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.
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,
Supervising research candidates from novice to colleague
I've included supervision in this portfolio because it is a central part of how I teach, and because much of what I've learned from it shapes my coursework teaching - though this is considered to be part of my research role, rather than teaching, at UNSW. I have had 9 completions and I currently supervise 11 PhD, professional doctorate and MPhil candidates, six of them as primary supervisor.