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Matthew Bowden
Matthew Bowden
Enabling education student alumni and current Bachelor of Education (Primary) student with UniSA. Matthew is father of a 12 year old son, 3 beloved chickens and a pet rabbit. After completing Foundation Studies through UniSA College in 2013, he commenced his bachelor studies part time with the intention of starting his second career after spending 30 years working in Information Technology. As Matthew's son progressed through childcare, kindergarten and then primary school, he found himself increasingly interested in pursuing a career in education and is expected to graduate in 2021.
Professor Sally Kift
Professor Sally Kift
Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academic (PFHEA), a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL) and President of the Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows (ALTF). Sally has held several university leadership positions, most recently as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at James Cook University. She is a national Teaching Award winner, a Senior Teaching Fellow and a Discipline Scholar, Law. In 2017, she received an Australian University Career Achievement Award for her contribution to Australian higher education. Sally was a member of the Australian Qualifications Framework Review Panel that reported to Government in September 2019.
Dr Nadine Zacharias
Dr Nadine Zacharias
Director: Student Engagement and Associate Professor of Higher Education at Swinburne University of Technology. In this role, Nadine has responsibility for strategic retention programs and services. Her research interests and expertise are at the intersection of equity research, practice and policy at institutional and national levels. She has led applied research projects in the fields of equity policy and program management, inclusive teaching and learning, and gender equity in employment. In 2016, Nadine was an inaugural Equity Fellow with the national Centre for student Equity in higher Education (NCSEHE). With Matt Brett, she developed 'The best Chance for All'; a new vision statement for student equity in Australian tertiary education.
Dr Anna Bennett
Dr Anna Bennett
Director of the Pathways and Academic Learning Support (PALS) Centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia, which offers a diversity of pathways programs and learning support services for over 8,500 domestic and international students every year. Her research focuses on higher education pathways (structures, pedagogy and curriculum), transitions and equity programs and their evaluation, as well as the policies that shape them. Anna is also currently Chief Investigator on the Department of Education, Skills and employment commissioned project 'Success from the Perspective of the Successful: Low SES, Success and Completion in Higher Education'. She has been involved on multiple projects, including the Enabling Pedagogies and Practices (2018) and Equity Initiatives Framework (ELF), another commissioned federal review of equity program impact, which focussed on the whole of the student learning journey, from outreach to postgraduate programs. The framework is used by the majority of Australian universities to guide and evaluate their access, transition and equity programs. The approach and findings are outlined in a recent publication 'Access and equity program provision-evaluation in Australian higher education: a what matters approach' Education Research and Evaluation (2019).
Karen Seary
Karen Seary
Associate Dean; School of Access Education at CQU University. The school hosts CQU University's enabling courses, the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) and the Tertiary Entry Program (TEP). She has been involved with STEPS in various roles as lecturer, campus coordinator and Head of Course since 1994. Karen also has overall management responsibility for the academic learning services offered by the Academic Learning Centre (Higher Education) and the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Centre (VET). Karen’s research interests centre on adult education, in particular, the creation of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students through enabling courses and the transition to tertiary education. Karen is currently the Chair of the National Association of Enabling Educators Australia (NAEEA).
Dr Sarah Hattam
Dr Sarah Hattam
Program Director and Lecturer at UniSA College. Sarah supports and leads a team of teaching focused academics to adopt and embrace enabling pedagogies. Sarah has extensive experience at teaching and curriculum development within the higher education sector and currently teaches courses on critical thinking and global sociology. This year, Sarah was recognized as a Senior Research Fellow with the Higher Education Academy and received an Educator Innovation Award for a suite of Professional Development initiatives in inclusive and enabling pedagogies.
Dr Anthea Fudge
Dr Anthea Fudge
Lecturer at UniSA College is an educator in the sciences and enabling education, with Education Futures at the University of South Australia. Anthea's research lies in the use of digital tools and learning analytics to assist with supporting feedback, development of educative academic integrity (AI) practices and research into creative ways to support students in widening participation in higher education. In 2018 Anthea received a UniSA Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, for the development of supportive resources to enhance student learning of AI. This work was awarded a 2019 Australian Award for University Teaching.
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