Review Panel Biographies

2012 School of Education Review Panel

Emeritus Professor Terry Lovat

Terry Lovat is Professor Emeritus at The University of Newcastle where he was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Arts) for ten years, Dean of Education for six years and Head of the Department of Education for three years.  Professor Lovat is past president of the Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE), past president of the NSW Teacher Education Council (now Council of Deans of Education - NSWCDE), foundation member of the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, and was a member of the National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy. 

He has received a distinguished service award from ACDE and life membership for distinguished service from NSWCDE.  Professor Lovat has maintained an active research career during his time in administration, securing funding totalling over $2m and writing several academic books and over 100 refereed articles and book chapters.  He currently shares his time between Newcastle and Oxford University where he is a Senior Research Fellow and member of the Education, Religion and Philosophy Research Forum.

Eric Jamieson

Eric has had extensive experience as an educator for over 30 years with the NSW Department of Education and Communities. During this time, he has worked in many leadership roles and has made substantial contributions, particularly in the areas of improving student learning outcomes and in developing evidence-based practice in schools.  A result of his work has been the development an embedded culture in NSW public education in which learning outcomes data analysis is used to inform practice, along with stronger review and evaluation practices. A further example of his work has been with the 52 schools in the Mount Druitt area, helping to facilitate outstanding improvements in learning outcomes across these schools. His passion for improving educational outcomes, particularly for students in Western Sydney schools, led to him taking on the role of principal at Plumpton High School in 2004. During his time as principal Eric has led the school through a complete transformation and reinvigoration. This has resulted in dramatically improved academic performance, attendance and retention rates, with the demand for enrolment at the school now double the number of positions available.

Eric’s leadership experience has included leading principals and managing regional portfolios in various substantive and relieving roles. In 2011, he received the Director General’s Award for Outstanding Leadership and the Western Sydney Regional Director’s Award for Outstanding Leadership.

Eric is currently in the role of Director (Acting), Educational Measurement and School Accountability Directorate, with responsibility for leading the implementation of the National Assessment Program in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with leading state based school review, assessment and analysis functions.

Professor Peter Renshaw 

Peter Renshaw is Professor and Head, School of Education at the University of Queensland. He was President of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) in 2001 and an Executive member for over a decade (1990 – 2002), and from 2007-2010 an Executive member of the Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE).  His research has centred on reform of classroom pedagogy and currently he is Chief Investigator on three Australian Research Council grants that each centre on reforming schooling practices for more marginalised students.

Professor Sue Willis 

Professor Sue Willis is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Inclusion) and Interim Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at Monash University.   Prior to this, Sue was the Dean of the Faculty of Education at Monash. Sue began her career in Western Australia as a secondary mathematics teacher before moving into curriculum development and then university teaching and research.  Her research, curriculum and professional development work have had two foci:  mathematics and numeracy, and equity and social justice in and through education.
 
Sue has engaged extensively in consultancy and policy work and served on a number of Boards and Steering and Consultative Committees at state and national levels.  Sue is currently President of The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS).  Sue had, up until recently, been a Director of Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited (AITSL), been on the Board of the VCAA, K-10 Committee and chaired its Post Compulsory Curriculum and Assessment Committee.  Sue was also past President of the Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE).

Professor Kerri-Lee Krause is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) and Professor of Higher Education at the University of Western Sydney. Her portfolio responsibilities focus on enhancing the quality of learning, teaching and academic quality across the University. She is internationally recognised for her research on the contemporary undergraduate student experience and implications for quality and standards. At UWS her role connects the quality of the student experience and outcomes with capacity-building for academic staff. Higher education policy is her research focus, including extensive work on the changing student experience, the evolving nature of academic work and implications for quality and standards in higher education.