Front-weighting assessment so students know where they stand

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In most courses I have taught in or reviewed, assessment weights rise across the term. The biggest and most-weighted task has been at the end, so students receive feedback on about half or less of their overall marks before the task that has the highest stakes. In redesigning PHCM9391 I tried to change this. The sequence is now front-weighted, so

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

Supporting colleagues' teaching

Co-convening is the most direct way I know to help a colleague learn how to run a large course. Two colleagues have co-convened PHCM9391 with me over the past two years, sharing the organisation of student communications and course delivery for about 400 students, the tutorials, and the decisions during term about how to adapt to change. Both have now gone on to convene courses on their own.

Program leadership as Director of Double Degrees

Since 2023 I have been the School's first Director of Double Degrees. The School's dual degrees combine public health, health management, infectious disease intelligence and global health, a combination that is distinctive among Group of Eight universities, and students complete 72 units of credit across two programs. Before the role existed, students were expected to navigate between program

Educational leadership in the School and the discipline, 2018-2026

Since 2023 I have been the School's first Director of Double Degrees, a role covering around 600 students across public health, health management, infectious disease intelligence and global health. Before the role existed, students were expected to navigate between program areas and resolve inconsistencies themselves. I am the single point of contact for students in the MPH/MHLM dual degree,