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Speakers
The Society is pleased to announce that Dr Catherine Manathunga, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education in the Teaching and Educational Development Institute and the University of Queensland Graduate School, will be the keynote speaker at the SRHE Postgraduate and Newer Researchers Conference 2009.
Her research interests include postgraduate supervision, interdisciplinary research education, the history of teaching and learning in universities, and the professional development of supervisors and researchers.
The Society is delighted that Dr Manathunga has accepted the invitation from the PGNR Conference Chair Dr Arwen Raddon to participate in this years Postgraduate and Newer Researchers Conference. In addition to giving the keynote address at the PGNR event, Dr Manathunga will also be participating in a panel debate and the following SRHE conference and this will add another valued link between these two events.
Keynote Address
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Dr Catherine Manathunga
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education
Teaching and Educational Development Institute and the UQ Graduate School
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Catherine Manathunga is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education in the Teaching and Educational Development Institute and the UQ Graduate School. Her research interests include postgraduate supervision, interdisciplinary research education, the history of teaching and learning in universities, and the professional development of supervisors and researchers.
Catherine is an historian and draws together expertise in historical, sociological and cultural studies research to bring an innovative, interdisciplinary perspective to higher education research, particularly focusing on doctoral education and the history of university teaching and learning. She currently researches in the following areas:
- Postgraduate Supervision : power, identity and culture in postgraduate supervision; power and desire in team supervision pedagogy
- Supervisor Educational Development : post-colonial interpretations of supervisor educational development;
- Research and Innovation Leader Development : research graduates attributes and outcomes in universities and industry; ongoing professional development for researchers in public and private sector research organisations; interdisciplinary research;
- History of Australian Teaching and Learning : a genealogy of the development of teaching and learning in Australian universities.
She currently supervises RHD students in the areas of doctoral education, effective teaching and learning in higher education and development aid policy.
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