving in Australia, he has helped to drive several national projects and was recently recognised with a UOW Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning Award. Rodney is Associate Dean, Education, in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences. Having arrived at Wollongong for a 2 year post doctorial position; he is still there 30 years later. He has held multiple positions, including Head of School. Emma is an Academic Quality and Policy Specialist, who started her career at UOW in 2009. She was selected for the University’s Management Cadetship Program and has since held roles as an Education Coordinator and as a Governance and Policy Coordinator. Jan has worked in higher education for over 22 years, much of this time has been spent working in academic quality, policy and governance roles. She has also worked as a teacher and employment counsellor. | |
| Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham Minister for Education and Training (Video presentation) Simon Birmingham has served as a Liberal Party Senator for South Australia since May 2007 and in September 2015 was appointed to the position of Minister for Education and Training. Simon grew up near Gawler in Adelaide’s north on his family’s small horse agistment property. Simon was educated at government schools before going on to study at the University of Adelaide where he completed a Masters of Business Administration. Prior to entering the Senate, Simon worked for a number of industry bodies, establishing particular experience in the wine, tourism and hospitality sectors – industries that are critical to South Australia’s prosperity. After less than three years in the Senate Simon was appointed to the Shadow Ministry, serving as Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin and the Environment until the 2013 election. Following the change of government in 2013 Simon served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment, with responsibility for water policy, including the Murray-Darling Basin, National Parks and the Bureau of Meteorology. In 2014 Simon was appointed to serve as the Assistant Minister for Education and Training in the Abbott Ministry, with specific responsibility for vocational education, apprenticeships, training and skills. | |
| Brett Blacker Chief Executive Officer English Australia Brett Blacker is the Chief Executive Officer of English Australia. He has previously held a range of senior roles in international education including Director, International, Residential Services, Alumni, Careers and Employment Office, Murdoch University, and Director, International Office, the University of Newcastle. He worked closely with the health sector as National Business Development Manager and subsequently General Manager: Health, OSHC Worldcare, Mondial Assistance (Allianz), based in Brisbane. He was a long-standing Board member and immediate past President of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA). He has served on the Board of Perth Education City (PEC) and as part of the executive group of Australian Universities International Directors Forum (AUIDF). Brett is a member of StudyNSW International Education Advisory Board, the South Australian International Education Ministerial Advisory Council and Council for International Education. | |
| Dr Sara Booth Strategic Advisor-Quality External University of Tasmania Dr Sara Booth works part-time at the University of Tasmania as a Strategic Advisor-Quality External with oversight of all external referencing activity. She is also a HE consultant on external referencing and benchmarking activity and has worked with over 120 HE institutions in the last 5 years. | |
| Matthew Brett 2017 NCSEHE Equity Fellow La Trobe University Matt Brett is Equity Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University and National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education 2017 Equity Fellow. He has 20 years of leadership and management experience in higher education. In 2008 he was awarded a Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. In 2011 he co-convened the National Summit on the Mental Health of Tertiary Students. He co-edited the 2016 publication Student Equity in Australian Higher Education: 25 Years of A Fair Chance For All. Recent research publications include a study of Regional Student Participation and Migration. | |
| Dramatic Interlude - The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley and presented by NIDA students: Joseph Althouse, Laurence Bo Directed at NIDA by John Bashford and presented by NIDA students: Joseph Althouse, Laurence Boxhall, Yerin Ha, Tully Narkle and Timothy Walker | 0 |
| Associate Professor Angela Carbone Director Education Excellence Monash University Angela Carbone is an A/Professor in the Office of Learning and Teaching at Monash University, Australia. In her current role as inaugural Director of Education Excellence for Monash, Angela brings a wealth of teaching, leadership and research experience. She provides leadership in teaching and learning for all teaching staff and teaching associates across the university’s five local campuses and Monash’s international campus in Malaysia. Angela’s teaching achievements have been recognised nationally, being the first academic from Monash to be awarded the nation’s highest teaching award, the Prime Minister’s Award for University Teacher of the Year (1998), and the first academic from Monash two secure two National Teaching Fellowships (2010, 2012). | |
| Kate Carnell AO Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell commenced her role as Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) in March 2016.. Kate brings extensive experience and knowledge to the role of Ombudsman, having run her own small businesses for 15 years before becoming ACT Chief Minister in 1995 for a five year period. Prior to her appointment as the inaugural ASBFEO, Kate held the position of CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which represents more than 300,000 businesses across Australia. She has also served two years as CEO of beyondblue, four years as CEO of the Australian Food and Grocery Council, four years as CEO of the Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) and three years as CEO of the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI). Kate is a pharmacist by profession and was the inaugural chair of the ACT Branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the first female to become the National Vice President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. Kate was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2006 for her services to the community through contributions to economic development and support for the business sector, knowledge industries, the medical sector and medical technology advances | |
| Professor Bruce Chapman College of Business and Economics, Australian National University Bruce Chapman is a Professor of Economics in the Economics Program in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. He has a PhD from Yale University and is a labour and education economist having published over a hundred articles in the areas of training, wage determination, higher education financing, unemployment, labour market program evaluation, the economics of crime and schooling. He has had extensive direct policy experience, including the motivation and design of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme in 1988, as a senior economic advertiser to Prime Minister Paul Keating from 1994-1996, and as a consultant to the OECD, the World Bank, and the governments of around 10 countries (mostly in the area of university financing). He was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 1993, and in 2001 was awarded the Order of Australia (General Division) for "contributions to the development of economics, labour market and social policy". | |
| Dr Anne-Marie Chase Course Coordinator Australian Council for Educational Research Dr Anne-Marie Chase is the Course Coordinator for Post-Graduate Courses and Online Learning. In this role she is responsible for the effective management of post graduate courses at ACER including curriculum that aligns teaching, learning and assessment approaches in a strong pedagogical framework. Dr Chase has worked in initial teacher education with a focus on development for online delivery and managing the professional experience. Dr Chase has experience as a researcher and lecturer in teacher education and online learning in Australia and the UK Her research has focused on information technology in learning and more recently on teaching and learning online, specifically online assessment. Dr Chase has a background in teaching in secondary education, holding leadership positions in both the government and non-government sector in the UK and Australia. Dr Chase has managed school based projects with a focus on digital technology in education for the Department of Education and Multimedia Victoria. | |
| Ittima Cherastidtham Fellow Grattan Institute Ittima is a Fellow at the Grattan Institute. She has been contributing to higher education research and public policy for over half a decade. With Andrew Norton, she has published several reports that form a basis of higher education reforms proposed by governments. This includes the proposal to reduce the repayment threshold of the Higher Education Loan Program. Prior to joining the Grattan Institute, she was a researcher at the Melbourne Institute, a research arm of the University of Melbourne.
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| Dr Joe Clare Senior Lecturer in Criminology Murdoch University Dr Joe Clare is a Senior Lecturer and Academic Chair in Criminology at Murdoch University, Western Australia and has a MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice and a PhD in Forensic Cognition. Joe has worked for universities and governments in Australia and Canada to conduct applied, operations-focused research with emergency first responders and criminal justice agencies. Joe’s research focus is on using available data to contribute to solving applied problems. | |
| Professor Peter Coaldrake, AO Vice-Chancellor Queensland University of Technology Professor Peter Coaldrake AO is completing his almost fifteen-year term as Vice-Chancellor and CEO of QUT at the end of December. Peter is a dual Fulbright Scholar, and author or editor of a number of books and monographs, including most recently as co-author (with Dr Lawrence Stedman), of Raising the Stakes: Gambling with the Future of Universities (UQP, April 2013; second edition 2016). Peter Coaldrake was recently appointed as Chair of the Board of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust. He is also Chair of the National Fulbright Selection Committee and of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. He served a two year term as Chair of the Board of Universities Australia until May 2011 and completed a further three year term as a member of that Board in May 2017. Peter Coaldrake was named this year as a recipient of a 2017 Queensland Great Award by the Premier, and was also awarded the 2016 Asia Pacific Leadership Award by the Council for Advancement of Support of Education (CASE). | |
| Associate Professor Linda Crane Deputy Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine Bond University Linda Crane, Ph.D, is Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine at Bond University . She has more than 15 years experience in learning and teaching and curriculum development in general science and health professional disciplines. She has been involved in developing and revising courses across a range of disciplines (including biomedical sciences, medicine, physiotherapy, nutrition, sport and exercise science and occupational therapy), developing academic staff support initiatives and research in biomedical science and learning and teaching. Since 2013, Linda has led two multi-institution projects funded by the Australian Government Department of Education – strategic priority projects on graduate employability and postgraduate student experience. | |
| Professor Glyn Davis AC Vice-Chancellor The University of Melbourne Professor Glyn Davis has been Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Melbourne since January 2005, and is Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts. Professor Davis holds first class honours from the University of New South Wales and a Doctorate of Philosophy from the Australian National University. He undertook postgraduate appointments as a Harkness Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, the Brookings Institution in Washington and the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard. Professor Davis publishes on public policy, and is co-author of The Australian Policy Handbook, now in its fifth edition. He was for a number of years co-editor of the Australian Journal of Public Administration. Alongside an academic career starting in 1985 at Griffith University, Professor Davis has worked in government. He served as Queensland's most senior public servant, Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, before returning to Griffith as Vice-Chancellor in early 2002. This involvement with the public sector continued through a role as the Foundation Chair of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, and recognition as a National Fellow with the Institute of Public Administration Australia. At the University of Melbourne, Professor Davis has encouraged the 'triple helix' – an aspiration to offer outstanding research, education and engagement, with each strand reinforcing the others. This has led to major investments in new research infrastructure and a renewed emphasis on the University's outreach activities such as archives, museums and knowledge exchange. For many, though, the most significant effects have been in curriculum. The University of Melbourne is the first in Australia to realign from traditional undergraduate programs to professional schools at graduate level. The move provided an opportunity to examine afresh ideas informing tertiary education at the University, and to rethink student services and teaching spaces across campus. From 2010 until 2012, Professor Davis was Chairman of Universitas 21, a global network of leading international universities, and a Director of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King's College London. Professor Davis presented the 2010 Boyer lectures. The Republic of Learning: higher education transforms Australia is published by ABC books. Alongside his role as Vice-Chancellor, Professor Davis also served as chair of Universities Australia, the peak body representing public and private universities across the nation, from May 2011 to May 2013. Professor Davis is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Companion in the Order of Australia, and a Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Grattan Institute, the LH Martin Institute and Asialink. The University of Melbourne was founded in 1853. It is a research-intensive comprehensive institution of 47,000 students, ranked by the Times Higher Education Supplement as first in Australia and number 33 in the world. | |
| Adrian Deans Director, Academic Policy and Quality The College of Law Ltd Adrian Deans is the Director, Academic Policy & Quality at the College of Law Limited, a self-accrediting Higher Education Provider and the largest post-graduate law school in Australia. Adrian Deans is a lawyer with almost 20 years experience in Higher Education. He leads the academic governance and quality effort at the College and is an internal member of the Academic Board. He has served on the NSW Department of Education & Training accreditation panel, he was an AUQA auditor and served on several AUQA working parties and is currently a member of the TEQSA Panel of Experts. He presented several times for AUQA on academic governance and quality matters, including preparation for audit. | |
| Professor Carol Dickenson Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor Queensland University of Technology (Chair) Professor Carol Dickenson AM is Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at QUT. QUT’s six faculties, its research institutes and the Caboolture Campus report to the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and the Portfolio includes responsibility for strategic planning, academic staffing and enterprise bargaining. Professor Dickenson is Chair of University Academic Board. | |
| Tim Dodd Higher Education Editor The Australian (Chair) Tim Dodd leads the higher education coverage in The Australian newspaper and edits the weekly Higher Education section on Wednesdays. He writes a regular column, also published on Wednesdays, which looks behind the current issues in higher education. Tim has 25 years experience as a journalist covering a wide variety of areas in public policy, economics, politics and foreign policy, including reporting from the Canberra press gallery and four years based in Jakarta as South East Asia correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. He was named 2014 Higher Education Journalist of the Year by the National Press Club. | |
| Professor Andrea Durbach Director, Australian Human Rights Centre University of NSW Andrea Durbach is Professor of Law and Director of the Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRCentre) at UNSW Sydney. She has held senior positions in the human rights field, including as Deputy Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner and as a consultant to the Australian Defence Abuse Response Taskforce to develop a framework to address the needs of Defence Force victims of gender-based violence and to prevent harmful conduct. Andrea has published widely on a range of human rights issues, including gender justice, and is currently co-investigator on an Australian Research Council grant examining reparations for victims of sexual violence post-conflict. Between 2015-17, Andrea led the AHRCentre's major research project, Strengthening Australian University Responses to Sexual Assault and Harassment which culminated in the publication in August 2017 of On Safe Ground: a good practice guide for Australian universities. | |
| Samantha Edwards Lecturer in Nursing and Midwifery University of the Sunshine Coast Ms Samantha Edwards, PhD candidate USC, M Nursing Studies JCU, GradDip Mid CQU, BNSc JCU, Cert Nursing RBH, RN, RM. Lecturer in Nursing and Midwifery University of the Sunshine Coast Sam Edwards has an extensive clinical background as both a registered nurse and midwife having worked in both in Australia and the UK. Sam commenced her academic career in Nursing at USC in 2008. Sam is currently completing her PhD at USC, exploring the influences and impacts on student engagement in professional programs. She was the project lead on the USC 2013 project entitled “Students as co-creators of simulation curriculum in undergraduate nursing and midwifery programmes”, funded by a USC Exploratory Learning & Teaching Grant.
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| Dr Kathy Egea First Year Coordinator Institute for Interactive Media and Learning/UTS Dr Kathy Egea is the inaugural First Year Experience coordinator in the Institute for Interactive Media and Learning (IML) at the University of Technology Sydney. She co-leads the program and implement the UTS FYE strategy, leads the team of faculty coordinators, runs a small scale T&L grant scheme, develops academic resources for casual academic staff, and interrogates system data on student success. Most importantly, she builds a growing community of practice on first year transition with colleagues inside and outside UTS, creating opportunities for partnerships for both academic and student support staff within UTS and beyond. In 2014, the FYE team won the university Teaching and Learning award for Widening Participation, with their work on the FYE strategy published and presented both within Australia and overseas at FYE conferences. In 2016, the FYE team won an AAUT citation for distributed leadership of the UTS FYE program. | |
| Dr Krystal Evans CEO BioMelbourne Network Dr Krystal Evans leads the BioMelbourne Network, a membership-based industry association for the health innovation and life sciences industries in Victoria, Australia. Her role is to connect, support and enable the biotechnology and medical technology sectors, bringing together researchers, public and private companies, clinicians and specialist service providers. Krystal is committed to advancing Australia’s position as a global destination for life sciences and health technology and creating opportunities for growth and investment in our sector. As the CEO, her vision is to see innovative industries transform discoveries and knowledge into products and services that benefit our economy and our society. In May 2015 Krystal was on an expert advisory group for the Medical Technologies & Pharmaceuticals sector where she had to advise the Minister for Industry and the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources on the development of the policy and strategy for the Medical Technologies & Pharmaceuticals sector in Victoria. | |
| Professor Jane Fernandez Vice-President [Quality & Strategy] Avondale College of Higher Education Prof Jane Fernandez is Vice-President (Quality & Strategy) at Avondale College of Higher Education. Jane provides high-level oversight for Quality at Avondale and is responsible for the strategy initiation, development and execution of various projects for Avondale. Jane is also the founding convenor of the national Higher Education Private Provider Quality Network [HEPP-QN]. Jane is committed to facilitating sector collaboration and identifying common areas of capacity-building for the HEPP-QN. She oversees the strategic directions of the Network and its outcomes. | |
| Simon Finn Chief Executive Officer Council Of Private Higher Education Simon has extensive experience at senior levels of government and public sector leadership, having served as an MP and Minister in the Queensland government. In these roles Simon worked closely with communities to develop education opportunities and vocational and employment outcomes. Simon commenced his working career in higher education in student service management at Victoria University and James Cook University. With experience in student support needs, Simon was active within management and governance structures of those universities. Following his career in politics, Simon returned to the higher education sector and prior to joining COPHE served as a CEO of a private higher education provider. He is passionate about diversity in the higher education sector, providing a strong voice for higher education providers and students. | |
| Michelle Fox Lecturer, Academic Development Learning and Teaching Unit | Chancellery Queensland University of Technology Michelle Fox is a Lecturer in Academic Development at QUT who is committed to supporting international students and sessional teachers to transition into new academic environments. She enables learners to adapt and thrive through reflective practice, drawing on their strengths, building confidence, and initiating academic identity formation. As a long-term Sessional teacher herself, working across QUT’s Creative Industries Faculty, International college and regional campus, she has had broad impact, and institutional and national recognition for innovative approaches that motivate learners to succeed and contribute to QUT’s culture and community. In 2016 Michelle was the recipient of AAUT Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning: for sustained commitment to supporting international students’ and sessional academics’ transitions through innovative approaches to reflective practice that orient, inspire and empower learners to succeed. Further in 2016 Michelle received (in partnership) the AAUT Program Award for the Sessional Success Program: a holistic approach to development, support and belonging that influences students’ success. | |
| Dr Paul Glew Senior Lecturer, Nursing, Literacy Coordinator, School of Nursing and Midwifery Western Sydney University Dr Paul Glew is a senior lecturer in nursing and literacy coordinator in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University (WSU). He was a clinical nurse educator, registered nurse in acute care nursing, education programs director and has taught in colleges in Australia and New Zealand, and at the University of Canterbury and Griffith University on preparation for undergraduate and postgraduate programs. At the WSU Centre for Educational Research, he coordinated research on financial literacy in schools, and lectured at the School of Humanities and Languages for the Master of TESOL program. His research examines English language education curriculum, and since 2011 has focused on healthcare communications, and English language and academic literacy in nursing. He is a book author, editor for a nursing and midwifery textbook, has seventeen journal publications, and has presented at fifteen conferences, and received a 2012 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Award in Teaching. | |
| Gary Greig Dean Higher Education Leadership Institute Gary Greig is Dean of the Higher Education Leadership Institute (HELI) which is a consortium of fellow higher education experts and researchers delivering global best-practice advisory services and professional development to higher education providers. Gary has been in academic leadership and quality assurance management in the Australian tertiary education sector throughout his academic career. Since 2010 he has worked with higher education providers to advise on initial registration and course accreditation or to mentor best practice in their renewal processes. Gary is committed to good corporate and academic governance to ensure and enhance the primacy of academic and operational quality and integrity. Gary has taught postgraduate trainee counsellors for many years through blended and online learning methodologies and has actively engaged with innovative and evidence-based developments in higher education leadership and academic practice as part of his ongoing scholarship. | |
| Professor Jillian Hamilton Associate Director, Academic Development Queensland University of Technology Professor Jillian Hamilton is Associate Director: Academic Development at QUT, leading strategic approaches to professional academic development for early career academics and sessional academics. She is Course Coordinator: Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice. Jillian initiated and leads the Sessional Academic Success program, with Sessional Academic Success Advisors located in 16 schools. Jillian is a Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (PFHEA). In 2016 she received an Australian Award for University Teaching: Program Award. In 2013 Jillian received an Australian Award for University Teaching: Teaching Excellence (Arts and Humanities); and a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Australian Awards for University Teaching) for her design and implementation of sessional academic programs and the Award for Institutional Excellence and Overall Winner of the National Leadership Summit: Benchmarking Leadership for Sessional Teaching. In 2015 Jillian was joint recipient of QUT Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence. These awards build upon a Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award (QUT), a QUT Award for Institutional Advancement in Learning and Teaching, and an Award for Excellence in Teaching Using Multimedia (UQ), a Deans Award for Excellence in Teaching and a commendation for postgraduate supervision. Jillian supervises higher research degree candidates (at PhD level) in various fields of digital media including technology for education, inter-media art, experimental and interactive film, digital story-telling, visual communication, interface and interaction design, and digital media applications for higher education. She has 8 PhD completions to date, and is also a regular PhD examiner. Jillian’s most recent research focuses on HDR supervision. | |
| Kathryn Harrison-Graves Higher Education Academy, UK Kathryn is Head of International Services at the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Kathryn joined the HEA in 2012 as Academic Lead for the Accreditation, Recognition and Reward team. She works directly with institutions to improve teaching and learning across the world, including the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, the US and China. Prior to joining the HEA, Kathryn worked in college-based higher education for over 10 years. During this time Kathryn progressed from Lecturer to Head of Department and then to Director and member of the Senior Management team. She managed a range of academic programmes both within her subject area of Equine Science and Teacher Education and Training; led various teaching and learning initiatives and quality improvement programmes across the institution; and had strategic overview of several departments compromising of a mix of further education and higher education courses. Kathryn is a Senior Fellow of the HEA, holds an MA in Educational Improvement, Development and Change from York St. John College, PGDip in Equine Science from Writtle College, PGCE from Sheffield Hallam University and a BSc (Hons) in Equine Sports Science from De Montfort University. | |
| Julianne Hearn Lecturer Holmesglen Institute Julianne’s career in the tourism industry started in 1991 in London, and over the years has covered retail and corporate travel, plus she has been heavily involved in an extensive range of outdoor special events. She began her teaching career in 2002, moving into higher education in 2009 upon completion of an MBEM from VU, and her subsequent studies include a GCTT from the University of Melbourne. Julianne is a creative thinker and a vehement advocate for trying new ideas to enrich the learning experience of her students. She was a key contributor in the creation and implementation of an on-line gamification (presented at Moodleposium 2014) and has embraced the opportunity to facilitate student co-creation of content. | |
| Sadie Heckenberg President National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Association Sadie Heckenberg is the President of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Association. A Swinburne University of Technology student, Sadie is currently undertaking a PhD in Indigenous Oral History. A Wiradjuri Woman, Sadie was the 2014 Fulbright Indigenous Postgraduate Scholar, undertaking her research in the Kamakakūokalani Centre for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa. Sadie’s oral history research focuses on Indigenous methodologies, Cultural Safety and protecting Indigenous spoken knowledge through intellectual property and copyright law. In 2017 Sadie was a National Library of Australia Summer Scholar and a Columbia University Oral History Institute Summer Fellow. Sadie is a lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland’s College for Indigenous Studies, Education and Research. | |
| Sharon Hedbon Course Leader Holmesglen Institute Sharon Hebdon – Course Leader, Bachelor of Hospitality Management (Holmesglen Institute) Sharon is an adaptable professional who believes passionately in life-long learning. Her own work history demonstrates that she has never stopped seeking new challenges and new educational opportunities. She has moved from publishing, through to event research, then into education. She started teaching in the university sector before moving into the realm of vocational education. Sharon is now working in higher education within a mixed-sector institute and relishing the new thinking required to meet the demands of contemporary students whilst maintaining the academic rigour of an undergraduate bachelor degree. She has published research on transitioning vocational students into higher education and has successfully incorporated strategies such as gamification into course design. Sharon is determined to create engaging learning experiences for students. | |
| Dr Leanne Holt Director, Walanga Muru, Office of Indigenous Strategy, Macquarie University and Deputy Chairperson, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium (NATSIHEC) Dr Leanne Holt is a Worimi and Biripai woman, Director Indigenous Strategy at Macquarie University, and Deputy Chairperson of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium (HENAC). Leanne’s research interests relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher education policy and governance, with her PhD tracing the development of Aboriginal education policy in Australia. Recently she has led the development of a report on implementing a ‘Whole of University approach’ for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher education as a part of a broader Accelerating Higher Education report for the Department of Education. Leanne has been in higher education for over 20 years, previously at the University of Newcastle as co-Director of the Wollotuka Institute where she led Wollotuka being the first in Australia to achieve international accreditation through the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC). | |
| The Hon Phil Honeywood Executive Director International Education Association of Australia Honourable Phil Honeywood is CEO of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA). He was a Member of the Victorian State Parliament, Australia, for 18 years (1988–2006). During this period Phil served as the Victorian Minister for Tertiary Education, Training and Multicultural Affairs and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition 2002–2006. Since 2006, Phil was Marketing Director and CEO at Stott’s Business College and Cambridge International College, Melbourne. He also served on the Governing Council of Swinburne University of Technology. Phil is a member of the Higher Education Standards Panel, New Colombo Plan Steering Committee, Education Visa Consultative Committee and was chair of the inaugural Council for International Education. | |
| Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Australian National University Professor Hughes-Warrington was appointed as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at ANU in November 2011. She is responsible for enhancing the University's national and global leadership in the provision of research-led education, and strengthening regional, national and international connections in curriculum, education commercialisation, philanthropy and educational research. | |
| Koady Humphreys President, Student Association University of New England Koady
Humphreys is currently completing his Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws on
campus at the University of New England and is the President of the UNE Student
Association. Whilst starting life in the South-West suburbs of Sydney, Koady
moved to Tamworth to complete his secondary studies before moving to Armidale
for university, this transition from city to country has provided Koady with a
unique understanding of the regional student experience and the toils of the
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| Professor Helen Huntly OAM Provost Central Queensland University Professor Helen Huntly OAM has worked in tertiary education for nearly 30 years. Prior to her current role as the Provost at Central Queensland University, managing the operations of the Tertiary Education Division, she was the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the VET Division, and prior to that, the Dean of the School of Education & the Arts for six years. Helen has worked at the university after a successful teaching career with Education Queensland. Her qualifications include a Doctor of Education (CQUniversity 2004), Master of Education Studies (CQUniversity 1999), Bachelor of Education (BCAE1980), and a Diploma of Teaching Health & Physical Education (KGCAE 1980). Helen is the immediate past Chair of the Queensland Deans of Education Forum, and Deputy President of the Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE). She is a member of the National Teacher Education Expert Steering Committee convened by Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) and the Queensland Minister for Education’s State Schools Transformational Board. As a life member of the Bundaberg YMCA, Helen supported the establishment of the organisation in Bundaberg in 1988. Currently, Helen is a Board director for IMPACT: Community Services, a large support and training organisation in Bundaberg that provides training and employment services for disadvantaged adults and youth. Helen is a strong advocate for the provision of quality services, including education and training, in regional, rural and remote areas, and as such is proud to provide a voice for regional education institutions. | |
| Amanda Johnson State Head, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine (NSW & ACT) Australian Catholic University Lead developer of the Inherent Requirements Tool (2011) developed from the Inherent Requirements of Nurse Education (IRoNE) project and its subsequent translation to other disciplines outside of nursing. Responsible for providing leadership to academics and disability staff resulting in significant national uptake of the Tool by other tertiary institutions with further exploration with TAFE in progress. Her teaching and research areas are focussed on chronic illness and disability, care of the older person and palliation within a multidisciplinary context. She provides leadership to a State School across two campuses involving both nursing and paramedicine. | |
| Professor Elizabeth Johnson Pro Vice-Chancellor, Teaching and Learning Deakin University Liz Johnson is Pro Vice Chancellor, Teaching and Learning at Deakin University where she leads the Deakin Learning Futures, the central divisional team that supports learning and teaching. Liz is a National Teaching Fellow with research interests in work-integrated learning, curriculum renewal and building capability for learning and teaching. Liz is also Director of the Teaching and Learning Centre of the Australian Council of Deans of Science, leading a number of national projects to enhance university teaching in science. | |
| Sophie Johnston President National Union of Students Sophie Johnston is the current President of the National Union of Students. She was an Anthropology student at the University of New South Wales where she served as the UNSW Student Representative Council President. Sophie has spent most of her University life working with Student Organisations to improve quality and accessibility for all students and campaigning for greater funding for education and student income support. Her passion for diversity and inclusion within the higher education sector has been inspired by her own journey as a low-socioeconomic regional student; growing up in a small town on the South Coast of New South Wales before moving to Sydney for University. | |
| Dr Trina Jorre de St Jorre Lecturer, Graduate Employability Deakin University Dr Trina Jorre de St Jorre is a Lecturer in Graduate Employability at Deakin University. She is interested in pedagogies that engage and empower students and her research focus is on assuring graduate capabilities, improving employment outcomes and incorporating the student voice into curriculum development. | |
| Dr Mo Kader Managing Director Consultica Worldwide Management Consultants Dr Mo Kader Managing Director Consultica Worldwide Management Consultants Adjunct Senior Lecturer Dr Mo Kader is a higher education professional with 19 years’ experience in university, research, higher education and management environments. He is an academic and a director of several Australian companies. He is also a member of several boards. Dr Kader is a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute, Australian Institute of Training and Development, and is a Certified Practicing Marketer (CPM), Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Senior Associate of the Australasian Financial Services Institute. His other memberships include the Australian Institute of Company Directors, American Management Association and the Institute for Chartered Managers. His interests are in assessment, collaborative learning, work integrated learning and in higher education quality systems. | |
| Professor Gregor Kennedy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) The University of Melbourne Gregor Kennedy is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education. As Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) Gregor leads the University's strategy in teaching, learning and assessment, curriculum innovation, and the use of learning technologies and learning analytics. Gregor is an international leader in educational technology research and development, particularly in the context of higher education. He has longstanding research interests in contemporary learning design and emerging technologies, educational technology research and evaluation, interactivity and engagement in digital learning, 3D immersive virtual environments, and the use of learning analytics in digital learning environments. | |
| Noha Khalaf Senior Coordinator, Academic Quality La Trobe University Noha Khalaf is Senior Coordinator, Academic Quality at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Previously she held the national role of Academic Services Manager for the Health Faculty at Think Education. She has wide-ranging experience in higher education management, with a particular interest in quality assurance and the creation of a ‘quality culture’. | |
| Adjunct Professor Sally Kift President, Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows James Cook University, La Trobe University Sally Kift is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) and President of the Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows (ALTF). From 2012-2017, she was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at James Cook University. Prior to commencing at JCU in 2012, Sally was a Professor of Law at Queensland University of Technology, where she also served as Law Faculty Assistant Dean, Teaching & Learning (2001-2006) and QUT’s foundational Director, First Year Experience (2006-2007). Sally is a national Teaching Award winner (2003) and national Program Award winner (2007). She was awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) in 2006 to investigate the first year experience and is currently a Discipline Scholar in Law. Sally is an Adjunct Professor at JCU and La Trobe University. | |
| Professor Eóin Killackey Associate Director, Graduate Research and Education and Head, Functional Recovery Research program Orygen Professor Eóin Killackey is to Associate Director, Graduate Research and Education and Head, Functional Recovery Research program at Orygen. He has worked as a clinical psychologist in adolescent and adult public mental health settings and in private practice. Eóin’s research is primarily in helping young people with mental illness recover well. This includes finding ways to help young people with their education and employment and improve their physical health. Another focus of his research is in service system reform in mental illness. Eóin is a founder of the International First Episode Vocational Recovery group and is a past recipient of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research’s Schering-Plough Organon Prize. | |
| Ian Kimber Director of Universities, Quality Enhancement and Standards Quality Assurance Agency UK Ian joined QAA in February 2015. He leads on engagement with universities and services for subscribers, including enhancement, and oversees QAA’s stewardship of the Quality Code and associated external quality reference points.He also leads on QAA’s innovation and enterprise activity. Ian came to QAA from the Australian Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). He developed TEQSA’s regulatory and quality assurance processes, before being appointed Executive Director, Regulation and Review, a position he held for three years. He was previously Executive Director of the Office of Higher Education for the State Government of Queensland for seven years, and during this time had responsibility for the regulation of vocational education and training and non-state schools. | |
| Professor Kerri-Lee Krause Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Professor of Higher Education La Trobe University Professor Kerri-Lee Krause is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Professor of Higher Education, at La Trobe University. Recognised as a national leader in higher education she has held numerous leadership roles including Chair of the Ministerial Implementation Working Group for the Transparency of Higher Education Admissions, Co-chair of the Universities Australia Executive Women’s Group, member of the Universities Australia Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Executive and Non-Executive Director of the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education. Internationally, her leadership in the field of quality enhancement has been recognised through such appointments as international reviewer and advisor on student engagement for the Scottish Quality Assurance Agency. At La Trobe she provides strategic leadership for enhancing the quality of teaching, learning and the student experience, internationalisation and employability. Her portfolio includes La Trobe Learning and Teaching, La Trobe International, the Office of Indigenous Strategy and Education and the La Trobe University Library. She has extensive experience in leading change through curriculum innovation and staff capability development. Her expertise in the area of digitally-enhanced learning and curriculum renewal has resulted in numerous international invitations, including membership of the US-based IMS Global Consortium project to advance technology and improve educational attainment and success; and membership of the Horizon Project Advisory Board, examining implications for higher education of emerging technologies. Professor Krause is internationally recognised for her research on the contemporary undergraduate student experience and implications for quality and standards in institutional settings. She is a lifetime fellow of the international Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE) and has published widely in the field of higher education policy and practice. | |
| Dr Radhika Lahiri Senior Lecturer Queensland University of Technology Dr. Radhika Lahiri is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology. She received her PhD from the Southern Methodist University, Dallas in 1997 and has had academic appointments with the Southern Methodist University and the University of Western Australia. She is a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. Prior to academia, Radhika held research positions with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi. She has published in several international journals, including Macroeconomic Dynamics, Economic Modelling, Southern Economic Journal, Empirical Economics, World Development and The B.E. Journals in Macroeconomics, among others. Her teaching interests include macroeconomics, microeconomics and game theory. As a subject area coordinator in her school, she has extensive experience in curriculum design at the tertiary level, and has contributed to QUT’s widening participation initiatives and outreach activities | |
| Dr Melissa Laird Executive Director Learning & Teaching National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Dr Melissa Laird is Executive Director, Learning and Teaching at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). In this role she provides leadership in developing NIDA’s culture of arts-based education, research and scholarship. Melissa established the NIDA Research and Scholarship Committee as a hub for national and international ‘practice-oriented’ research. As a material culture scholar-practitioner, she is particularly interested in the significance of the art-based knowledge translation. She promotes collaboration and communities of creative practice and champions embodied learning in NIDA’s educational assets development. With her team, she facilitates program and curriculum development, delivers quality assured academic processes and fosters creative activities in which the student-artist centres. Melissa brings a breadth of creative arts practice and discipline expertise to NIDA, and shows leadership in academic governance through her membership of NIDA’s Academic Board, and that of the National Art School. Melissa received the ACUADS Teaching Excellence Award in 2014.
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| Professor Romy Lawson Deputy Vice Chancellor Education Murdoch University Professor Lawson is renowned for being at the forefront of contemporary learning and curriculum development in Australia. Professor Lawson has been actively involved in teaching and learning development in higher education for over 20 years in both the UK and Australia. She was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at Edith Cowan University and was also Director of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum at the University of Wollongong, where she led a large and very active team in areas including strategic curriculum development, technology enhanced learning and learning development. Professor Lawson has also held key learning and teaching positions at James Cook University and University of Technology Sydney. Professor Lawson’s research has focused on whole of degree curriculum design for assuring learning; the effect of assessment and feedback on student learning; leadership strategies for curriculum renewal; embedding professional learning in the curriculum; and the impact of professional development on higher education teaching. In 2013 Professor Lawson’s work was recognised with a National OLT Teaching Fellowship. | |
| Professor Nicki Lee Executive Director, Educational Partnerships and Quality La Trobe University Nicki is Executive Director (Educational Partnerships and Quality) at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Nicki has held numerous senior academic positions in the Australian University sector, including as Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Director (Learning and Teaching) at Victoria University and Academic Director, Swinburne Professional Learning. | |
| Emeritus Professor Kwong Lee Dow Patron Higher Education Quality Network Professor Kwong Lee Dow retired from the University of Melbourne as Vice-Chancellor in 2004, having earlier been Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Education over a 20 year period. He was also Vice-Chancellor pro tem at the University of Ballarat in 2006. Beginning his working life as a science and mathematics teacher, Kwong became a College Lecturer in Chemistry and then Senior Lecturer in Education at Melbourne University. He was appointed as a Professor in 1973. Over the years he has held various Victorian and Commonwealth Government appointments. From 1997 to 2003 he chaired the Victorian Board of Studies, later the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. In 2002-03 he chaired a Commonwealth Review of Teaching and Teacher Education and, since its establishment, has been Deputy Chair of the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership. From 1992-2003 Kwong was a member of the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation and helped to found the Hong Kong Institute of Education, serving on its Council. He has participated in reviews of the National Institute of Education in Singapore and of universities in New Zealand, most recently in an audit of Victoria University of Wellington in 2005. Kwong was appointed Member of the Order of Australia in 1984, received the Sir James Darling Medal of the Australian College of Education in 1994, in 2005 was awarded the Gold Medal of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders and in 2012 was made an Officer of the Order of Australia. Professor Kwong Lee Dow was appointed to the University of Tasmania Council in March 2014. | |
| Professor Alf Lizzio Dean (Learning Futures) Griffith University Project Leader: Professor Alf Lizzio (Dean, Learning Futures) Griffith University Project Team: Professor Keithia Wilson, Ms Natalie Oostergo, Dr Janine Rix (Griffith University) Professor Alf Lizzio is the Dean (Learning Futures) at Griffith University. He has made scholarly and strategic contributions in a number of areas related to learning and teaching quality, academic leadership and student success. His work has been recognised through national awards for teaching excellence and programs that enhance learning. | |
| Dr Steve Mackay Dean Engineering Institute of Technology Steve has worked in engineering throughout Australia, Europe, Africa and North America for the past 30 years in plant maintenance, construction of iron ore plants, oil & gas platforms and power stations. A chartered professional engineer (and Fellow of Engineers Australia) in electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering, he believes university engineering programs need to be strongly focused on industry. He has presented numerous industrial automation programs worldwide to over 18,000 engineers and technicians. He has acted as the author or editor of over 30 engineering textbooks sold throughout the world. He feels that all engineering businesses need to think globally and keep experimenting with innovative approaches. Currently, he is actively involved in research and implementation of remote lab technology as applied to online learning. He serves as dean of engineering for the Engineering Institute of Technology which provides engineering diplomas, bachelor and master degrees to students from over 146 countries. | |
| Peter Marshall Chief Operating Officer Monash University (Chair) As the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice-President, Peter Marshall is responsible for the majority of infrastructure services that support the University's day to day business operations. Peter also manages the University's links with associated organisations, such as the Monash Club and student associations, and leads the University's crisis management function. He is the University executive responsible for protected disclosure (Whistleblower), Privacy and Ombudsman investigations.Peter came to Monash as Director of Personnel Services in 1995. He was later appointed Divisional Director (Student and Staff Services), responsible for managing all aspects of the University's policies, practices and services to students and staff. He was appointed Vice-President (Administration) in 2005.
Before joining Monash, Mr Marshall's career included roles in both the federal and state public service. He held senior human resource and financial management positions at several major Victorian government departments.
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| Dr Stephen Matchett Editor and Publisher Campus Morning Mail (Dinner Speaker) Stephen Matchett, formerly a long-serving journalist at The Australian newspaper, now writes and publishes campusmorningmail.com.au, a daily higher education news and policy brief. https://campusmorningmail.com.au/ | |
| Anthony McClaran Chief Executive Officer TEQSA (Chair) Anthony McClaran took up the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) on 12 October 2015. Before joining TEQSA, Anthony was the Chief Executive of the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for six years and prior to that the Chief Executive of the UK’s national agency for higher education admissions, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). A graduate in English and American Literature from the University of Kent, Anthony began his career at the University of Warwick where, among other posts, he was Admissions Officer. In 1992 he moved to the University of Hull to take up the post of Academic Registrar, with responsibility for an office which included recruitment, admissions, student records, international affairs and academic resource allocation. In 1995 he was appointed Acting Registrar and Secretary. Anthony was a member of the Board of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and is now a member of the Board of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) and the Advisory Council of the US Council for HE Accreditation (CHEA) International Advisory Group. He sits on the steering groups for the Digital Student Data Project, the National Student Partnership Project and the National Peer Assessment Project, and is a member of the Audit Committee of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. He has held a number of governance roles at all levels of education and was Chair of Council and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire from 2007 to 2009. | |
| Associate Professor Coralie McCormack Adjunct Professor, Teaching and Learning University of Canberra Coralie McCormack, Adjunct Professor, Teaching and Learning at the University of Canberra, specialises in capacity building for leadership in learning and teaching through teaching awards and fellowships and communities of practice. Narrative approaches to teaching, evaluation and research are her passion. She believes learners and teachers construct and re-construct knowledge through stories and that collaborative reflective practice conversations based on storytelling can enhance teaching quality. | |
| Associate Professor Jo McKenzie Director Institute for Interactive Media and Learning/UTS Associate Professor Jo McKenzie is Director of the Institute for Interactive Media and Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has overall responsibility for support of curriculum, learning and teaching, including graduate attribute development, the development of integrated online and face-to-face learning environments, academic language and learning. Over the past three years, she has led a university-wide curriculum change project focused on embedding and assessing graduate attributes in the curriculum and initiated and led the university’s first year transition experience strategy. She was leader of the ALTC project Dissemination, Adoption and Adaptation of Project Innovations and the OLT project Peer review in blended learning and e-learning environments and has been a team member on six other completed OLT grants and external evaluator on Sally Kift’s ALTC senior fellowship on transition pedagogy. She has 25 years experience in learning and teaching in higher education and her research focuses on how university teachers change their understandings and practices. | |
| Dr Julie McMillan Senior Research Fellow, Tertiary Education Research Program Australian Council for Educational Research Julie McMillan, BA (Hons), PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow in the Tertiary Education Research Program at the Australian Council for Educational Research. Dr McMillan’s recent work has focused on higher education, including access, equity, retention and progression through university, the university experience of students, and labour market outcomes of graduates. She has also published widely on a broad range of subject areas relating to young people in secondary school and during their transition from school. Student equity is a major focus of much of this work. In addition, she has investigated how to measure socioeconomic disadvantage among school and higher education students, as well as developing measures of SES for the Australian population. These measures are routinely included in a number of major Australian social science data sets and are used by researchers in a range of disciplines including education. | |
| Dr Margot McNeill Head, Learning and Teaching Transformation Navitas Margot McNeill is currently Head of Learning and Teaching Transformation at Navitas’ Learning and Teaching Services. Responsible for teams leading curriculum review projects, learning design and professional development initiatives for Navitas’ global teaching workforce, her role involves leading collaborative partnerships with stakeholders from across the businesses to transform learning, teaching, curriculum and the student experience. Margot has held senior positions and consultations in both higher education and vocational sectors, public and private, in Australia and New Zealand. Her research interests and much of her project work explore ‘technologies for learning and teaching’ and ‘change management to implement these technologies as a driver of transformation and staff capability building'. Research underpins her leadership, teaching and professional development work and she has over 600 citations for journal articles, conference papers and book chapters (Google scholar, 2017). Previous roles include Director, Think Futures at Think Education Group; and Senior Manager, Learning and Teaching Enhancement in UNSW’s Learning and Teaching Unit. | |
| Bridget Neave Student The University of Sydney Bridget Neave, from Newcastle/ Hunter Valley, is a Politics student from the University of Sydney. She is an employee with the University’s Social Inclusion unit, and represents Australia’s only student managed housing co-operative with a focus on supporting low ses students. | |
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| Andrew Norton Higher Education Program Director Grattan Institute (Chair) Andrew Norton is the Higher Education Program Director at the Grattan Institute. Mr Norton is the author or co-author of many articles, reports and other publications on higher education issues. These include Taking university teaching seriously, Doubtful debt: the rising cost of student loans, The cash nexus: how teaching funds research in Australian universities and a widely-used reference report on higher education trends and policies, Mapping Australian higher education. With Dr David Kemp, he was the government-appointed co-reviewer of the demand driven system. He is also an honorary fellow at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne. | |
| Associate Professor Sarah O'Shea University of Wollongong Associate Professor Sarah O'Shea leads the Adult, Vocational and Higher Education discipline in the School of Education (University of Wollongong). With over 20 years experience teaching in universities she has published widely on issues related to educational access and equity. Since 2011, Sarah has obtained over $1 million dollars in research funding, all of which explores educational equity in the HE environment. In 2016, Sarah was awarded an ARC Discovery project exploring the persistence and retention of students who are the first in their families to come to university. This national study builds upon an Australian Government Teaching and Learning Fellowship (2015-2016) and consolidates a decade of work in the student retention field, which has focussed on students from a diversity of backgrounds. | |
| Sue Owen Library Director, Excellence and Engagement Monash University Sue joined Monash University Library as Director, Excellence and Engagement in 2016, following academic library experience at Deakin University, the University of New South Wales and the University of Tasmania. Sue has also held various roles in government and corporate research libraries and undertaken library and training consultancies. In her current role, Sue is responsible for the Library’s strategic planning, operations, corporate communications and community engagement. She also has oversight of the Sir Louis Matheson Library, the Library's relationships with University partners and with its centralised corporate services. orcid.org/0000-0002-1463-8123 | |
| Associate Professor Dominique Parrish Associate Dean (Education) University of Wollongong Associate Professor Dominique Parrish is the Associate Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health at the University of Wollongong. In this role she has responsibility for faculty-wide leadership and management of academic quality and standards; teaching, learning and curriculum; student experience and social inclusion and outreach initiatives. Dominique is currently the President of ASCILITE (Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education), having also held the roles of Treasurer and Vice-President. She has held other leadership roles including project manager of three national learning and teaching grants, external evaluator for two national learning and teaching grants, Lead Editor of the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP) and management committee for the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET). Prior to commencing work at the University of Wollongong, Dominique ran her own consultancy business. Dominique’s other research interests include leadership in higher education and emotional intelligence. | |
| Mark Paterson AO Chief Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer Australian Skills Quality Authority Mr Mark Paterson AO has extensive experience across government and industry, including experience leading government departments at both the state and federal levels. Mr Paterson is a former Secretary of the NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services; the Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research; and the Australian Government Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources. Mr Paterson commenced as a Commissioner of ASQA on 30 May 2016, and commenced as Chief Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer from 1 January 2017. | |
| Caroline Patterson Accreditation and Compliance Manager Engineering Institute of Technology Caroline is currently the Accreditation and Compliance Manager for the Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT), an award winning, dual sector training provider. Her career in education and training has spanned 14 years and she has been involved with multiple successful regulator, professional body and internal audits. | |
| Le Hoa Phan Manager, Evaluations The University of Queensland Le Hoa Phan is the Evaluations Manager at The University of Queensland; responsible for the administration of the institution-wide student evaluation system. The system is comprised of a course and teacher survey (SECaTs), as well as a tutor survey (SETutor). Le Hoa has a Master of Education and is currently working towards completing her PhD in higher education policy and economics. Having worked at multiple universities in teaching and learning administration, Le Hoa's roles have primarily focused on e-learning management, quality assurance, and course/unit data analyses. Le Hoa has a deep interest in exploring exemplary practices in higher education evidenced through multiple determinants of quality. | |
| Patrick Pheasant Chief Executive Officer National ELT Accreditation Scheme (Chair) As Chief Executive Officer at the National ELT Accreditation Scheme (NEAS), Patrick Pheasant brings 20 years’ experience in applying drama, TESOL and teacher training methodologies across ELICOS, high school, vocational education, higher education and corporate sectors in Japan, the Netherlands, the United States and Australia to a dynamic systems perspective with a global outlook. Patrick has held multiple senior management positions in education and has extensive experience in change management, including a graduate management qualification from Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM). Patrick’s recent PhD research at the University of Sydney is in using process drama in TESOL. He is past Director at the University of Sydney Centre for English Teaching, past Vice-President of the University English Centres of Australia (UECA) and past Convenor of the NEAS Advisory Council.. | |
| Emma Purdy Academic Quality & Policy Specialist Data for Quality Assurance Working Group, University of Wollongong Emma is a member of the Data for Quality Assurance working group at that University of Wollongong (UOW). Emma is an Academic Quality and Policy Specialist, who started her career at UOW in 2009. She was selected for the University’s Management Cadetship Program and has since held roles as an Education Coordinator and as a Governance and Policy Coordinator. | |
| Professor Prem Ramburuth Professor of International Business University of New South Wales Prem Ramburuth is Professor in International Business in the Business School at the University of New South Wales. She is immediate past President of the UNSW Academic Board, and has been Associate Dean Education, Associate Dean Undergraduate Programs, Head of the School of Management, and Foundation Director of the Business School Education Development Centre. Prem is Chair of the National Institute of Dramatic (NIDA) Academic Board, member of the TEQSA Expert Panel, External Examiner and Assessor of Business Programs at University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia, and External Program Assessor for the Fiji National Higher Education Commission. She is active in delivering Academic Development and Quality Assurance Programs in developing countries for the UNSW Institute for Global Development. Prem researches and teaches in Cross-Cultural and Diversity Management in Business and Higher Education, and has been Visiting Professor at VNU Hanoi Business School, VNU International University (Vietnam), and University of Colorado (Denver). | |
| Kylie Readman Director, Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching University of the Sunshine Coast Dr Kylie Readman is the Director of the Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Kylie has led a number of OLT grants including a commissioned Office of Learning and Teaching grant to investigate the student experience in regional universities and a second investigating the role of professional learning conversations in leadership development. She is a 2011 Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation winner for her work in innovative assessment practice. Kylie’s current research areas are leadership in learning and teaching and professional learning conversations. | |
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| Craig Robertson Chief Executive Officer TAFE Directors Australia Craig Robertson commenced as CEO of TAFE Directors Australia in April 2017. The organisation promotes nationally and internationally the critical role that TAFEs play in tertiary education in Australia. Prior to joining TDA Craig worked in the Victorian Government in 2015 and 2016 with responsibilities for the operation of vocational education and working with Victorian universities. Craig also worked for over 30 years in the Commonwealth Government with responsibilities in national policy and program delivery relating to employment services, funding for schools and most aspects of vocational education and training. | |
| Belinda Robinson Chief Executive Officer Universities Australia Belinda Robinson is the Chief Executive of Universities Australia, the peak body representing Australia’s 39 comprehensive universities, both nationally and internationally. She brings to the role 15 years’ experience in CEO positions in the higher education and resources sectors, as well as senior advisory roles within the government sector including the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet where she advised on natural resources, primary industries and environmental policy issues. Belinda’s influence extends to a range of company directorships, government advisory bodies and working groups. She is a director of Universities Australia; and a non-executive director of Beach Energy; The Conversation Media Group and Education Australia. She is also a member of the Government's International Education Coordinating Council. She served as non-executive director of ASX-listed Beach Energy for 5 years and held board and advisory positions with the CSIRO; Institute for Minerals & Energy Resources and a range of government and community organisations. Belinda has a reputation for high-level public policy development, analysis and advocacy; government and stakeholder engagement strategy; and facilitating the establishment of common positions on complex policy matters. Her approach is to work closely with her members and other stakeholders in developing whole-of-sector policy positions to cement universities as a centrepiece of Australia’s long-term economic and social prosperity. Belinda spearheads Universities Australia’s public awareness campaign ‘Keep It Clever’, highlighting the importance of investment in university education and research, which was awarded the Government Relations Campaign of the Year 2015. Belinda is a fellow of the AICD, has a Master of Environmental Law (ANU), and a Bachelor of Arts (UNE). | |
| Associate Professor Jennifer Rowe University of the Sunshine Coast Jennifer is Associate Professor, Nursing, and coordinator of postgraduate programs in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine at USC. She was Associate Dean Learning and Teaching in the USC Faculty of Science, Health Education and Engineering from 2012-2015. Jennifer researches in her practice field family and early parenting adjustment and healthcare, and undertakes research and scholarship in higher education and academic leadership development. In this field she has edited a widely used text in child and family health, now in its second edition, co-led two Australian Leadership Development Award projects and most recently, been a co-investigator in OLT funded projects, one a leadership development project and the other a priority funded grant led by Nelson and Readman in which eight universities collaborated to investigate students’ experience in Australian regional universities. | |
| Gesa Ruge Assistant Professor University of Canberra Gesa Ruge, Assistant Professor, Discipline of Built Environment and Design, University of Canberra, Australia. gesa.ruge@canberra.edu.au Gesa Ruge is a practice-focused early career academic and researcher with extensive industry expertise. She develops student learning approaches for discipline specific degree programs, academic teaching and learning seminars and mentors early career graduates. She also supports industry and government policy development for education and skills development on a number of boards and accreditation committees.Coralie McCormack, Adjunct Professor, Teaching and Learning University of Canberra, Australia coralie.mccormack@gmail.com Dr Coralie McCormack specialises in capacity building for leadership in learning and teaching through teaching awards and fellowships and communities of practice. Narrative approaches to teaching, evaluation and research are her passion. She believes learners and teachers construct and re-construct knowledge through stories and that collaborative reflective practice conversations based on storytelling can enhance teaching quality. | |
| Professor A S M Sajeev Academic Director Melbourne Institute of Technology Professor ASM Sajeev, PhD(Monash) is the Academic Director at Melbourne Institute of Technology (MIT). He was previously the Chair in IT/Computer Science at University of New England for 12 years. He holds a PhD from Monash University. Mr Austin Kijagulu is the General Manager at MIT, Melbourne. Austin has spent over 20 years in the higher education industry. He is currently undertaking the DBA studies at Federation University Australia. His basic research interest is in the area of application and the use of different qualitative and quantitative methods in the study of leadership. Associate Professor Johnson Agbinya, PhD (La Trobe) is the Head of School of IT & Engineering at MIT. Professor Geoffrey George is Professor of Accounting and was the previous Head of School of Business at MIT. Ms Efthimia Evryniadis, MMgt HR (CQU) is the Associate Director of Student Engagement at MIT. | |
| Bijay Sapkota President Council of International Students Australia Bijay Sapkota is the National President of the Council of International Students Australia (CISA), the peak representative body for international students studying in Australia. He is studying a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honors) at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) where he is a member of the UTS Council. | |
| Professor Nicholas Saunders AO Chief Commissioner TEQSA Professor Saunders was previously Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Bond University, having taken up this position after retiring as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle, Australia. His other senior academic roles include: Dean of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University (1998-2003); Head of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Dean of Medicine, Flinders University (1993-1998); Professor of Medicine at the University of Newcastle (1983-1993); and positions at McMaster University, Canada and Harvard University, USA. Professor Saunders holds a medical degree with first class honours from the University of Sydney and has been influential in the advancement of medical education and research through his extensive contribution to and participation on many higher education, research and health care national committees, councils and State Government bodies. During his career, Professor Saunders has been Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council; a member of the Higher Education Council, the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council, the Australian Research Council and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council; Chair of the Committee of Deans of Australian Medical Schools; Chair of the Postgraduate Medical Council of NSW; member of the Board of Universities Australia and Lead Vice-Chancellor for research and international activities; and member of the Victorian Premier’s Council for Knowledge, Innovation, Science and Engineering, and the 2011 Ministerial Review of Health and Medical Research in NSW. Professor Saunders was a member of the Council of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Chair of the College’s Board of Continuing Education.
He currently holds the part-time position of Chair of the Repatriation Medical Authority of Australia. In 2012, he was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia in recognition of his contribution and distinguished service to medicine and higher education.
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| Professor Peter Shergold AC Chair Higher Education Standards Panel and Chancellor Western Sydney University Professor Peter Shergold AC is Chancellor of Western Sydney University. Peter has strong academic credentials. He received a B.A. Hons (First Class) in Politics and American Studies from the University of Hull; an M.A. in History at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; and a PhD in Economics from London School of Economics. He has had a distinguished career in the Australian Public Service. Peter headed a range of Commonwealth agencies and was Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet for five years from 2003. He now has a portfolio career serving on the Boards of AMP, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and QuintessenceLabs. He chairs Opal Aged Care. He remains active in public administration. He is the Coordinator General for Refugee Resettlement in NSW. He also chairs the Higher Education Standards Panel, the NSW Public Service Commission Advisory Board and the National Centre for Vocational Education Research. | |
| Maria Spies General Manager, Learning and Teaching Services Navitas Maria leads Learning and Teaching Services at Navitas, an enabling function that leads and supports educational innovation, including the integration of technology, contemporary learning design, and holistic approaches to the student experience. Maria also leads Digital Learning Futures for Navitas Ventures, with a focus on identifying and investing in emerging technologies and business models for tertiary education. | |
| Jan Sullivan Manager Academic Quality & Policy Data for Quality Assurance Working Group, University of Wollongong Jan is a member of the Data for Quality Assurance working group at that University of Wollongong (UOW).Jan has worked in higher education for over 22 years, much of this time has been spent working in academic quality, policy and governance roles. She has also worked as a teacher and employment counsellor. | |
| Dr Harsh Suri Senior Lecturer Deakin University Dr Harsh Suri is a Senior Lecturer and leads the Learning Futures in the Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University. She is leading the development and implementation of the faculty’s strategy for embedding Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainability across all its courses. | |
| Joel Swenddal Manager, Student Academic Success RMIT University Vietnam Joel Swenddal is the Manager of RMIT Vietnam’s learning support group, Student Academic Success. He leads the team in planning and delivery of a wide range of academic services including Learning Advising, Peer-Assisted Learning, academic literacies workshops, and digital learning support resources, all with the goal of improving achievement and persistence in university study. Joel holds a Master’s Degree in English with a focus on Academic English language teaching, as well as a Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Composition in tertiary environments. He has presented on a range of topics related to university learning support including: design of training programs for Peer-Assisted Learning, embedding of academic literacies development, and implementation of Early Warning Systems for supporting At-Risk students. | |
| Professor Dominic Szambowski Chief Executive Officer International College of Management, Sydney Professor Dominic Szambowski is the CEO and President at ICMS. Dominic is an international education management leader and has held senior management roles in educational institutions in Australia, Malaysia, Switzerland and the USA. He encourages a culture of continual improvement and recognition of scholarship through academic development, research and participation with industry. His leadership roles have concentrated on developing career-focused educational programs with industry whilst building student enrolment growth. In his capacity as Vice Chancellor of BERJAYA University College of Hospitality in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dominic helped launch the new BERJAYA Business School (BBS) and built the profile of its professional development programs. Other previous leadership roles in Malaysia include President/CEO of INTI International College, Subang Jaya, Malaysia (IICS - 4,000 students) and Executive Dean, Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism for the INTI Group (14,000 students over 1 university and 5 colleges). Both roles were under Laureate International Universities. At the Blue Mountains International Hospitality Management group, Dominic established systemised academic rigor and faculty professionalism measures, while boosting quality assurance practices at home and in Asia. Dominic has also held student life and academic positions at State University of New York, the University Centre César Ritz, Brig, Switzerland, the Institute Hotelier César Ritz, Le Bouveret, Switzerland, and Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, New York, USA. Dominic has close ties with the ICMS community and culture having worked for the college earlier in his career. | |
| Dr Qurat Tariq Team Lead, Course Quality and Development University of Canberra Dr Qurat Tariq is leading the Course Quality and Development team at the University of Canberra. She has been associated with international higher education sector in various academic and professional roles in the last 15 years. She has special interest in transforming quality processes to promote teaching and learning innovation and bring student-centred curriculum design to the core. She has led several change projects to bring staff together across traditionally separate schools of thought and collaboratively work towards achieving institutional strategic objectives. | |
| Associate Professor Lisa Tee Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University Associate Professor Lisa Tee is the Chair of the Pharmaceutical Biology and Chemistry Subject Committee as well as Pharmacology Stream Leader in the School of Pharmacy at Curtin University. Lisa commenced research in Clinical Pharmacology while undertaking her PhD at London University and has been actively engaged in teaching and research in Australia since 1986. Lisa’s teaching aims to empower students with the learning skills to understand difficult concepts and topics by approaching it in a systematic, logical and memorable way. She utilises 21st century learning tools and technology to empower students to engage effectively in this new wave of blended learning in higher education. Lisa created the MyCourseMap, an innovative visual interactive curriculum map to provide students with clear vision as they navigate through the complexity of their course. Through development of an upward spiral curriculum structure based on building a solid foundation in Pharmacology, students are inspired and challenged to achieve core competency in their application of drug knowledge to clinical practice. Lisa’s leadership and excellence in teaching led her to her appointment to register of expert for TEQSA, OLT assessor and recognition with ALTC excellence in teaching award 2011. Lisa’s mission statement is 'Learning and Teaching with triple E: Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy'. | |
| Karen Thomas Senior Litigation and Managing Partner Fisher Jeffries Ms Karen Thomas, Senior Litigation and Managing Partner at Fisher Jeffries has extensive experience in legal practice with particular interest in government business, corporations law, dispute resolution & litigation, construction & engineering, and insurance. She has been admitted to the Supreme Courts of New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Northern Territory and the High Court of Australia Ms Thomas has previously held roles including as a member of the TAFE SA Advisory Board (2013), a member of the South Australian Legal Practitioners’ Education and Admission Council (2006–2010) and the Deputy Chair, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science (1997–2008). Ms Thomas is also a Member of the Board of Directors, Royal Automobile Association of South Australia Inc, Chair of the Helpmann Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts Inc, a member of the South Australian Board of Examiners, and Presiding Officer of the South Australian Third Party Premiums Committee. | |
| Elizabeth Toy Manager of Learning and Teaching Quality Monash University Office of Learning and Teaching (Panel Facilitator) Elizabeth Toy is the Learning and Teaching Quality Manager at Monash University. In this role she has led the implementation of the Education Performance Standards that have changed the way academics are recognised and rewarded for excellent teaching and this is now embedded in the promotion, probation and performance development processes at Monash. She also led a major project to implement changes to the student evaluation of teaching and units survey, improving business processes, the quality of the reporting and identifying new ways of connecting the student feedback to continuous improvement of units and academic professional development. Prior to joining Monash, Elizabeth worked across many aspects of international education, including mobility and offshore campus development in both the university and public sector. | |
| Dr Andrew Trnacek Chief Executive Officer Higher Ed Services Dr Andrew Trnacek took up the role of Chief Executive Officer of Higher Ed Services (HES) in mid-July. Previously, a senior partner at Grant Thornton with account responsibility for the public sector and the national lead for education, Dr Trnacek brings to the role more than 14 years' experience and a solid track record of successfully leading high profile engagements, building markets and expanding client bases. He has in-depth experience in finance, strategy, marketing and business improvement. Dr Trnacek's projects at Grant Thornton have covered funding model design, government and higher education systems and program review, market and segmentation analysis, budget builds and financial modelling, in addition to business process improvement and machinery of government reviews. | |
| Professor Belinda Tynan Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) RMIT University Prior to joining RMIT Belinda was the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Learning and Teaching Innovation at the Open University, UK. In that role she provided executive leadership in the areas of learning and teaching innovation. Her previous roles have included Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning, Teaching and Quality at the University of Southern Queensland, and Director of the research centre DEHub at the University of New England. Professor Tynan holds an EdD from the University of Western Australia, a MEd in online learning from the University of Southern Queensland, three Post Graduate Diploma’s one in Secondary Education (ACU); Curriculum (UniMelb) and Higher Education (UNSW). Her Bachelor of Arts was completed at the University of Melbourne in history, music and drama. Professor Tynan’s research interests are concentrated in the field of educational technologies, academic workload, student voices and academic professional development. She has 70+ refereed publications and is a frequently invited guest and keynote-speaker and facilitator. You can find her work on ResearchGate. Belinda has more than thirty years of experience in the education sector in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the UK. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the European Distance Education Network. Belinda has also held a number of International and National Leadership roles. She is on the editorial board of two major journals, until recently a non-executive director of the Executive Committee of the European Distance Education Network (EDEN) and FutureLearn (UK); on the board of the Menzies Centre at Kings College, London. She additionally holds a two year appointment as a member of the Polytechnic Quality Assurance Framework (PQAF) External Review Panel for the Ministry of Education, Singapore. | |
| Professor Andrew Vann Vice-Chancellor and President Charles Sturt University (Chair) Professor Vann was born in the UK, trained as a civil engineer and worked in engineering consultancy before completing a PhD in the Civil Engineering Systems Group at University of Bristol in 1994. He lectured in structural engineering at University of Bristol prior to moving to Australia in 1996 where he took up a similar post in the Faculty of Engineering at Central Queensland University in Rockhampton. During this time he pursued research interests in structural monitoring and artificial intelligence, as well as leading pedagogical change in moving the Bachelor of Engineering at CQU to a project-based format. He held various senior academic and administrative roles at CQU before joining James Cook University in North Queensland in 2004 as Pro-Vice Chancellor Information Services and Technologies and, from 2008 was Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for the Faculties and Teaching and Learning. Professor Vann joined Charles Sturt University as Vice-Chancellor in December 2011. He has held board and community leadership roles in the arts, school and VET education and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation. | |
| Professor Sally Varnham Professor of Law University of Technology Sydney Sally Varnham is a Professor of Law at the University of Technology Sydney. She is the immediate past Chair of the University Academic Board and is currently a member of the UTS Council. Her research interest is in law and policy relating to all sectors of education with a strong interest in the university/student relationship. Sally is a co-editor “Higher Education and the Law” (Federation, 2015). Her OLT Strategic Priority Project: ‘Student Engagement in University Decision Making and Governance: towards a more systemically inclusive student voice’ considered student engagement processes in Australian institutions against a background of student partnership in tertiary education in comparative sectors abroad. Following completion of that Project, Sally was awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching National Senior Fellowship (2016-2017). Pursuant to this Fellowship she has undertaken a sector-wide collaboration which has led to the development of principles and a framework to facilitate and sustain student partnership in decision-making in Australian institutions | |
| Professor Deb Verhoeven Associate Dean of Engagement and Innovation University of Technology Sydney Professor Deb Verhoeven is Associate Dean, Engagement and Innovation at the University of Technology Sydney. In 2013 she was named Australia’s most innovative academic. Deb is an accomplished public speaker and has presented regularly in the media as a film critic and expert commentator. She is the author of more than 100 journal articles and book chapters and three books. Deb served as inaugural Deputy Chair of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (2008-2011) and as CEO of the Australian Film Institute (2000-2002). | |
| Associate Professor Rodney Vickers Associate Dean - Education Data for Quality Assurance Working Group, University of Wollongong Rodney is a member of the Data for Quality Assurance working group at that University of Wollongong (UOW). Rodney is Associate Dean, Education, in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences. Having arrived at Wollongong for a 2 year post doctorial position; he is still there 30 years later. He has held multiple positions, including Head of School. | |
| Emeritus Professor Cliff Walsh Commissioner TEQSA After completing undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics at the London School of Economics, Emeritus Professor Cliff Walsh initially came to Australia in 1969 as a PhD Scholar at the Australian National University. His subsequent career-track has been as an academic economist and public policy analyst. Professor Walsh has held professorial appointments at the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University and visiting appointments at universities in Canada, the USA and the UK. His teaching, research, publications and advisory specialities have been in public sector economics and public policy; regulatory theory and its application to economic, social and environmental issues; economic and social evaluation of public sector programs and regulatory regimes; and intergovernmental economic, political and administrative relations. Professor Walsh has also been an advisor to a Prime Minister and State Premiers; an Associate Commissioner for several Productivity Commission Inquiries; an expert advisor to the European Commission and the World Bank; a member of numerous committees of inquiry into public sector policies and programs; and a member of the Australian Competition Tribunal, which reviews, on appeal, decisions of Australia’s competition regulator, the ACCC. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Economics, and a (honorary) Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Economics, at the University of Adelaide. | |
| Mark Warburton Honorary Senior Fellow LH Martin Institute Mark Warburton currently works part time as a consultant on projects involving public policy and research on tertiary education and social services. He is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the LH Martin Institute, part of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne. He was the Principal Analyst for Universities Australia during 2015 and prior to that he had over 30 years of experience in the Australian Public Service. He worked on higher education funding policy for around nine years, implementing many aspects of the Transforming Australia’s Higher Education System policy statement and then modifying them in response to subsequent budget pressures. He worked on the earlier ‘Higher Education at the Crossroads’ Review and the Government’s response to that Review, including the development of the current Higher Education Support Act 2003. Mark has worked extensively on policy, legislation and implementation of major Government social security programs and managing their budget implications. This included: leading the implementation of Australia’s first national paid parental leave scheme; managing the Australian Government’s family payments system and its role in the Government’s response to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. and developing the legal and policy framework for ‘income management’ arrangements during the Northern Territory Emergency Response. He was an adviser to Australian Government Ministers for nearly six years during the 1990s. | |
| Dr Noelene Weatherby-Fell Head of Students University of Wollongong Dr Noelene Weatherby-Fell BA (NSW), MA (Syd.), DipEd, PhD, MACE, MACEL As Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Wollongong, and Head of Students (Education), Faculty Director of Academic Programs and Program Coordinator, Noelene provides leadership in supporting students in their academic progress and wellbeing, and in curriculum and pedagogy. With more than a decade as a teacher and curriculum leader in both secondary and primary schools in city and regional contexts, and 24 years experience in teacher education in regional Universities, Noelene’s research interests include preservice teacher preparation, leadership and professional learning in schools, and pastoral care of students and teachers. She has presented and written about her work with the Response Ability Project (HIMH), and the Office for Learning and Teaching project BRiTE (Building Resilience in Teacher Education) nationally and internationally, and continues to work with colleagues across the higher education sector with the Staying BRiTE Project | |
| Professor Sandra Wills Pro Vice-Chancellor, Teaching and Learning Charles Sturt University Prof Sandra Wills has worked in Australian universities for 30 years, currently as PVC (Learning and Teaching at Charles Sturt University and previously Executive Director, Learning & Teaching at University of Wollongong. As a pioneer of multimedia, distance education and e-learning, Sandra's initiatives have been recognised through national and international awards including: ALTC Citation for strategic leadership in global e-learning; Fellow of Australian Computer Society and Australian Council for Computers in Education; IFIP Silver Core; OLnet Fellow at the UK Open University. She is an international researcher and author in educational innovation and has delivered over 120 invited and keynote addresses in 22 countries. Her book, The power of role-based e-learning, caps more than ten years of research on learning designs and online role play. Recent grants are: UK HEA - international benchmarking on recognising teaching in academic promotion; OLT - a roadmap for Open Education in Australia. | |
| Professor Hilary Winchester Director and Principal Hilary Winchester Pty Ltd Emeritus Professor Hilary Winchester is Director and Principal of Hilary Winchester Pty Ltd, specialising in Higher Education Quality Assurance, audits, reviews and compliance assessment. Hilary was Provost at CQUniversity from 2012-2016, including a period as Interim Vice-Chancellor July-October 2016. Hilary’s previous senior appointments include Pro Vice Chancellor: Strategy & Planning at the University of South Australia, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic) at Flinders University, and President of Academic Senate at the University of Newcastle. She was an AUQA auditor for 10 years and is a member of TEQSA’s Register of Experts. She is also an international auditor for quality agencies in New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the Middle East, and in recognition of her work in quality standards, regulation and governance Hilary was the recipient of the 2011 Australian Higher Education Quality Award. She was a finalist in the Telstra Business Women's Awards 2016 (Queensland). | |
| Ralph Wolff Founder and President The Quality Assurance Commons, US Ralph Wolff is the Founder and President of The Quality Assurance Commons, and an independent policy consultant focusing on accreditation and quality assurance processes in the US and internationally. He previously served as the president of the WASC Senior College and University Commission from 1996 through August 2013, and as Associate Executive Director since 1981. He is a member of the University Quality Assurance International Board (UQAIB) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and on the National Advisory Boards of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) and for the Lumina Foundation on the Degree Qualifications Profile. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of the United States International University Africa, located in Nairobi, Kenya and Palo Alto University.
He has published multiple articles and book chapters on accreditation, quality assurance, distance education, and the changing role of the library. For his service in support of quality assurance and improvement in the WASC region and nationally he was awarded in 2008 the Virginia B. Smith Award for Innovation in Higher
education and, in 2013, an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Loma Linda University. Current projects include a research study of quality assurance standards for international branch campuses from the perspectives of the sending and receiving countries, and developing a new registry for better understanding of the meaning and standards for degree, certificates, badges, etc.
Before joining the staff of WASC, Mr. Wolff was one of the founders of the Antioch School of Law in Washington DC, which now continues to operate as the David A. Clarke Law School at the University of the District of Columbia. The law school was the first ever designed to prepare lawyers to serve in public interest and poverty law settings. He later became dean of the Antioch Graduate School of Education, heading five programs in seven states. He also served as Associate Provost, setting up internal quality assurance processes for the geographically dispersed college. In 1976, he was appointed a law professor at the University of Dayton. He continues to be a member of the Washington, DC bar. A graduate of Tufts University, Mr. Wolff received his JD with honors from the National Law Center at George Washington University. | |
| Professor Leigh Wood Macquarie University Professor Leigh Wood, PhD Professor of Higher Education, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students) Macquarie University Professor Leigh Wood is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students) at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her research work is on the transition to professional work and she has been able to implement many of her findings to enhance student experience and improve curriculum design. She has recently published a book on success in higher education with contributions from six continents covering a diverse range of universities. | |
| Dr Lincoln Wood National Manager Accreditation Engineers Australia Dr Lincoln Wood joined Engineers Australia in 2015 as National Manager, Accreditation. He has had alternating career episodes in industry and academe, with the weight of experience being with industry. His industry experience has been in the defence, aerospace and automotive sectors, culminating in an appointment as Engineering Director for a large defence company in Australia. He has also held professorial appointments at two Australian universities. | |
| Dr Alan Wu Senior Registrar Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Dr. Alan Wu has a BSc(Hons) in Physics and a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He has more than 20 years of experience of in education and training, obtained from England, Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong. Currently, he is a Senior Registrar at the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, responsible for conducting research and training. His main research interests include data/learning analytics, academic quality assurance and workflow management. | |
| Lauchlan Wyks incoming President of the University of Technology Sydney Student Association | 0 |
| Associate Professor Jon Yorke Academic Registrar Curtin University Jon is the Academic Registrar at Curtin University, where he has oversight of academic policy development and a specific interest in the promotion of academic integrity. Prior to taking up this role in 2016 he was the Director, Assessment and Quality Learning at Curtin. Jon joined Curtin in 2008 from the University of Plymouth (UK), where he was the Program Director for academic development courses. Jon is active in research and publishes in the field of quality, policy, and technology enhanced learning and assessment. | |
| Dr Linda Zhu Senior Case Manager TEQSA Dr Linda Zhu Senior Case Manager Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Doctor of Philosophy of Education (online learning), University of South Australia Career profile: Course designing, teaching, and running lectures and tutorials in the subjects of ESL and Education for tertiary students in online or blended learning environments based on pedagogical consideration in Australia and China; Research interest in university students’ self-regulation and learning outcomes and attitudes in online or blended learning environments and students’ experiences during face-to-face and online interactions through quantitative and qualitative data analysis (e.g., SPSS, Excel and SmartPLS) Membership: Reviewer for the journals of “The Internet and Higher Education” (USA), “Journal of Education and Learning” (Indonesia), “Journal of Education and Training Studies” (USA), “Higher Education Studies” (Canada), “Global Journal of Educational Studies” (USA), and “Asian Education Studies” (Singapore). Program Chair member for the 6th International Conference on Learning Technologies and Learning Environments (LTLE 2017) | |
| Professor Chris Ziguras President International Education Association of Australia Professor Christopher Ziguras is President of the International Education Association of Australia and Deputy Dean, International in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University studies. Chris has been highly engaged in international education for nearly two decades, through scholarship, public commentary and active industry engagement. His research explores varied aspects of the globalisation of education, particularly the ways in which regulatory agencies, markets, education providers and other actors shape cross-border provision of higher education. His latest book is Governing Cross-Border Higher Education (Routledge, 2015). Chris received the RMIT University Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2011, and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation at Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore in Milan, where he was Tony Adams Visiting Senior Scholar in 2013. | |
