Project team
The project team members are from the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (University of Melbourne), Griffith Institute for Higher Education (Griffith University) and Queensland University of Technology.
Project team members
Griffith Institute for Higher Education
Griffith University
Professor Kerri-Lee Krause (Project Director) is a Chair in Higher Education and the Director of the Griffith Institute for Higher Education. She is nationally and internationally recognised for her research on the contemporary undergraduate student experience and implications for curriculum design, institutional and national policy and practice. She has managed several national projects including the national study of the first year experience in Australian universities and co-directed the Carrick project on assessment in the biological sciences. She has wide expertise pertaining to policy and practical dimensions of undergraduate curricula and pedagogy, and with Richard James she currently holds a three year Australian Research Council Discovery Grant to examine the effects of disciplinary cultures on approaches to teaching and learning. She also has detailed working knowledge of online learning environments and the possibilities offered by ICTs for student engagement.
Project team members
Griffith Institute for Higher Education
Griffith University
Professor Kerri-Lee Krause (Project Director) is a Chair in Higher Education and the Director of the Griffith Institute for Higher Education. She is nationally and internationally recognised for her research on the contemporary undergraduate student experience and implications for curriculum design, institutional and national policy and practice. She has managed several national projects including the national study of the first year experience in Australian universities and co-directed the Carrick project on assessment in the biological sciences. She has wide expertise pertaining to policy and practical dimensions of undergraduate curricula and pedagogy, and with Richard James she currently holds a three year Australian Research Council Discovery Grant to examine the effects of disciplinary cultures on approaches to teaching and learning. She also has detailed working knowledge of online learning environments and the possibilities offered by ICTs for student engagement.
Dr Ali Green was a Senior Research Assistant for the project at the Griffith Institute for Higher Education. She has many years of teaching experience in the tertiary sector in the field of communication, both in Australia and overseas. She has particular expertise in cultural diversity and cross-cultural communication. Ali is now a lecturer in higher education at the Griffith Institute for Higher Education and is currently promoting research-based learning and public scholarship initiatives at Griffith University through the production of good practice guides and academic staff workshops.
Centre for the Study of Higher Education
The University of Melbourne
Dr Sophie Arkoudis is Deputy Director at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education. She has recognised expertise in integrating research into her own teaching and curriculum design. She has particular expertise in the area of internationalisation of the curriculum and implications of the teaching-research nexus for supporting internationalisation in all its dimensions. She has directed international collaborative projects on teaching and learning that have included aspects of the teaching-research nexus. She has published refereed articles on teaching and learning, with particular focus on international students in higher education.
Professor Richard James is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and Professor of Higher Education. His research program involves both theoretical and practical investigations into contemporary higher education issues. In 2005 he led the CSHE project team that designed the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Awards for Australian University Teaching. Richard has co-authored numerous major research reports of national significance in the field of higher education as well as over 50 refereed articles and book chapters. He has been the project director for several important national studies and directed a major national study of student assessment in Australian higher education for the Australian Universities Teaching Committee (AUTC), which led to the creation of the Assessing Learning in Australian Universities website.
Ms Claire Jennings was the Project Manager for this study. She is a research project coordinator at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education, in which capacity she manages and conducts a number of research projects in the field of higher education. Claire also leads the University of Melbourne’s engagement with the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Previously she has worked in research roles on several projects in the fields of neuroscience, psychology and health.
Teaching and Learning Support Services
Queensland University of Technology
Ms Ros McCulloch currently works as Associate Director at Teaching and Learning Support Services. She has developed, taught and evaluated both Higher Education Academy and Australian-accredited programs in professional development for teaching in higher education (programs that incorporated the teaching-research nexus). In the UK, Ros co-directed projects that aimed to establish a national model of professional development for teachers of undergraduate modern languages. She co-coordinated the regional response to the HEFCE/HEA consultation on The UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education, secured major Teaching Quality Enhancement (HEFCE) funding for the University of Birmingham, set up the Birmingham University Fellowship scheme and co-founded ProDAIT, the University of Birmingham website for the professional/career development of academics involved in teaching.
Centre for the Study of Higher Education
The University of Melbourne
Dr Sophie Arkoudis is Deputy Director at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education. She has recognised expertise in integrating research into her own teaching and curriculum design. She has particular expertise in the area of internationalisation of the curriculum and implications of the teaching-research nexus for supporting internationalisation in all its dimensions. She has directed international collaborative projects on teaching and learning that have included aspects of the teaching-research nexus. She has published refereed articles on teaching and learning, with particular focus on international students in higher education.
Professor Richard James is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and Professor of Higher Education. His research program involves both theoretical and practical investigations into contemporary higher education issues. In 2005 he led the CSHE project team that designed the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Awards for Australian University Teaching. Richard has co-authored numerous major research reports of national significance in the field of higher education as well as over 50 refereed articles and book chapters. He has been the project director for several important national studies and directed a major national study of student assessment in Australian higher education for the Australian Universities Teaching Committee (AUTC), which led to the creation of the Assessing Learning in Australian Universities website.
Ms Claire Jennings was the Project Manager for this study. She is a research project coordinator at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education, in which capacity she manages and conducts a number of research projects in the field of higher education. Claire also leads the University of Melbourne’s engagement with the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Previously she has worked in research roles on several projects in the fields of neuroscience, psychology and health.
Teaching and Learning Support Services
Queensland University of Technology
Ms Ros McCulloch currently works as Associate Director at Teaching and Learning Support Services. She has developed, taught and evaluated both Higher Education Academy and Australian-accredited programs in professional development for teaching in higher education (programs that incorporated the teaching-research nexus). In the UK, Ros co-directed projects that aimed to establish a national model of professional development for teachers of undergraduate modern languages. She co-coordinated the regional response to the HEFCE/HEA consultation on The UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education, secured major Teaching Quality Enhancement (HEFCE) funding for the University of Birmingham, set up the Birmingham University Fellowship scheme and co-founded ProDAIT, the University of Birmingham website for the professional/career development of academics involved in teaching.
