ATN Conference 2015
The Reform of Australian Higher Education:
A case of Policy or Perish?
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Hosted by RMIT University
RMIT University Storey Hall Auditorium, Building 16, level 5
336 – 342 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Program
8.30am – 9.00amRegistration
9.00am – 9.30am
ATN video
Welcome to Country
Conference Open and Introduction to ATN Executive Director
Professor Peter Coaldrake AO
ATN Chair
9.30am – 10.00am
Political Perspective on HERRA Reforms
Dennis Atkins
National Affairs Editor, The Courier-Mail
10.00am – 10.30am
What next for Australian HE? Context and Comparison (UK)
Chris Millward
Director of Policy
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
2014 in review and objectives for the year ahead
Renee Hindmarsh
ATN Executive Director
10.30am – 11.00am Morning Tea
11.00am – 11.40am Policy or Perish? VC panel discussion on HE Policy Directions
Chair:
Paul Noonan
Deputy Director Engagement, RMIT
Participants:
Professor David Lloyd, UniSA
Professor Peter Coaldrake, QUT
Professor Attila Brungs, UTS
Professor Deborah Terry, Curtin
Mr Martin Bean CBE, RMIT
11.40am – 12.40pm Revolutionising the Student Experience: Who is responding to whom?
Chair:
Andrew Trounson,
Higher Education Journalist, The Australian
Scene setter: Trends in student enrolment
Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
Case Study/overview from Industry:
Peter Stevens, SA State Manager, Hewlett Packard
Panel discussion:
Dr Laura-Anne Bull, PVC Student Engagement and Equity, UniSA
Virya Prun, RMIT student Bachelor of Business (Professional Accountancy)
Professor Shirley Alexander, DVC (Education & Students) UTS
Judie Kay, President ACEN, Assistant Director Careers and Employability, RMIT
Program
12.40pm – 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm – 2.00pm
HE access and participation on the National agenda
Chair:
Professor Peter Lee
Vice Chancellor of Southern Cross University, Chair RUN
Panel:
Mary Kelly, Equity Director, QUT
Professor Owen Hughes, Dean of Students, RMIT
Kristy Meiselbach, Bachelor of Bio Medical Science, RMIT student
2.00pm – 3.00pm Research policy: Responding to the BCRR
Chair:
Chris Millward
Director of Policy, HEFCE UK
Panel:
Professor Glenn Wightwick, DVC Research UTS
Professor Graeme Wright, DVC Research Curtin
Professor Calum Drummond, DVC Research RMIT
Dr Matt Brown, Director IDTC
Monika Buljan, Statistician and PhD student ATN IDTC
3.00pm – 4.00pm ATN Working Group Chair Reports: 2014-15
Research (DVC Research UniSA, Tanya Monro)
Academic (QUT Provost, Carol Dickenson)
International (DVC International UniSA, Nigel Relph)
IDTC Board (IDTC Director, Matt Brown)
ARIA Board (ATN ED, Renee Hindmarsh)
4.00pm – 4.30pm
Afternoon Tea
4.30pm – 5.10pm Standing out in a competitive crowd: International differentiation
Chair:
Hon. Phil Honeywood
National Executive Director, IEAA
Panel:
Professor Andrew MacIntyre, DVC International, RMIT
Professor Bill Purcell, DVC International, UTS
Thomson Ch’ng, National President, Council of International Students Aust.
5.10pm – 5.15pm Handover of the ATN Chair and Closing Remarks
Professor David Lloyd
Incoming Chair, ATN
Vice-Chancellor and President, University of South Australia
5.30pm Transfer provided to The National Gallery of Victoria dinner event,
hosted by RMIT University
Professor Peter
Coaldrake AO
Professor David
Lloyd
Professor Attila
Brungs
ATN Chair, ViceChancellor and
CEO of Queensland
University of
Technology
Vice Chancellor
and President, the
University of South
Australia, Incoming
ATN Chair
BSc(Hons) (UNSW),
DPhil (Oxon), ViceChancellor and
President, University
of Technology
Sydney
Professor Peter
Coaldrake is ViceChancellor and
CEO of Queensland
University of
Technology (QUT),
a position he took
up in April 2003.
He previously had
been Deputy ViceChancellor in the
same institution,
and prior to that
served for four years
as Chair (CEO) of
Queensland’s Public
Sector Management
Commission, the
body established by
the Goss government
to overhaul
Queensland’s public
sector.
Speakers
Peter Coaldrake
is a dual Fulbright
Scholar, as a
Postdoctoral Fellow
in the field of politics/
public policy (1980
– 1981), and as a
Senior Scholar in
the field of higher
education policy and
management (2001
– 2002). Professor
Coaldrake is the
author or editor of
a number of books
and monographs,
including as coauthor (with Dr
Lawrence Stedman)
of Raising the Stakes: Gambling with the
Future of Universities
(UQP, April 2013),
Academic Work in
the Twenty-First
Century (DETYA,
1999), and On the
Brink: Australia’s
Universities
Confronting Their
Future (UQP, 1998). He is also the author
of Working the
System: Government
in Queensland (UQP,
1989).
Peter Coaldrake
became Chair
of the Australian
Technology Network
of Universities
(ATN) in February
2013. In May 2011,
he completed a
two-year term as
Chair of the Board
of Universities
Australia, the peak
body of Australia’s
universities. He
returned as a
member of the
Board of Universities
Australia in May
2014. In January
2011, he became
Chair of the Board
of the Organisation
for Economic
Development
– Institutional
Management in
Higher Education
(OECD-IMHE) and
has been Chair of
the Queensland
Heritage Council
since 2010; also,
he was appointed
by the Premier
of Queensland
as a Smart State
Ambassador in
2006, and was Chair
of Queensland’s
sesquicentenary
celebrations in 2009.
He is also a trustee
of the Queensland
Museum Foundation.
David Lloyd is the
Vice Chancellor
and President of
the University of
South Australia. A
Dublin-born and
educated biochemist
who specialises
in computeraided drug design,
Professor Lloyd
joined the university
at the beginning of
2013, re-focusing
it as a university
of enterprise and
shaping its activities
to better meet the
challenges of the 21st
century.
Globally connected
and engaged in
helping solve the
problems of industry
and the professions,
the university is now
building partnerships
that will ensure
it remains at the
cutting-edge of
creativity and new
knowledge.
In May 2014
Professor Lloyd
was appointed
to the South
Australia Economic
Development Board
(EDB) to establish the
networks between
education, research
and industry that
will transition the
South Australian
economy into one
of innovation and
growth.
Before joining the
University of South
Australia, Professor
Lloyd was Bursar and
Director of Strategic
Innovation at Trinity
College Dublin, one
of Europe’s oldest
and most prominent
universities. He had
also been Dean and
Vice President of
Research at Trinity
and was concurrently
the inaugural Chair
of the Irish Research
Council.
He holds a
Bachelor of Science
(Honours) in Applied
Chemistry and a
PhD in Medicinal
Organic Chemistry
from Dublin City
University, and was
also a Post-Doctoral
Research Fellow
at Trinity College
Dublin.
Professor Lloyd has
published extensively
in related fields
in high impact
international journals
while generating
significant grant
income. He is a
Fellow of the Royal
Society of Chemistry.
Professor Brungs
was appointed
Vice-Chancellor and
President of UTS in
July 2014; he has
been a researcher
in both industry
and academia, with
interests in the area
of heterogeneous
catalysis.
Prior to his
appointment as
Deputy ViceChancellor
(Research) at UTS
in September
2009, Professor
Brungs was General
Manager, Science
Investment, Strategy
and Performance
at CSIRO. His role
incorporated the
determination of
broad research
direction and
resource allocation,
performance
monitoring of CSIRO
research programs
including its flagship
programs, and the
development and
implementation
of organisational
strategy.
Before joining CSIRO
in 2002 Professor
Brungs was a
senior manager at
McKinsey and Co,
managing teams in
North America, Asia,
New Zealand and
Australia. He has also
been on the board of
a number of entities
including not-forprofit organisations
such as Greening
Australia NSW.
Professor Brungs is
a Rhodes Scholar,
with a Doctorate
in Inorganic
Chemistry from
Oxford University,
and recipient of the
University Medal in
Industrial Chemistry
from UNSW.
Mr Martin Bean
CBE
Professor Gill
Palmer
Renee
Hindmarsh
Vice-Chancellor,
Curtin University
Vice-Chancellor
and President, RMIT
University
Acting ViceChancellor and
President of RMIT
University
Executive Director
of the Australian
Technology Network
(ATN)
Professor Deborah
Terry has been Curtin
University’s ViceChancellor since
February 2014 and
is current President
of the Academy
of Social Sciences
in Australia (ASSA)
and previous Chair
of the Australian
Council of Learned
Academies. She is
an Associate Editor
of the British Journal
of Psychology,
previous Chair of the
Australian Research
Council’s College of
Experts in the Social,
Behavioural and
Economic Sciences,
and previous chair
of the Queensland
Tertiary Admissions
Centre.
Martin Bean was
appointed as
Vice-Chancellor
and President of
RMIT University
in February 2015,
having previously
held the positions of
Vice-Chancellor of
The Open University,
the UK’s largest
academic institution
and a global leader
in the provision of
flexible learning,
General Manager
of Microsoft’s
Worldwide Education
Products Group and
various executive
leadership roles
at Novell and
other companies
integrating
technology and
learning systems.
In 2012
Martin launched
Futurelearn, the
UK’s first at-scale
provider of Massive
Open Online
Courses, and in 2014
he was named one
of the UK Prime
Minister’s Business
Ambassadors.
Professor Palmer’s
previous positions
include: Deputy
Vice-Chancellor
(Academic) and
Vice-President at
RMIT and Dean of
Australia’s largest
university faculty
of Business and
Economics at
Monash University.
Renee is an
experienced
communicator
with extensive
experience in
leadership, policy and
media roles across
State and Federal
Governments.
She has advised a
number of Ministers,
within the Finance,
Attorney-General,
Health and PrimeMinister and Cabinet
portfolios.
Professor Terry
completed her
PhD in Social
Psychology at the
Australian National
University. She had a
distinguished career
at the University of
Queensland, initially
as an internationally
recognised scholar,
before progressing
through a number
of senior leadership
roles including
Senior Deputy
Vice-Chancellor
and Acting ViceChancellor at
the University of
Queensland. Her
primary research
interests are in the
areas of attitudes,
social influence,
persuasion,
group processes,
and intergroup
relations and she
also has applied
research interests in
organisational and
health psychology.
Educated in the UK,
Professor Gill Palmer
gained her BSocSc in
Economics, Politics
and Sociology
at Birmingham
University, an
MSc in Industrial
Administration at
London School of
Economics and her
PhD in Industrial
Relations and Policy
from Cass Business
School in London.
She has experience
in education,
government and
private sector
management
and has gained
research grants and
published in her field
of organisational
sociology and
employment
relations.
In her previous role
as Director of Barton
Deakin Government
Relations, Renee has
assisted businesses,
universities and other
higher education
providers with their
government relations
engagement and
strategy.
Renee has a strong
personal interest in
the higher education
sector, currently
completing her PhD
in foreign investment
in China at Monash
University. She was a
sessional lecturer and
tutor in politics while
she was completing
her studies.
Dennis Atkins
National Affairs
Editor, The CourierMail
Dennis is a journalist
with 40 years
experience in
Adelaide, London,
Canberra and
Brisbane, is the
national affairs editor
with The CourierMail newspaper in
Queensland where
he comments
on and analyses
federal politics
and international
relations. He has
written the popular
Party Games column,
regularly writes
editorials for the
newspaper and was
editor of the opinion
pages. Dennis
is also a regular
panelist on the ABC’s
premier politics
television program
Insiders, a frequent
commentator on
ABC radio and
appears weekly on
the SKY News PM
Agenda program.
Speakers
Professor
Deborah Terry
Mr Chris
Millward
Director (Policy),
HEFCE
Speakers
Chris oversees the
Research, Education
and Knowledge
Exchange
directorate, working
with David Sweeney
and the heads of
each of the policy
areas. In doing so,
he is responsible
for harnessing
HEFCE’s expertise on
research, education
and knowledge
exchange to
inform its funding
to universities
and colleges,
and its advice to
Government. Chris
particularly leads
on education and
skills, including
postgraduate policy
and funding.
Before becoming
Director in 2014,
Chris served for five
years as Associate
Director, leading
HEFCE’s relationships
with universities
and colleges in the
North of England,
and for two years as
Regional Consultant
for the East of
England.
Chris joined HEFCE
from the Arts and
Humanities Research
Council, where as
Head of Research
Programmes he was
closely involved in
its transition to full
Research Council
status in 2005.
Chris began his
career in the
Graduate School
at the University
of Warwick, then
moved to work
on international
relations at the
University of
Edinburgh, and on
research strategy
and funding at
the University of
Durham.
Paul Noonan
Deputy Director of
Marketing, RMIT
University
Paul is Deputy
Director of Marketing
at RMIT University.
Marketing is focused
on brand experience,
driving recruitment
and articulating
the RMIT value
proposition through
paid, owned and
earned channels.
From YouTube to the
Australian Financial
Review, compelling
learning, teaching
and research
stories are central
in positioning RMIT
as a ‘global, urban
and connected’
university of
technology and
design.
His career started
at State Trustees
Limited, led to a
head role at Andrews
Marketing Group,
followed by the
Office of the Lord
Mayor of Melbourne.
Paul served on
the board of
Australian Jesuit
Communications
and is currently
on the council
of Preshil, The
Margaret Lyttle
Memorial School.
He holds a Bachelor
of Commerce and
Graduate Diploma in
Applied Philosophy
from the University
of Melbourne.
Andrew
Trounson
Higher Education
Journalist, The
Australian
Andrew has been
a journalist for
almost 20 years,
first as a business
and finance reporter
with Dow Jones,
publishers of the
Wall Street Journal,
in London, Sydney,
and Melbourne.
In 2003 he joined
The Australian
in Melbourne as
Melbourne Business
Editor covering
the mining and
manufacturing
industries. He joined
the newspaper’s
Higher Education
Supplement in 2008
and has twice won
the Universities
Australia and
National Press Club
media award for
coverage of equity
and access issues.
Andrew Norton
Peter Stevens
Higher Education
Program Director,
Grattan Institute
State Manager for
Hewlett Packard in
South Australia and
the Industry Leader
for Commercial
Segments
Andrew has held
this position since
2011. He is also an
Honorary Fellow
at the Centre
for the Study of
Higher Education
at the University of
Melbourne.
Peter is an
experienced senior
executive with over
20 years’ experience
in the Information
Technology Industry.
With Dr David
Kemp, he was
the governmentappointed coreviewer of the
demand driven
system. The Review
of the Demand
Driven System Final
Report was released
in April 2014.
Andrew is the author
of many other
articles, reports and
other publications
on higher education
issues. These include
a widely-used
reference report on
higher education
trends and policies,
Mapping Australian
higher education.
Based in Adelaide,
Peter is currently
the Industry Leader,
Commercial
Segments, for
Hewlett-Packard and
is responsible for the
delivery of HP’s IT
services portfolio to
a range of leading
client organisations
across Australia.
In addition Peter
also holds the role
of State Manager for
Hewlett Packard in
South Australia.
Prior to Peter’s
current role he has
held a number of
senior executive
positions within
Hewlett-Packard
and EDS with
regional and global
responsibilities
spanning IT service
delivery, operations,
sales, business
and organisational
strategy and change
management.
Dr Laura-Anne
Bull
Professor
Shirley
Alexander
Pro Vice Chancellor:
Student Engagement
& Equity, University of
South Australia
Dr Laura-Anne
Bull earned a
PhD in Chemical
Engineering in 1998
from the University
of Strathclyde,
Glasgow. Dr Bull
worked as a process
engineer for Zeneca
Agrochemicals (now
Syngenta) including
a role as lead
process engineer
responsible for the
commissioning
of new plants,
before returning to
university teaching
in 2001.
In 2008 she became
acting Head of
Registry and in 2010
Head of Student
Experience at
Strathclyde. The
role was responsible
for developing and
delivering a broad
strategy to improve
student experience
from both an
administrative
and experiential
perspective.
Moving to Australia
she commenced
with the Australian
National University
as Deputy Registrar
– Student Services
in 2011 before
becoming Registrar
– Student Life.
In September 2014,
Dr Bull moved to
Adelaide to take up
the new position of
Pro Vice Chancellor:
Student Engagement
and Equity at the
University of South
Australia.
Shirley Alexander is
Professor of Learning
Technologies at
the University
of Technology,
Sydney where
she is currently
Deputy ViceChancellor & Vice
President (Education
& Students).
Her portfolio
responsibilities
include the quality
of courses and
teaching, student
services, and the
student experience.
The University
of Technology
Sydney has been
engaged in a major
$1 billion campus
redevelopment
project. Shirley is
leading a system of
projects to ensure
these developments
support the
future of learning.
This involves
driving significant
innovation in
learning and
teaching including
curriculum
design, the use
of technology
in learning, and
the development
of learning and
teaching spaces
to support these
changes. She is also
leading a major
project on learning
analytics.
She is a member
of the Board of
Trustees of the
Museum of Applied
Arts and Sciences
(the Powerhouse
Museum), and
has recently been
appointed to the
panel of experts in
higher education
for the Office for
Learning and
Teaching.
Bachelor of Business
(Professional
Accountancy),
RMIT student
Currently, I am in
my final semester at
RMIT studying the
Bachelor of Business
(Professional
Accountancy). I am
also working as a
Peer Assistant at the
Student Services
office which has
been very rewarding
as I enjoy helping
students discover the
opportunities and
support available to
them on campus.
I’m looking forward
to seeing what
the future holds
and hope to build
a challenging and
exciting career in the
business field.
Speakers
As a lecturer in
Chemical and
Process Engineering
at Strathclyde she
was fully engaged
not only in teaching
but in student
pastoral support,
PhD supervision,
study advisor, and a
range of academic
operational groups
from undergraduate
recruitment to
faculty school
liaison.
Deputy ViceChancellor & Vice
President (Education
& Students),
University of
Technology Sydney
Virya Prun
Speakers
Judie Kay
Peter Lee
Mary Kelly
President ACEN,
Assistant Director
Careers and
Employability,
RMIT University
Vice Chancellor
of Southern Cross
University, Chair RUN
Equity Director,
Queensland
University of
Technology
Peter Lee is currently
the Vice Chancellor
of Southern
Cross University.
Previously he held
senior positions
at the University
of South Australia,
Curtin University
of Technology and
Murdoch University.
Author of 4 books
and over 270 papers,
he also has an active
consultancy practice
in the application
of process control
methods. He
was awarded the
Centenary Medal for
services to Australian
society in 2003.
Peter was educated
in Melbourne and
has degrees from
RMIT and Monash
University. He is
a Fellow of the
Australian Academy
of Technological
Sciences and
Engineering,
Engineers Australia
and of the Institution
of Chemical
Engineers, London.
Mary manages the
Equity Services
Department which
covers both staff
and student social
justice issues. She
joined QUT in 1997
after 20 years in the
education industry
(mainly schooling)
in both professional
and industrial
roles. Within her
portfolio at QUT she
has given special
emphasis to issues
around student
poverty, gender
equity, anti-racism
and reconciliation,
and disability. As
the responsible
officer for the
Higher Education
Participation
and Partnerships
Program (HEPPP)
she coordinates both
the outreach and
support elements,
and chairs the statewide Consortium
collaboration
which works noncompetitively to
stimulate interest
in tertiary study
amongst lowincome and
Indigenous people.
Mary takes a keen
interest in equityrelated public policy,
and works with
others to influence
its development and
implementation.
Judie has over 15
years’ experience
in the strategic
implementation
of University wide
WIL policy, systems
and projects across
three Universities.
Currently, Judie
leads ACEN’s
involvement in the
WIL Statement of
Intent and is working
with Universities
Australia and
the key industry
Bodies to develop a
national WIL action
Plan. Judie has
been involved in a
range of Australian
national WIL projects
including Project
Lead for the National
WIL Portal, a team
member for the
Leading WIL project
and a member the
office for the Chief
Scientist Industry
Working Group.
International
projects have
included
development and
implementation of a
range of innovative
international student
WIL exchange and
mentoring programs
and developing and
implementing Career
and WIL resources
for RMIT students
across multiple RMIT
campuses globally.
Judie is active
internationally
advocating for
WIL, facilitating
collaboration
between national
associations
globally and is a
board member of
WACE, representing
Australia. Judie is
currently involved
in an EU funded
project to establish
a European Network
of Cooperative and
Work Integrated
Higher Education
Judie frequently
writes and is invited
to present on WIL
nationally and
internationally.
Professor Owen
Hughes
Dean of Students,
RMIT University
Professor Hughes
was appointed
Dean of Students
at RMIT University
in Melbourne in
November 2011.
Immediately prior
to that, he was
Deputy Dean
(Education) in the
Faculty of Business
and Economics at
Monash University.
He has a Bachelor of
Arts with Honours
and PhD from the
University of Western
Australia. He was
appointed to Monash
University in 1985
as a lecturer and
became Professor
in the Department
of Management in
1994. Following four
years as Head of that
department, in 2003
he was seconded
to assist the setting
up the Australia and
New Zealand School
of Government
(ANZSOG) and was
the inaugural course
director of the
ANZSOG Executive
Masters. In 2004, he
returned to Monash
to become Director
of the Graduate
School of Business
and later became
Deputy Dean.
As Dean of
Students at RMIT
he is responsible
for a wide range
of functions
involving the
student experience,
including: student
wellbeing and
Counselling; Career
Development and
Employment, the
Study and Learning
Centre, Equity
and Diversity, Link
Sports and Arts and
the Ngarara Willim
Centre for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait
Islander Peoples. Other books
include: Business,
Government and
Globalization
(2008) with Deirdre
O’Neill; Australian
Politics (Melbourne,
Macmillan, 1998),
two editions of
Australian Politics:
Realities in Conflict
(with Hugh Emy)
and the co-edited
works Whitlam
Revisited (1993) and
Intergovernmental
Relations and Public
Policy (1991).
Professor Hughes is
a visiting professor in
the Faculty of Public
Administration at
Renmin University,
Beijing, the Yunnan
University of Finance
and Economics
in Kunming and
the University of
Electronic Science
and Technology in
Chengdu.
Professor Glenn
Wightwick
Professor
Graeme Wright
Bachelor of Bio
Medical Science,
RMIT student
Deputy ViceChancellor and VicePresident (Research),
University of
Technology, Sydney
Deputy ViceChancellor, Research
& Development at
Curtin University
I am an aspiring
biomedical science
student currently
completing an
internship at The
Walter and Eliza Hall
Institute for Medical
Research. I am a
proud Indigenous
woman from the
Gundijimara tribe in
Warnambool. I have
a strong passion
for Indigenous
youth work such
as mentoring and
encouraging young
adults to enter
tertiary education.
I grew up in a small
country town
called Tooborac
and attended
Assumption College
in Kilmore. I am in
the third year of my
degree and hope
to enter a Medical
degree next year. I
enjoy health, fitness
and makeup artistry
in my personal time.
As Deputy ViceChancellor and VicePresident (Research),
Professor Wightwick
has responsibility
for research policy
development and
general oversight
of the University’s
research activities,
postgraduate
education, industry
liaison, intellectual
property and
commercialisation.
Key responsibilities
include: The
development and
implementation of
a research strategy
which fulfils the UTS
vision to be a world
leading University
of Technology.
In particular
oversee UTS’s
strategic research
investments,
research
performance and
ensuring excellence
through skill building
and support of
research and
academic staff.
Further promotion
of research
collaboration
with industry and
government and
building strong
linkages in the
research and
innovation sector
nationally and
internationally.
Continued
enhancement
of the quality of
UTS postgraduate
research education
and the building of
a vibrant research
community.
Prior to his
appointment at
UTS in August 2014,
Professor Wightwick
was Director, IBM
Research — Australia
and IBM Australia
Chief Technologist.
He brings global
experience from his
role at IBM, having
led teams in the US
and China, worked
on IBM’s global
technical strategy
and established
a world-leading
research laboratory
here in Australia.
Professor Wightwick
is recognised as a
leader in developing
Australia’s ICT
industrial R&D base
and a significant
contributor to
innovation across
the nation. He has
a distinguished
research track
record, not
only in terms of
publications, but
also in patents and
commercialisation.
A Fellow of the
Australian Academy
of Technological
Sciences and
Engineering,
Professor Wightwick
has also served on
the ARC College of
Experts and has led
national bodies and
committees such
as the NSW Digital
Economy Industry
Taskforce.
Professor Wright
is Deputy ViceChancellor, Research
& Development at
Curtin University,
responsible for all
research, research
training, and
commercialisation
and knowledge
transfer activities.
Professor Wright
obtained his
undergraduate
degree from Curtin
University and
Master by Research
degree from
Murdoch University
in Perth. He
returned to Curtin to
complete his PhD.
Since 2004 Professor
Wright has held
senior roles at Curtin
University including
Executive Dean,
Associate Deputy
Vice-Chancellor
Research Training
and now Deputy
Vice-Chancellor
Research &
Development.
He has extensive
knowledge and
experience in
education and
research, and
engagement with
higher education
policy at strategic
level.
Professor Wright has
extensive experience
on Boards and
Committees of
research centres
and CRCs, liaison
with industry and
negotiation of
funding agreements,
and broad research
knowledge in
spatial information
sciences. He is
currently a nonexecutive Director of
the CRC for Spatial
Information.
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Professor Hughes
has published widely
in management,
public management,
public policy and
Australian politics
and has published
more than forty
articles and book
chapters. His book
Public Management
and Administration
is now in its fourth
edition (Basingstoke,
Palgrave, 2012). It
has been used in
many countries as
a text and has more
than 1300 citations.
Two earlier editions
were translated
into Chinese by
Renmin University
Press in Beijing
and are required
reading in the more
than 80 Chinese
universities teaching
the Master of Public
Administration.
The latest edition
(2012) has versions
in preparation in
Chinese, Japanese
and Turkish.
Kristy
Meiselbach
Calum
Drummond
Dr Matthew
Brown
Deputy ViceChancellor Research
and Innovation and
Vice President, RMIT University
Director of the ATN
Industry Doctoral
Training Centre in
Mathematics and
Statistics (IDTC)
Professor Drummond is
currently Deputy
Vice-Chancellor
Research and
Innovation and a
Vice President at
RMIT University,
playing a leadership
role in the development of discovery
and practice-based
research and in
building and
enhancing capability
in research and
innovation across
the University.
The IDTC runs a
PhD program for
students aspiring
to a research career
using mathematics
and statistics with/
in industry. Each
student is matched
with an industry
partner to work on
a real R&D problem
and also receives
technical and
transferable skills
training to prepare
them for the industry
workforce
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He is also an active
research professor
and has published
over 200 papers and
patents in the area of
advanced materials,
including biomedical
and energy storage applications. Professor Drummond joined
RMIT University in
2014 from CSIRO
where he was Group
Executive for
Manufacturing,
Materials and
Minerals. Earlier
he was seconded
from CSIRO to be
the inaugural Vice
President Research
at CAP-XX, an Intel
portfolio company
that developed
supercapacitors for
consumer electronic
products.
Matt has a wide
range of experience
in research practice
and policy analysis in
the higher education
sector.
Most recently he
was Senior Policy
Analyst – Research,
for the ATN working
on a range of issues
including industry
and international
engagement,
research impact
assessment
methods, university
rankings system,
research funding
models and
Excellence in
Research for
Australia (ERA).
Matt’s research
experience in
Mathematics
followed a PhD
at the University
of Adelaide and
saw him working
as a researcher
in Australia and
Europe, specialising
in geometry and
combinatorics.
Monika Buljan
Tanya Monro
Statistician and
PhD student ATN
Industry Doctoral
Training Centre in
Mathematics and
Statistics (IDTC)
Deputy Vice
Chancellor: Research
and Innovation
University of South
Australia
Monika Buljan is
completing an
industry-based
statistics PhD at
RMIT through
the ATN Industry
Doctoral Training
Centre (IDTC).
She is also the
Victoria Branch
Young Statistician
Representative of the
Statistical Society of
Australia.
Professor Tanya
Monro, Deputy Vice
Chancellor Research
and Innovation and
an ARC Georgina
Sweet Laureate
Fellow at the
University of South
Australia
Since 2009, she
has been the sole
statistician at her
industry partner,
the Royal Australian
College of General
Practitioners
(RACGP). Monika is
responsible for the
quality assurance
and analysis of
clinical exams in the
RACGP Education
Department.
Most GP trainees
in Australia are
assessed by the
RACGP before they
enter unsupervised
clinical practice. GP
trainee figures are
expected to double
over the next 2-3
years. Monika’s PhD
project aims to meet
assessment demand
and maintain
Australian GP
standards with the
application of Item
Response Theory
(IRT).
Tanya was the
inaugural Director
of the Institute
for Photonics and
Advanced Sensing
(IPAS) from 2008
to 2014 and was
also the inaugural
Director for the ARC
Centre of Excellence
for Nanoscale
BioPhotonics (CNBP)
at the University of
Adelaide.
Tanya is a Fellow
of the Australian
Academy of
Science (AAS), the
Australian Academy
of Technological
Sciences and
Engineering (ATSE)
and the Australian
Institute of Physics.
She is a member of
the Prime Minister’s
Commonwealth
Science Council
(CSC), the AAS
National Committee
for Physics, South
Australian Economic
Development
Board, where she
chairs the Science,
Innovation and
Commercialisation
subcommittee
and a member of
South Australia’s
Riverbank Authority.
She is a member
of the SA Premier’s
Science & Industry
Council, and is Chair
of the Council of
the National Youth
Science Forum
(NYSF). Tanya is
also an inaugural
Bragg Fellow of the
Royal Institution of
Australia (RiAus).
In 2014 Tanya
was awarded the
Beattie Steel Medal
of the Australian
Optical Society
and in 2012 the
Australian Academy
of Sciences’ Pawsey
Medal. In 2011
Tanya was named
South Australia’s
“Australian of the
Year” and the Scopus
Young Researcher
of the Year. In 2010
she became South
Australian Scientist
of the Year and
Telstra Business
Women of the Year
(in the Community
& Government
category). In 2008
she won the Prime
Minister’s Malcolm
McIntosh Prize for
Physical Scientist of
the Year.
Tanya obtained
her PhD in physics
in 1998 from The
University of Sydney,
for which she was
awarded the Bragg
Gold Medal for
the best Physics
PhD in Australia. In
2000, she received
a Royal Society
University Research
Fellowship at the
Optoelectronics
Research Centre
at the University
of Southampton in
the UK. She came
to the University of
Adelaide in 2005
as inaugural Chair
of Photonics. She
has published
over 500 papers in
refereed journals
and conference
proceedings and
raised over $140M for
research.
Professor Carol
Dickenson
Mr Nigel Relph
Deputy Vice
Chancellor and
Vice President:
International and
Advancement,
University of South
Australia
Before joining the
University of South
Australia, Nigel was
Director of Corporate
Affairs at Queen
Mary, University of
London. Previously
he held senior
management
positions at the
Universities of
Warwick and
Birmingham, where
he was Director
of International
Affairs. He spent a
period in Malaysia as
academic director of
a private education
group. On his
return to the UK he
was appointed as
a senior consultant
to the British
Council, advising
on the then Prime
Minister Tony
Blair’s international
education initiatives.
Nigel began
his career as a
cultural historian
holding academic
positions at the
University of
Liverpool and at
the University of
Lancaster and then
spent a period
setting up and then
running a media
company before
resuming his career
in education. He has
been a Director and
Trustee of a number
of educational and
arts organisations
and is currently
a member of the
Boards of Education
Adelaide and of
Education Australia.
Professor Carol
Dickenson is
Senior Deputy
Vice-Chancellor
at Queensland
University of
Technology. QUT’s
six faculties, its
research institutes
and the Caboolture
Campus report to
the Senior Deputy
Vice-Chancellor and
the Portfolio includes
responsibility
for academic
staffing, enterprise
bargaining and
QUT’s Reconciliation
activities. Professor
Dickenson is Chair of
University Academic
Board.
Prior to her
appointment as
Senior Deputy
Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Dickenson
served as QUT’s
Registrar for ten
years and possesses
a unique set of
skills honed during
extensive experience
across academic,
consulting,
government, HR,
and executive
management roles.
Professor Dickenson
is an elected
member of the
Australian Higher
Education Industrial
Association’s
(AHEIA) executive
committee, and
a member of the
Universities Australia
Standing Group
on the Tertiary
Education Quality
and Standards
Agency (TEQSA). She
has been a director
on the QTAC board
and chaired its audit
and risk committee.
Professor
Dickenson’s PhD
research formed
the foundational
framework for staff
development for
the Senior Executive
Service of the
Queensland Public
Sector Management
Commission in the
early 1990s. Her work
and the competency
levels identified have
been used in many
settings.
Similarly, Professor
Dickenson’s
secondment to
establish a senior
management
development
program for QUT led
to the development
of the Queensland
Leadership Profile
360-degree feedback
instrument that is a
market leader used
by 38 university and
other knowledge
organisations
in Australia and
overseas.
Professor Dickenson,
as QUT HR Director,
developed and led
the first Certified
Agreement for
senior staff at QUT
which was also a
first for the higher
education sector
and was adopted by
a number of other
universities. The
development of a
separate certified
agreement for senior
staff was designed
to enhance the
senior management
development
program and
the executive
management
capability of senior
staff, and the
performance culture.
Performance pay
was also introduced.
Key policy
development
at QUT which
Professor Dickenson
has led includes:
Performance
Planning and Review
for academic,
professional and
senior staff; outside
work policy for
academic and
professional staff;
student appeals and
grievance resolution;
promotion for
academic staff
policy. Professor
Dickenson is
currently leading
a project aimed
at ensuring QUT’s
academic workforce
is well prepared and
positioned for the
future.
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Nigel commenced
as Deputy Vice
Chancellor:
International and
Advancement in
February 2013
having previously
been Pro Vice
Chancellor and
Vice President:
International and
Development since
October 2010.
He is responsible
for international
strategy;
international
marketing; the
University’s
partnerships and
institutional alliances
locally, nationally
and internationally;
community and
cultural engagement;
alumni relations
and philanthropic
fundraising; and
for The Samstag
Museum of Art.
Senior Deputy Vice
Chancellor,
Queensland
University of
Technology
Hon. Phil
Honeywood
Chief Executive
Officer
International
Education
Association of
Australia (IEAA)
Phil is the Chief
Executive Officer
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. He was also
Deputy Leader of
the Opposition from
2002–2006.
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Since retiring from
full-time politics
in 2006, Phil was
Marketing Director
and CEO at Stott’s
Business College
and Cambridge
International College
in Melbourne.
Phil also served
two terms on the
Governing Council
of Swinburne
University of
Technology.
With experience in
senior management
positions, in both
the Australian
public and private
sectors, Phil brings a
unique background
and perspective
to international
education.
Phil has an Honours
degree from the
Australian National
University in
Political Science and
Japanese.
Professor
Andrew
MacIntyre
Professor
William
Purcell
Deputy ViceChancellor
International and
Vice-President of
RMIT University
Deputy Vice
Chancellor
(International and
Advancement),
University of
Technology, Sydney
Prior to joining RMIT,
he was Professor
of Political Science
at the Australian
National University,
where he also
served as Dean of
the College and
Director of the
Research School of
Asia & the Pacific
and before that
founding Director of
the Crawford School
of Public Policy
(2002-2009). Earlier
in his career, he was
also Professor at the
Graduate School
of International
Relations & Pacific
Studies at the
University of
California, San Diego.
Professor MacIntyre
is a Fellow of
the Academy of
Social Sciences in
Australia and has
published widely
on Southeast Asian
politics, international
relations in the
Asia-Pacific
region and, more
recently, enhancing
universities. He was
the founder of the
Australia-Indonesia
Governance
Research
Partnership, and
serves on the
editorial board
of the Bulletin
of Indonesian
Economic Studies.
He is the recipient
of the Japanese
Foreign Minister’s
Commendation for
contributions to
the promotion of
relations between
Japan and Australia
(2006) and also
a recipient of the
Presidential Friends
of Indonesia award
(2010).
Among board roles,
Professor MacIntyre
currently sits on the
boards of directors
of the AustralianAmerican Leadership
Dialogue and the
Asia Foundation
- Australia. He
is also currently
Deputy Chair of
the Australian
Committee for
Pacific Economic
Cooperation
(AusPECC). He
has served as
a consultant
to government
institutions and
companies in
Australia, the United
States and China, as
well as international
agencies such as
the World Bank, the
Asian Development
Bank and the ASEAN
Secretariat.
Professor William
Purcell is Deputy
Vice Chancellor
and Vice President
International and
Advancement
at University of
Technology Sydney
(UTS) which he
joined in 2009.
Professor Purcell
has responsibility
for international
partnerships,
internationalisation
strategy,
international
student recruitment,
alumni, fundraising,
corporate
engagement, the
UTS Shopfront, and
the Australia-China
Relations Institute
at UTS. He is also
the chairman of
UTS Global Pty Ltd;
UTS Beijing Ltd; and
Sydney Educational
Broadcasting Ltd
at UTS. He also sits
on the board of
UTS Insearch, UTS’
pathway college and
a number of other
company boards.
Professor Purcell is
also the Asia-Pacific
Vice Chair of CASE
(Centre for Support
and Advancement of
Education) based in
Washington DC.
Prior to his
current role at
UTS his previous
academic positions
were as Deputy
Vice Chancellor
International and
before that Dean
of Business at
The University of
Newcastle; Head
of the School
of International
Business; Head
of the School of
Asian Business and
Language Studies;
and Director of the
Australian Centre
for International
Business at
University of New
South Wales;
and Professor of
Economics at the
University of Tokyo.
Professor Purcell
has also worked in
the private sector
as a management
consultant and
investment banker.
He has also been a
consultant to both
government and
business across the
Asia Pacific
Professor Purcell
holds a PhD in
Economics from the
University of New
South Wales and also
graduated from the
University of Kyoto in
Japanese Studies. He
has published more
than 150 articles and
books across the
field of international
Business, specialising
in international
joint venturing;
investment mode
and location choice,
human resource
management
transfer and foreign
direct investment.
Professor Purcell
is a fluent speaker
of Japanese and
Korean.
Thomson Ch’ng
National President,
Council of
International
Students Australia
(CISA)
Tong Sheng Ch’ng,
or better known
as Thomson, is a Malaysian student pursuing Master of
Science (Project
Management) at
Curtin University
Sydney. In October
2013, Thomson was
awarded the New
South Wales Premier’s
International Student
of the Year Award for
the Higher Educated
Category. As a former National
Secretary and the
incumbent National
President for the
Council of International Students
Australia (CISA), the
national peak student
representative body
for international students in Australia, Thomson believes
in promoting the
interest and needs
of international
students in
Australia through
building a stronger
relationship and
communication
channel with various
stakeholders including
government bodies,
industry bodies,
including peak bodies
and most importantly,
the student bodies. Thomson is also a
winner of the MASCA
Testimonial Australia
Gold Award 2011. He
is also the founder
of My Study, My
Career, a forum that
connects and informs
students about workplace and employment related issues
through Q & A interactive panel discussion
between students and
experts. Notes
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