Leading a curriculum review of a large core postgraduate course

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When I took over PHCM9391 Health Organisations, Strategy and Change in 2022, two reviews of the Master of Health Leadership and Management (MHLM), a UNSW Academic Program Review and an independent program review in 2021-2022, had found that this core course needed to cover a wider range of topics. I also found that its aims and learning outcomes

A typology of assessment securing mechanisms

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TEQSA's 2025 guidance on assessment reform asked universities to explain how their assessments were secured, but said little about how to answer that question. For mostly online postgraduate programs with working cohorts like the ones I teach in, examinations and oral assessment, which most institutions have returned to, are among the least suitable or feasible options.

I developed a

Contributing to public health education nationally and internationally

In 2026 I was elected to the Board of the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA), the peak body for academic public health education across Australia and New Zealand, at a time when several universities have cut their public health programs. My priority on the Board has been to support CAPHIA's partnerships with aligned organisations to strengthen advocacy on

Building workforce capability through education

Before and alongside my university teaching, I've designed education for the health workforce. Between 2003 and 2008 I led the development and delivery of health impact assessment training for NSW Health, training more than 200 NSW Health staff through in-person block training followed by email and telephone support while they applied the approach to real proposals, and I then supported

Educational scholarship and professional development, 2003-2026

I completed the Foundations of University Learning and Teaching at UNSW in 2006 and took PHCM9391 through the UNSW Course Design Institute in 2022 as the basis for its curriculum review. I take part in School, Faculty and University learning and teaching forums, including the UNSW Education Festival in 2022 and 2023 and INSPIRED in 2026. My recent practice draws on scholarship on constructive