Project Team
Project Leadership
Bio
As an experienced researcher, teacher and leader in Education, particularly the Creative Arts and Communication, Fiona’s ability to facilitate collaborative cross-disciplinary ventures will help pull expertise together across the project team. Fiona is an expert in developing online collaboration models with industry for student learning across disciplines and cultures. This will help give the project a global industry focus for digital work readiness of graduates.
In addition to her role as the Chief Investigator and Project Lead, Fiona’s experience will see her be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Industry and employability
- Pedagogy and curriculum
- Symposium and workshops
- Analysis and reports
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With a wealth of local and international experience as a journalist, editor, entrepreneur and now academic, Peter’s knowledge of the changing media landscape will enable the project to contribute to students’ digital capabilities being better connected with industry requirements and a range of emerging opportunities.
Peter’s experience will see him be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Industry and employability
- Interviews
- Pedagogy and curriculum
- Analysis and reports
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Abby’s experience will see her be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Industry and employability
- Interviews
- Symposium and workshops
Project Team
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Margaret’’s experience will see her be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Industry and employability
- Academics and students
- Interviews
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Philip’s work integrates computer science and critical theory to study the social production and social influence of digital technologies. Drawing on this experience, Philip will play a key role in developing and refining the conceptual model of digital work practices that will underpin the project’s activities. This model will serve as the glue that allows team members from various disciplines to interact meaningfully throughout the life of the project.
Philip’s expertise will see him be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Digital model
- Analytics
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Cathy’s experience will see her be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Academics and students (teaching practice)
- Symposium and workshops
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Wageeh’s experience will see him be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Academics and students (teaching practice)
- Pedagogy and curriculum
- Interviews
- Analysis and reports
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With strong experience in quantitative methods, Elspeth will drive the following project themes/activities:
- Industry and employability (particularly survey and data)
- Digital model and analytics
- Toolkit and resources
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Tom’s research practice and output aims to translate diverse and sometimes abstract perspectives from philosophy and theory into insights that readily mesh with research questions more specifically relevant to academic design practitioners and design research units.
Tom has extensive teaching experience within the university and industry helping designers refine and communicate the key concepts in their work, including communication projects with leading design thinking consultancies.
Tom’s experience will see him be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Academics and students (teaching practice)
- Educator workshops and resources
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Alexandra’s experience will see her be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Interviews
- Toolkit and resources
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Penny combines a background in human resource management, research on the changing nature of work, and experience as a higher education teacher to bring a focus on industry needs and graduate employability skills to the project. Penny will play a key role in gathering and interpreting industry and educator data to inform the project findings.
Penny’s expertise will see her be a major driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Industry and employability
- Educator survey and reports
- Symposium and workshops
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As the Project Officer, David will support each of the core project activities.
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With strong experience in qualitative methods, Ian will provide a core contribution to the following project themes/activities:
- Symposium and workshops
- Toolkit and resources
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Catherine’s experience will see her be a driver of the following project themes/activities:
- Academics and students (teaching practice)
- Educator resources
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A PhD candidate with the QUT Business School, Ellen’s PhD research into graduate employability in the Creative Industries reflects her keen interest in the relationships between graduates, higher education, and contemporary labour markets.
Ellen’s expertise will allow her to support the following project themes/activities:
- Graduate employability
- Educator survey and reports
- Industry workshops and reports