TWG7: Learning from national policy experiences

Professor Downie is an established national and international researcher with numerous grants, publications and conference presentations, including keynote addresses.

In her role as DVC, Academic, Jill is responsible for Curtin Learning and Teaching and the quality assurance processes of learning and teaching across the University; the Library and Learning Centre; Student Support Services including Counselling and Health Services, Sport and Recreation, Housing, Child Care; Student Services from Admissions though the continuum to Graduation; Academic Registrar's Office; Ethics, Equity and Social Justice, and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies (CAS) and Indigenous strategy.

Professor David Gibson, Director of Learning Futures at Curtin University in Australia and UNESCO Chair of Data Science in Higher Education Learning and Teaching, received his doctorate (Ed.D. Leadership and Policy Studies) from the University of Vermont in 1999 based on a study of complex systems modeling of educational change. His foundational research demonstrated the feasibility of bridging from qualitative information to quantifiable dynamic relationships in complex models that verify trajectories of organizational change.