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Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (Management), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 2009

Thesis: Social skills and functional role behaviours in work teams and student-project groups

Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) (Psychology Major), University of New South Wales (UNSW), 1995

Thesis: The role and nature of ideals in the leadership process: A preliminary study

 Work History 

2019-2025, Living in Germany, completed self-funded project (see groupsandgrowth.com).

2012-2019, Lecturer in Active and Collaborative Learning, UTS.

2012-2014, Casual Academic, UTS Business School.

2010-2011, Senior Project Officer, Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC).

2009-2010, Project Officer, University of Western Sydney (UWS).

2001-2007, Project Officer, UTS.

 Highlights

Developed and self-published a set of resources to help university/college students. See groupsandgrowth.com

Designed and ran workshops and interactive training sessions for over 1900 academics with outstanding results and impact.

Designed and ran interactive learning sessions for over 5000 students. See here and here.

Engaged over 300 academic staff and senior management through invited presentations (e.g., Teaching and Learning Committees, faculty retreats).

Inspired over 100 academics to use IFAT ‘scratch cards’, many of whom have now imbedded the technique into their practice (resulting in enhanced learning experiences to thousands of students). See here.

Supported and professionally developed over 100 academics with many going on to win awards and/or disseminate their work.

Supported over 100 academics with their use of SPARKPlus, many of whom have adopted my innovative SPARK designs.

Co-authored book chapter and journal articles.

Sole author of many full refereed conference papers, one of which was cited in the Higher Education section of the Australian newspaper.  See here.

Co-recipient of seven teaching and learning grants.

Co-organiser of the UTS Learning and Teaching Forum (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. 2018, 2019).

Co-recipient of 2018 UTS Learning and Teaching Citation for Supporting students' collaborative learning journeys using visualisation reflective practices to map and make sense of group work experiences.

Recipient of 2014 UTS Learning and Teaching Citation for Fostering Inclusive and Supporting Learning Environments in First Year Business Classrooms.

UTS Business School Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Program Award winner (Top 5 Tutor - 2013, 2014).

Wrote the highly successful Enhancing Experiences of Group Work: A Resource Kit for Managing and Motivating Student Groups. See here.