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About the ANU EFS
The ANU Educational Fellowship Scheme (EFS) provides educators, including academic and professional staff who support learning, with internationally-accredited professional recognition of their experience and expertise in university education. ANU is able to offer the EFS to its staff by being a subscriber to Advance HE (previously Higher Education Academy or HEA), an independent, non-profit organisation committed to world-class teaching in higher education.
The Education Advancement Team at the ANU Centre for Learning & Teaching (CLT) will guide you throughout the application process. We support and award three categories of fellowship; Associate Fellow of the HEA (AFHEA), Fellow of the HEA (FHEA) and Senior Fellow of the HEA (SFHEA). In addition, we support applicants for the Principal Fellow of the HEA (PFHEA) category for direct application with Advance HE. Whichever category you choose, you will be asked to reflect on your practices, values and philosophies as an educator, your accumulated experiences in higher education, and different kinds of education-related expertise.
Visit our ‘Apply for the EFS‘ page to learn more or contact us at clt@anu.edu.au.
Aim 1
To support individual members of academic or professional staff from the ANU to gain internationally endorsed professional recognition through an appropriate category of Advance HE fellowship. Fellowship award requires applicants to describe, reflect on, and evidence past practice that includes:
- experience in, and knowledge of, teaching and learning at tertiary level, and/or student learning support;
- engagement with relevant professional development; and
- commitment to professional values and professionalism as a university educator.
Aim 2
To develop and support a community of fellows across the ANU community to share best practice and engage in ongoing educational professional development.
Aim 3
To broaden the approach to professional development and professional recognition of teaching and learning activities at ANU, by providing staff with:
- a reflective framework of standards that gives ANU staff involved in teaching and learning a clear understanding of what they do, how they do it, and why they do it that way;
- a recognition structure linked to the Professional Learning programs run by CLT;
- an externally benchmarked measure of esteem for promotion cases, performance reviews, and job applications; and
- opportunities for ongoing peer engagement, networking, and intra- and cross-institutional benchmarking opportunities.
Aim 4
To support ANU in showing national leadership in the sector, through engagement with effective professionalisation of the ANU teaching and learning workforce.
Advance HE, previously known as the Higher Education Academy or HEA, is an independent non-profit organisation committed to world-class teaching in higher education. It works in partnership with institutions and individuals in higher education supporting student success. Advance HE brings the sector together to collaborate, and share teaching strategies and practice, and currently has over 180,000 fellows around the world, with more than 6,000 of those in Australia. Since being introduced to ANU in late 2013, the ANU EFS has awarded more than 600 HEA fellowships to ANU staff, and more than 250 to staff from external universities.
Professional standards framework
The Professional Standards Framework (PSF) is a globally-recognised framework for benchmarking success within higher education teaching and learning support. Advance HE, the custodians of the PSF, are curently phasing out PSF 2011, and ANU will be making the transition to the revised version, PSF 2023, by September 2024.
PSF 2023 builds on the strengths of PSF 2011 while placing much more overt emphasis on:
- the effectiveness and impact of teaching and/or learning support;
- the context in which the teaching and/or learning support takes place;
- inclusivity – both from the perspective of the wider range of staff now able to engage with the PSF and how more inclusive approaches ensure all learners feel respected, valued and have equity in opportunity to succeed.
If you wish to learn more about PSF 2011 and PSF 2023, you can download and read these guides:
- PSF 2023 guide (will open the Advance HE website, where you can download the guide)
- PSF 2011 guide (will automatically download the document from the Advance HE website)
Current fellows
FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED WITHIN THE EFS INCLUDING CATEGORY CHANGES
| NON-COLLEGE | CASS | CAP | CBE | CECC | COL | CHM | COS | ANU TOTAL | NON ANU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFHEA | 5 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 63 | 20 | 174 | 65 |
| FHEA | 11 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 106 | 31 |
| SFHEA | 7 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 19 | 160 |
| PFHEA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 |
| TOTAL | 26 | 64 | 67 | 39 | 34 | 21 | 99 | 51 | 402 | 293 |
- Professor Michael Martin PFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics, College of Business and Economics - Ms Nithiwadee Chitravas SFHEA
Menzies Library - Professor Paul Francis SFHEA
Research School of Physics, College of Science
- Professor Brian Schmidt SFHEA
Vice-Chancellor, ANU - Professor Royston Gustavson SFHEA
Dean, Academic Quality - Dr Hannah Birke FHEA
Talent and Capability, People and Culture Division - Ms Claire Brooks AFHEA
Centre for Learning and Teaching, Education Design - Ms Anabela Calais Romano AFHEA
Centre for Continuing Education - Ms Sam Cheah AFHEA
OPVC(UE), Student Experience and Career Development - Ms Nithiwadee Chitravas SFHEA
Menzies Library - Dr Rebecca Cross FHEA
Centre for Learning and Teaching, Continuing Education - Dr Thuy Do FHEA
Academic Skills and Learning Centre - Ms Melinda Drummond AFHEA
Centre for Learning and Teaching, Education Design - Mr Tim Grace SFHEA
Centre for Learning and Teaching, Education Communities and Environments - Ms Tabitha Hart AFHEA
IS Executive - Ms Denise Higgins SFHEA
Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology - Ms Bhavani Bee Kannan AFHEA
Academic Skills and Learning Centre - Dr Benjamin Kooyman FHEA
Academic Skills and Learning Centre - Mr Shaun Lehmann FHEA
Academic Skills and Learning Centre - Associate Professor Inger Mewburn SFHEA
Research Training - Ms Roxanne Missingham PFHEA
Library, Scholarly Information Services - Mr Malik Munir AFHEA
Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre - Dr Jillian Schedneck SFHEA
Academic Skills and Learning Centre - Dr Vivien Silvey FHEA
Academic Skills and Learning Centre - Ms Asha Tsimeris AFHEA
Student and University Experience, Engagement and Success - Ms Melde Van Ingelgom FHEA
Centre for Learning and Teaching, Education Advancement - Dr James Jas Ward AFHEA
Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions - Mr Edward Wensing FHEA
National Centre for Indigenous Studies - Mr Tangyao Zhang AFHEA
Centre for Learning and Teaching, Communications
- Associate Professor Alison Alder SFHEA
School of Art and Design - Ms Huda Al-Tamimi FHEA
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies - Dr Bernard Baffour FHEA
School of Demography - Dr Katharine Louise Balolia AFHEA
School of Archaeology and Anthropology - Dr Leslie Barnes SFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Alison Behie FHEA
School of Archaeology and Anthropology - Associate Professor Samantha Bennett SFHEA
School of Music - Dr Ashley Carruthers SFHEA
School of Archaeology and Anthropology - Dr Christine Cave AFHEA
School of Archaeology and Anthropology - Ms Intifar Sadiq Chowdhury AFHEA
School of Politics and International Relations - Ms Karen M Cooke AFHEA
School of Archaeology and Anthropology - Mr Simon Copland AFHEA
School of Sociology - Dr Katherine Curchin FHEA
School of Philosophy - Dr Manuel Delicado Cantero SFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr. Sumonkanti Das AFHEA
School of Demography - Ms Naomi Dinnen FHEA
School of Music - Mr Max Fedoseev AFHEA
School of Philosophy - Professor Denise Ferris SFHEA (Emeritus)
School of Art and Design - Dr Kate Flaherty SFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Richard Frank FHEA
School of Politics and International Relations - Ms Maho Fukuno AFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Phoebe Garrett AFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Ksenia Gnevsheva FHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Sandra Sulamith Graefenstein AFHEA
Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies - Professor Darren Halpin FHEA
School of Politics and International Relations - Mr Edmund Handby AFHEA
School of Politics and International Relations - Dr Kim Huynh SFHEA
School of Politics and International Relations - Dr Solène Inceoglu SFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Maria Jahromi AFHEA
Centre for Social Research and Methods - Dr Helen Keane SFHEA
School of Sociology - Associate Professor Patrick Kilby SFHEA
School of Archaeology and Anthropology - Dr Gemma King SFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Alon Kraitzman FHEA
School of Politics and International Relations - Dr Geoff Kushnick FHEA
School of Archaeology and Anthropology - Mr Thomas Lalevée AFHEA
School of History - Dr Wesley Lim FHEA
School of Literature Languages and Linguistics - Mr John Mackey SFHEA
School of Music - Associate Professor Daniel Martin SFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Ms Katrin Matthews FHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Clare McFadden AFHEA
School of Archaeology and Anthropology - Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Minchin SFHEA
Center for Classical Studies - Ms Luisa Moore AFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Laura Rademaker FHEA
School of History - Emma Rayner AFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Julie Rickwood AFHEA
Centre for Environmental History - Dr Mike Roettger FHEA
School of Demography - Ms Nadienne Roffey AFHEA
Centre for Social Research and Methods - Ms Elena Sheard AFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Jill Sheppard FHEA
School of Politics and International Relations - Dr Joanna Sikora SFHEA
School of Sociology - Dr Zahra Taheri SFHEA
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies - Ms Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva FHEA
School of Politics and International Relations - Ms Deborah Veness SFHEA
Student and Education Office - Ms Ruth Waller SFHEA
School of Art - Dr Kate Warren FHEA
Centre for Art History and Art Theory - Dr Millicent Weber FHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Ms Shuyu Zhang AFHEA
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - Dr Yujie Zhu FHEA
Research School of Humanities and the Arts
- Mr Ripon Adhikary FHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Dr Kerryn Baker FHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of Pacific Affairs - Dr Claire Benn FHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of International Affairs - Professor Sharon Bessell SFHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Dr Shameem Black FHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Professor John Blaxland SFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre - Dr Jack Bowers SFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs - Mr James Brien AFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre - Ms Glynnis-Anne Buckley SFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of Political and Social Change - Dr Nick Cheesman FHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs - Dr Tom Cliff SFHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Ms Alison Darby AFHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Dr Mathew Davies SFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of International Relations - Ms Annebelle Davis AFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of International Relations - Associate Professor Creina Day SFHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Associate Professor Björn Dressel FHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Dr David Envall SFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of International Relations - Dr Peter Friedlander SFHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Professor Stephan Frühling SFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre - Associate Professor Luke Glanville SFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of International Relations - Dr Jane Golley SFHEA
Australian Centre on China in the World - Mr Colum Graham AFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of Political and Social Change - Dr Kathryn Henne FHEA
School of Regulation and Global Governance - Ms Timothea Horn AFHEA
Department of Pacific Affairs - Ms Elise Howard AFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of Pacific Affairs - Dr Yuki Itani-Adams SFHEA
School of Culture History and Language - Dr Andrew Kennedy FHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Associate Professor Linda Kirk SFHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Ms Lina Koleilat AFHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Ms Jeong Yoon Ku AFHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Ms Achalie Kumarage FHEA
School of Regulation and Global Governance - Mr Malik Munir AFHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Dr Sonia Palmieri AFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs - Associate Professor Garth Pratten SFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre - Dr Greg Raymond FHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre - Dr Yu Sang AFHEA
Australian Centre on China in the World - Mr Chitresh Saraswat AFHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Dr Michael Schimmelpfennig SFHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Dr Ashley Schram AFHEA
School of Regulation and Global Governance - Dr Amanda Smullen SFHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Dr Eglantine Staunton FHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of International Relations - Professor Helen Sullivan FHEA
Director, Crawford School of Public Policy - Ms Anne Taylor AFHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Professor Brendan Taylor SFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre - Associate Professor McComas Taylor SFHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Dr Katerina Teaiwa SFHEA
School of Culture History and Language - Mr Michael Varnay AFHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of International Relations - Dr Grant Walton FHEA
Crawford School of Public Policy - Dr Lee White AFHEA
School of Regulation and Global Governance - Dr Sally White FHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Department of Political and Social Change - Dr Emi Yoshida
School of Culture, History and Language - Dr Xueqing Yarjis Zhong AFHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Associate Professor Yanyin Zhang SFHEA
School of Culture, History and Language - Dr Shannon Zimmerman FHEA
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Strategic and Defense Studies Centre
- Dr Sarah Adams FHEA
Research School of Accounting - Dr Ariun-Erdene Bayarjargal AFHEA
Research School of Economics - Dr Andrew Bradly SFHEA
Research School of Management - Dr Aaron Bruhn SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Dr David Bryant FHEA
Research School of Management - Dr Adam Butt SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Dr Elena Capatina FHEA
Research School of Economics - Dr David Cheng SFHEA
Research School of Management - Ms Hedda Cui AFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Dr Stephen Dann SFHEA
Research School of Management - Dr Ding Ding SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Mr Jan Drienko AFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Dr Jo Drienko SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Mr Philip Drummond AFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Mr Andrew Fox FHEA
Research School of Management - Dr Julie Francis FHEA
Research School of Management - Mr Garrett Ge AFHEA
Research School of Finance, Acturial Studies and Statistics - Ms Penny Grewal-Sidhu AFHEA
Research School of Management - Dr Timo Henckel SFHEA
Research School of Economics - Prof Susanna Ho SFHEA
Research School of Accounting - Dr Francis Hui FHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Dr Marina Iskhakova SFHEA
Research School of Economics - Dr Katerina Kormusheva FHEA
Research School of Management - Dr Cagri Kumru SFHEA
Research School of Economics - Mr Pin-Te Lin AFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Mr Zhuoran Mike Liu AFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Mr Abhinav Mehta FHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Dr Idione Meneghel SFHEA
Research School of Economics - Ms Nabila Nisha AFHEA
Research School of Management - Dr Gen Nowak FHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Ms Narelle Panazzolo FHEA
Research School of Management - Dr Borek Puza FHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Honorary Professor Meijun Qian SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Dr Anna von Reibnitz SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Professor Martin Richardson SFHEA
Research School of Economics - Professor Steven Roberts SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Associate Professor Stephen Sault SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Dr Emma Schultz SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics - Ms Elizabeth Ann Smith AFHEA
Research School of Management - Mr Jonathan Tjandra AFHEA
Research School of Management - Dr Nghia Tran AFHEA
Research School of Management - Ms Jane Wakeford AFHEA
Research School of Economics - Dr Bronwen Whiting SFHEA
Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics
- Ms Suzy Andrew AFHEA
General Manager - Ms Ethal Askander AFHEA
School of Computing - Ms Richa Awasthy AFHEA
School of Engineering - Dr Fiona Beck FHEA
School of Engineering - Associate Professor Kim Blackmore SFHEA
School of Cybernetics, College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics - Emeritus Professor Peter Christen SFHEA
School of Computing - Associate Professor Salman Durrani SFHEA
School of Engineering - Mr Jeffrey Fisher AFHEA
School of Computing - Dr Kelly Frame AFHEA
School of Cybernetics - Mrs Jane Friel AFHEA
Education Services - Mr Wenbo Ge AFHEA
School of Engineering - Ms Sara Hamouda AFHEA
School of Computing - Dr Zakir Hossain AFHEA
School of Computing - Ms Lynette Johns-Boast SFHEA
School of Engineering - Dr Penny Kyburz SFHEA
School of Computing - Ms Ellen Lynch AFHEA
School of Engineering - Dr Nicolò Malagutti SFHEA
School of Engineering - Dr Charles Martin SFHEA
School of Computing - Dr Hieu Nguyen FHEA
School of Engineering - Dr Amanda J. Parker FHEA
School of Computing - Ms Jessica Sharmin Rahman AFHEA
Research School of Computer Science - Dr Scott Rickard SFHEA
School of Computing - Ms Subuddhi Asara Senaratne FHEA
School of Computing - Mrs Jenny Simmons FHEA
School of Engineering - Mr Jeremy Smith SFHEA
School of Engineering - Associate Professor Peter Strazdins SFHEA
School of Computing - Associate Professor Hanna Suominen SFHEA
School of Computing - Dr Jennyfer Taylor FHEA
School of Computing - Dr. Thien Truong AFHEA
School of Engineering - Dr Qing Wang FHEA
School of Computing - Dr Xiaolin Wang FHEA
School of Engineering - Dr Liz Williams FHEA
School of Cybernetics - Mr Thomas Worthington FHEA
Research School of Computer Science - Dr Nisansala Yatapanage FHEA
School of Computing - Dr Liang Zheng FHEA
School of Computing - Mr Leopold Zhou AFHEA
School of Computing - Ms Xuanying Zhu AFHEA
School of Cybernetics
- Mr Ben Battcock SFHEA
School of Legal Practice - Associate Professor Alexander Bruce SFHEA
ANU College of Law - Ms Radhika Chaudhri FHEA
ANU College of Law - Associate Professor Anthony Connolly SFHEA
ANU College of Law - Honorary Associate Professor Liz Curran SFHEA
Centre of the Profession, Education & Regulation in Law - Dr Tushar Das FHEA
Migration Law - Ms Lynn du Moulin SFHEA,
ANU Legal Workshop - Ms Anneka Ferguson SFHEA
School of Legal Practice - Associate Professor Tony Foley SFHEA
School of Legal Practice - Professor Jo Ford SFHEA
ANU College of Law - Ms Ankita Gagrani AFHEA
ANU College of Law - Associate Professor Miriam Gani SFHEA
ANU College of Law - Dr Jelena Gligorijevic FHEA
Centre for International and Public Law - Associate Professor Vivien Holmes SFHEA
ANU Law School - Ms Rebekka Leary AFHEA
College Education and Innovation Support Team - Ms Anne Macduff SFHEA
ANU Law School - Professor Mark Nolan SFHEA
ANU College of Law - Associate Professor Pauline Ridge SFHEA
ANU College of Law - Dr Heather Roberts SFHEA
Centre for International and Public Law - Ms Ashley Rogge AFHEA
ANU College of Law - Mr Cameron Roles SFHEA
Centre for Commerical Law - Associate Professor Esme Shirlow FHEA
ANU College of Law - Associate Professor Amelia Simpson SFHEA
Centre for International and Public Law - Ms Alice Taylor AFHEA
Centre for International and Public Law - Dr Paul Taylor FHEA
Centre for International and Public Law - Associate Professor Molly Townes O’Brien SFHEA
Centre for International and Public Law - Ms Er-Kai Wang FHEA
ANU College of Law - Professor Greg Weeks SFHEA
Centre for International and Public Law - Professor Asmi Wood PFHEA
Centre for International and Public Law - Ms Meg Wootten AFHEA
ANU Law School - Dr Marianne Van Dickie SFHEA
ANU College of Law - Mr Barry Yau SFHEA
Centre for Commerial Law
- Mr Ripon Adhikary FHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Dr Riemke Aggio-Bruce FHEA
Medical School and JCSMR - Dr Marrwah Ahmadzai AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Salam Al-Khoury AFHEA
Medical School - Mr Papa Kwabena Kyei Amponn-Nyamekye AFHEA
The John Curtin School of Medical Research - Associate Professor Katrina Anderson SFHEA
Medical School, Academic Unit of General Practice - Dr Stephanie Baddock AFHEA
Canberra Hospital - Dr Kristen Barratt FHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Reasearch - Dr Brian Billups AFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Mr Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed FHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Associate Professor Anneke Blackburn AFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Dr Richard Burns FHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Dr Aicee Dawn Calma AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Melinda Choy AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Jina Chung AFHEA
Centre for Mental Health Research - Ms Bruna Contro Pretero FHEA
Medical School - Ms Jolene Alexa Cox AFHEA
Research School of Psychology - Ms Fauve D’Souza AFHEA
Research School of Psychology - Professor Jane Dahlstrom SFHEA
Medical School - Dr Stephanie Davis FHEA
Research School of Population Health - Dr Cathy Day FHEA
Centre for Epidemiology and Population - Dr Nathan Emmerich FHEA
School of Medicine - Dr Susan Douglas SFHEA
Medical School - Dr Suzanne Estaphan SFHEA
Medical School - Professor Kieran Fallon SFHEA
Medical School - Dr Nilisha Fernando AFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Dr Emma Field FHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Dr Amee George AFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Professor Katie Glass FHEA
Research School of Population Health - Dr Stephanie Goodhew FHEA
Research School of Psychology - Ms Stephanie Gotsis FHEA
Research School of Psychology - Dr Ali Haider AFHEA
Medical School - Ms Jin Han AFHEA
Centre for Medical Health Research - Dr Carolyn Hawkins AFHEA
Medical School, Canberra Hospital - Dr Mark Hislop AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Tambri Housen FHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Ms Di Hu AFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Dr Rachael Jeffrey AFHEA
Medical School, Canberra Hospital - Dr Owen Kang AFHEA
Medical School, Canberra Hospital - Professor Zsuzsoka Kecskes SFHEA
Medical School, Neonatology - Dr Mayank Khanna AFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Dr Aparna Lal FHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Dr Alison Lavender AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Luzinda Siu Sin Lo AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Ben Loel AFHEA
Medical School - Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Duncan Mackinnon AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Bilkis Malek AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Marie Mansfield AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Kushani Marshall FHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Dr Sarah Martin SFHEA
Medical School - Dr Stephen Martin AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Cameron Maxwell AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Ian McConnell-Whalan AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Nidhi Menon AFHEA
National Centre for Epidermiology and Population Health - Professor Imogen Mitchell SFHEA
Medical School - Associate Professor Malcolm Moore SFHEA
Rural Clinical School - Dr Conal Monaghan AFHEA
Research School of Psychology - Dr Suzanne Morris AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Jaclyn Moss AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Claire O’Brien AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Kathleen O’Brien AFHEA
Medical School - Mr Roberto Orefice AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Andrea Parisi AFHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Dr Anne Parkinson AFHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Associate Professor Christine Phillips SFHEA
Medical School - Professor Michael Platow SFHEA
Research School of Psychology - Dr Davoud Pourmarzi SFHEA
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - Professor Jan Provis SFHEA
Medical School - Dr Tamara Punchihewa AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Bhim Bahadur Rai FHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Dr Katrina Randall FHEA
Medical School - Ms Emily Rowland AFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Mr Ron Faran Sabeti FHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Dr Saymaa Selman AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Claudia Slimings FHEA
Medical School - Dr Lillian Smyth SFHEA
Medical School / School of Medicine and Psychology - Dr Barbara Sally Somi FHEA
Medical School - Dr Zan-Min Song SFHEA
Medical School - Dr I Nyoman Sutarsa FHEA
Medical School - Associate Professor Dipti Talaulikar SFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Dr Nicholas Taylor SFHEA
School of Medicine and Psychology - Ms Louisa Talipski AFHEA
Research School of Psychology - Ms Dandan Tian AFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Dr Ted Tsai FHEA
Medical School - Dr Alexandra Tyson AFHEA
Medical School - Associate Professor Krisztina Valter SFHEA
Medical School - Dr Stuart Vernon AFHEA
Canberra Hospital Emergency Department - Dr Kerri Viney FHEA
Research School of Population Health - Dr Thilan Buwaneka Walgamage AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Erin Walsh AFHEA
Research School of Psychology - Dr Alexandra Webb SFHEA
Medical School - Dr Dianne Willis AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Christina Wong AFHEA
Medical School - Dr Raphael Wong AFHEA
Medical School - Mr Hao Yang AFHEA
John Curtin School of Medical Research - Dr Braden Young AFHEA
Medical School, Canberra Hospital
- Dr Rose Ahlefeldt FHEA
Research School of Physics - Dr Rebecca Anderson FHEA
Science Teaching and Learning Centre - Ms Sarah Andrew AFHEA
Research School of Chemistry - Mr Michael Anenburg AFHEA
Research School of Earth Sciences - Mr James Ansell AFHEA
Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science - Dr Pieter Arnold AFHEA
Research School of Biology - Dr Asilata Bapat FHEA
Mathematical Sciences Institute - Dr Sara Beavis SFHEA
Fenner School of Environment and Society - Ms Lauren Bezzina AFHEA
Research School of Physics - Ms Louise Amelia Blessington FHEA
Fenner School of Environment and Society - Associate Professor Cris Brack SFHEA (Honorary Fellow)
Fenner School of Environment and Society - Dr Chris Browne SFHEA
Research School of Engineering - Ms Sophia Cain AFHEA
Biology Teaching and Learning Centre - Associate Professor Marcel Cardillo FHEA
Research School of Biology - Ms Sophie Chen AFHEA
Mathematical Sciences Institute - Professor John Close SFHEA
Research School of Physics and Engineering - Mr Onoriode Coast AFHEA
Research Shool of Biology - Dr Annie Colebatch AFHEA
Research School of Chemistry - Dr Sophie Constable FHEA
Research School of Biology - Dr Cormac Corr SFHEA
Research School of Physics and Engineering - Dr Anna Cowan SFHEA
CMBE/CPMS Executive - Associate Professor Rhodri Davies SFHEA
Research School of Earth Sciences - Dr John Debs SFHEA
Research School of Physics and Engineering - Ms Xuan Di AFHEA
Research School of Psychology - Dr Robert Dyball SFHEA
Fenner School of Environment and Society - Dr Caroline Eakin AFHEA
Research School of Earth Sciences - Dr Mark Ellison SFHEA
Research School of Chemistry - Professor Lilia Ferrario SFHEA
Mathematical Sciences Institute - Ms Jenni Hayward AFHEA
Research School of Biology - Sungyeon Hong AFHEA
Research School of Physics - Associate Professor Joseph Hope SFHEA
Research School of Physics and Engineering - Professor Susan Howitt SFHEA
Research School of Biology - Ms Karina Judd AFHEA
Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science - Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens FHEA
Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science - Professor Penny King SFHEA
Research School of Earth Sciences - Dr Noa Kraitzman FHEA
Mathematical Sciences Institute - Ms Joelle Le FHEA
Fenner School of Environment and Society - Dr Joan Licata SFHEA
Mathematical Sciences Institute - Dr Jennie Mallela FHEA
Research School of Biology - Professor Alex Maier SFHEA
Research School of Biology - Ms Sarah McIntyre AFHEA
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Dr Merryn McKinnon SFHEA
Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science - Dr AJ Mitchell SFHEA
Research School of Physics - Dr Camile Moray AFHEA
Research School of Biology - Dr Rachel Morgain FHEA
Fenner School of Environment and Society - Professor Adrienne Nicotra SFHEA
Research School of Biology - Mr Matthew Nurse AFHEA
Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science - Ms Su Yin Phua AFHEA
Research School of Biology - Ms Audrey Prasetya AFHEA
Research School of Biology - Dr Jamie Pittock FHEA
Fenner School of Environment and Society - Professor David Rowell SFHEA
Research School of Biology - Mr Chitresh Saraswat AFHEA
CPAS / Fenner / CAP - Ms Yiyun Shou AFHEA
Research School of Biology - Ms Kay Song AFHEA
Research School of Physics - Associate Professor Linda Stals SFHEA
Mathematical Sciences Institute - Dr Kial Stewart AFHEA
Research School of Earth Sciences - Associate Professor James Sullivan SFHEA
Research School of Physics - Associate Professor Lorrae van Kerkhoff SFHEA
Fenner School of Environment and Society - Mr Upul Yasantha Vithanage AFHEA
Research School of Biology - Ms Dige Wang AFHEA
Research School of Physics - Dr Noah White FHEA
Mathematical Sciences Institute
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Fellows’ testimonies
Hear from some of the University’s fellows about their decision to apply for a fellowship, their experience of the application process, and advice for new applicants!
Associate Fellows
Post-doc, Pogson Lab
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
ANU College of Science
Why did you decide to become a Fellow?
As a researcher, there are few expectations for my role as a teacher. However, motivated by my peers and advisors and my own experiences, I wanted to provide the best service I could in my teaching roles. I learnt about the Educational Fellowship Scheme and saw it as a massive opportunity not only for building networks to discuss teaching, but also to self-evaluate and consolidate my skills and weaknesses and receive formal recognition of going through this process.
What does being an AFHEA mean to you?
As an associate fellow, I feel that I am a part of a community of teachers who want to go the extra mile in providing a quality teaching environment for their students. Furthermore, it also means formal recognition for performing these duties, which are often overlooked in research-intensive environments.
How did going through the process of applying for AFHEA prompt you to reflect on, and potentially improve your teaching?
The biggest gain from going through this process was to go through a formalized process that prompted self-reflection on current teaching activities. This prompted me to realize that many habits were instinct-based rather than evidence-based. Indeed, this facilitated my exposure to a wealth of research, aimed at improving teaching outcomes, to which I would otherwise be oblivious. I found it rewarding to use this information to identify the strengths and weaknesses of my practices with empirical data.
What advice would you give to prospective EFS applicants?
Be open, honest, and willing to spend time on this. In a research-intensive setting, it was hard to prioritize my EFS application. However, I was eventually able to set aside time where I could really focus on thinking about my application, reflecting on my experiences, and looking up the relevant literature to help inform my thinking. Ultimately, I feel like this paid off as I feel empowered with my newfound knowledge, connections, and qualification.
PhD candidate
Research School of Management
ANU College of Business & Economics
Why did you decide to become a Fellow?
My first piece of professional development as an educator took place when I participated in the Principles of Tutoring and Demonstration module at CHELT. The sessions made me realise that you cannot improve your teaching if you do not know your own teaching philosophy. Who you are can affect the way that you teach! The need to think about and evaluate my own teaching philosophy stimulated my interest in becoming a Fellow.
What does being an AFHEA mean to you?
Being an Associate Fellow has exposed me to invaluable resources, support and professional networks for learning more about effective teaching strategies. I am, fortunately, now a part of an international community of practitioners and scholars that provides professional recognition for teaching and learning activities. For me, this is a constant reminder that my skills as an educator need continuous development.
What was the best part of the Fellowship process for you?
The Fellowship application process involves assessing your dimensions of practices in the form of Areas of Activity, Core Knowledge and Professional Values. Bringing these components together in the application was the most challenging, and the best part of the process. It allowed me to think about my own teaching philosophy and introduced me to educational scholarships.
What advice would you give to prospective EFS applicants?
Teaching is a privilege and to be an effective educator it is important to invest in one’s teaching practices. The EFS application process provides you with this investment opportunity. It makes you think about and assess, your own teaching philosophy, and enhances your teaching and professional learning. If you are new to teaching, an EFS application can be a great place to start to learn and reflect on your teaching strategies, and raise your own teaching standards.
Fenner School of Environment & Society,
ANU College of Science
Why did you decide to become an Associate Fellow?
I learned about the Educational Fellowship Scheme from my advisers. As a full time academic in the Philippines, it would be strategic to be part of an internationally recognised educational scheme. I also see that I will benefit from the support training and services provided by CHELT through the EFS.
What does being an Associate Fellow mean to you?
It means being recognised for your teaching skills, innovations, and values. Being an Associate Fellow provides recognition to your initial teaching milestones and inspires you to be bolder in teaching innovations including coaching early career educators as you become a full-fledged fellow.
How did the process of applying for AFHEA prompt you to reflect on, and potentially improve your teaching?
I attended the Principles of Tutoring and Demonstration training/workshop and the coaching sessions with CHELT. The process helped me re-assess my teaching philosophy and strategies. These are commonly taken for granted particularly if you have been teaching for a long time. The application process helped me evaluate my years of teaching – see what worked, what needs improvement and what I could contribute to fellow academics and facilitators when I return to teaching after I receive my PhD.
What advice would you give to prospective EFS applicants?
Humility, openness, and dedication. These are the three things that I believe any EFS applicant needs. Your number of years teaching does not always mean you are a teaching expert – we might be an expert in our field and discipline, but teaching is another thing. We need to be open for new ideas as teaching-learning context differs. The EFS application requires us to sit down, evaluate and write down our teaching philosophy, statement, among others. It entails a number of process, thus we need to be patient and dedicate to complete the process.
Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy,
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
Why did you decide to become an Associate Fellow?
I was looking for ways to translate my years of tutoring experience into a more formal qualification to consolidate my skills and also look to open up professional possibilities after my PhD. We are very lucky that the ANU offers us this opportunity to complement our research programs with an internationally-recognised teaching program. Once I’d made the first step to applying, I was in. The time and effort required are an excellent investment in becoming a better teacher. I haven’t looked back since.
What does being an Associate Fellow mean to you?
Being an Associate Fellow means being affiliated to a professional body that is instantly recognisable at home and internationally for its standards of excellence. Of course this is a boost for job applications! But its also a reminder to keep brushing up on skills and training, particularly for Associate Fellows given there are multiple tiers to keep working towards.
How did the process of applying for AFHEA prompt you to reflect on, and potentially improve your teaching?
Self-reflection makes better teachers, and the application process for the Associate Fellowship is an excellent way to brush up on those skills. The process itself might prompt you to dig deeper on certain teaching practices in the future, but there are high chances you will also walk away with a sense of pride in your achievements. Writing them all down in succinct format can be a boost to morale.
What advice would you give to prospective EFS applicants?
Make the most of the resources and support available to you from the EFS team. The Wattle site is a great place to find links to research in pedagogy, which was particularly useful as this was a very new field for me. The events that the EFS team host are always worthwhile – you will walk away illuminated and inspired!
Fellows
Lecturer & Convenor,
Italian Studies
School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
What does being a FHEA mean to you?
Having a community where you can share your experiences in teaching, and hearing about others’ experiences, is invaluable. Teaching is an art form which can never perfected, so being able to constantly improve by hearing how colleagues teach is a reminder that I am always a student too.
How did going through the process of applying for FHEA prompt you to reflect on, and potentially improve your teaching?
The most insightful, but also difficult, part of the whole process was articulating my reflections on teaching. This forced me to interrogate whether the techniques I was using in the classroom were working or not, and how I could improve them. The process of applying for the fellowship allows you to step back and examine how all of your activities gel together.
What was the best part of the Fellowship process for you?
Conversations with colleagues about teaching. Everyone teaches differently, has a special talent, or a unique ‘trick’ they use in the classroom. Some teachers have very inventive ways of engaging students, motivating themselves, making material more accessible etc., which I had never thought of. The fellowship indulged my passion for teaching, and allowed me to talk to others about why they enjoy it so much as well.
What advice would you give to prospective EFS applicants?
Start jotting down thoughts about your teaching and examples as early as possible. The more you can incorporate everything you do into a “narrative” and tell a story about who you are and why you teach, the easier it will be to write those early drafts!
Ph.D.,
Research Associate, Adaptive Optics,
UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Why did you decide to become a Fellow?
I believe that having professional standard frameworks surrounding university teaching can ensure quality of education in the higher education sector. This recognition as a fellow not only translates to the quality of the teacher, but also helps the teacher to track his/her own performance. This is the reason I decided to become a Fellow. In my case, I had been teaching for a long time in Bangladesh. I wanted to make sure I was on par with the quality required to teach at an institution like ANU.
What does being an FHEA mean to you?
I feel that being an FHEA not only reflects the level and quality of education I can offer, but also adds to my responsibilities of maintaining that quality. It also gives me exposure to a network of experts and peers in university teaching. The level of confidence I have gained since being awarded an FHEA is something that adds flavour to my classroom teaching. Additionally, I feel that being an FHEA means I can also offer guidance to colleagues about resources related to the Professional Standards Framework (PSF).
What was the best part of the Fellowship process for you?
For me, the best part of the process was the access to resources that I knew existed but never explored, such as scholarly articles and information about the Professional Standards Framework (PSF). As a researcher and innovator, I do tend to practice different approaches in teaching. However, the support offered by the scholars adds much more to these practices.
PhD Candidate
ANU College of Law
Why did you decide to become a Fellow?
I don’t have any formal teaching qualifications, and the EFS scheme provided a way to connect my teaching practices with the pedagogical scholarship, and reflect on the values that underpin my approach to teaching. I was also keen to complete this accreditation process and receive formal recognition for my years of teaching experience.
What does being an FHEA mean to you?
I am really proud to have been recognised as a Fellow. It’s great to have an internationally recognised accreditation. More importantly, it has made me a more confident teacher, and the process helped me develop my vocabulary around teaching.
How did going through the process of applying for FHEA prompt you to reflect on, and potentially improve your teaching?
The entire application process encourages you to actively consider what teaching means to you, why you teach the way you do, and where your teaching approach fits within the pedagogical scholarship. Writing a teaching philosophy allows you to really probe what your essential characteristics and values are as an educator and the different sections of the application require you to articulate how your teaching practices reflect professional values and knowledge. This whole process really made me think deeply how and why my teaching practices were effective, which provides a great basis to build upon.
What advice would you give to prospective EFS applicants?
Just do it, even though you don’t have time. With all the demands on academics’ time, an EFS application can end up on the backburner, but it is really worth the investment. My progress was sped up a lot with the support of CHELT, so make use of the resources they offer! They will answer questions, comment on drafts, and they offer writing sessions free from the distractions that invariably crop up in the office. It gives you a useful qualification and will make you a better and more thoughtful educator.
Lecturer & Course Convener, Masters of Project Management,
Research School of Management
ANU College of Business & Economics
Why did you decide to become a Fellow?
For me the journey started with becoming an Associate Fellow. I don’t remember actually deciding to become an AFHEA, I was new to ANU, I was relatively new to teaching after my “day one experience” of standing in front of 130 students and facing the sudden realisation that whilst I was knowledgeable in my area of expertise, I didn’t know how to teach this knowledge to students. I then discovered that CHELT were offering the Principles of Tutoring or Demonstrating (PTD) course, and it was through that process I applied for, and became, an AFHEA. After a further year of teaching as an AFHEA, I felt ready to apply to become a full Fellow whilst at the same time undertaking the Foundations of Teaching and Learning course at CHELT.
How did going through the process of applying for AFHEA prompt you to reflect on, and potentially improve your teaching?
Oddly enough, I discovered that many of the formal aspects of teaching I was already applying quite by accident (and with some I was completely wrong). The application process, along with the CHELT training, really helped me to articulate my teaching methodology and improve in areas that needed improving, such as being able identify the different ways students learn that might not align with my teaching methodology. The process also provided clarity for me in respect of what I wanted to be as a teacher.
What was the best part of the Fellowship process for you?
Well being accepted as a Fellow was a highlight but I think the best part was the comments from the assessors that I received. When I received the acceptance it was thrilling, but when I sat down and read the comments, it felt like all the work was worth it. All the late nights emailing back and forth between my mentor and myself (without her help I could not have achieved this); writing, re-writing and tweaking the application; confronting my own beliefs around teaching head on; getting out of my comfort zone – it all seemed worthwhile when I read the comments about what others thought of my teaching.
Research School of Physics and Engineering
ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
Why did you decide to become a Fellow?
I had completed the FOUTAL decamod offered through CHELT and this got me thinking about my own teaching philosophy, and ways that I could raise my own standard of teaching. When I learned about the EFS, first I thought this would give me the opportunity to pull these ideas together and reflect on my teaching strengths and weaknesses. As well as going through this process, I am pleased to have ‘official’ recognition for the teaching I have undertaken. As an ECA, this will be important when I come to apply for permanent positions in the future.
What does being a Fellow mean to you?
I felt extremely proud when I was told my application was successful. This is a positive contribution to my development as an academic and I am very glad that I completed the program.
How did the process of applying for AFHEA prompt you to reflect on, and potentially improve your teaching?
This is inherently built into the process. From the first stage of the process, you are immediately asking yourself questions about your teaching. What kind of teacher do I want to be? How do I see myself as a teacher? How do my students see me as a teacher? It’s easy to drift from course to course, but the FHEA application made me sit and take stock of my experiences, make connections from ideas I had developed from FOUTAL, and ultimately think about how I can evolve as an educator in the future.
What advice would you give to prospective EFS applicants?
Write, write, write! There is a decent amount of work to do in putting the application process together and it can be daunting, especially considering all of the other things going on in work and life. I benefited from the writing sessions run offered by CHELT. Why not get together with colleagues who are completing applications, meet somewhere for a coffee for an hour each week (somewhere without distraction) and use the time to work on the application. It is worth it in the end.
School of Archaeology & Anthropology
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Why did you decide to become a Fellow?
I have always been very passionate about teaching and helping to encourage students to unlock and find what drives them. However, as many academics, I did not have a professional qualification in teaching. I wanted to become a Fellow of the HEA so that I had the qualification to back up my passion for education.
What does being a Fellow mean to you?
Being a fellow not only increases my confidence as a teacher, but it provides me with a network of like-minded people across the ANU that are focused on providing high quality teaching that I can talk to about challenges and successes in the education space. It also allows me to speak to my colleagues about reasons why they should join the HEA so this network continues to grow.
How did the process of applying for AFHEA prompt you to reflect on, and potentially improve your teaching?
Applying for fellowship of the HEA forced me to delve deeply into what makes me the teacher I am. It reminded me of many of the details of my past teaching that we often forget over time. This encouraged me to think about the variety of teaching exercises I had tried in past classes and to think about how I could revamp and reignite these activities for the classes I was teaching at the time.
What advice would you give to prospective EFS applicants?
Don’t wait! I think for many of us, these applications sit at the bottom of our “to do” lists because they do not have hard deadlines, but this is something that can not only help you in your teaching, but in your career development overall. It is well worth doing now.
Senior Fellows
Senior Manager
Education Communities & Environments
ANU Centre for Learning & Teaching (CLT)
Why did you decide to become a Fellow?
In the three years preceding my move to ANU I had been mentoring academics through the AdvanceHE direct application process at the University of Canberra (UC). Throughout that period I was not a Fellow; and so, to perform my role I relied on the initial guidance of experienced AdvanceHE mentors in the UK. Over time, I developed my own style and grew in confidence as an independent mentor. With experience, I noted some consistent traits that were common to successful applicants. Regardless of discipline and academic status, they became Fellows as a result of persistence applied to a problem they wanted to more deeply understand or resolve. Consistently, the successful applicants were able to describe what they were doing using well-crafted ‘stories’ to describe their educational journeys.
What was Fellowship application process like for you?
When it came to my turn to apply, despite the years of mentoring, the task was no easier for me than others. My thirty-plus years of school teaching formed a useful background but were not sufficient in arguing I had made a worthwhile professional contribution to the University sector. That being so, I set about taking a deep look at how my teaching skills, knowledge and understandings translate into my dealings with staff across the campus; and how in turn, those interactions improve student/teacher partnerships. Having determined my approach, it was great to have a colleague from the EFS team act as my critical friend. To her despair, I wrote way too many words to start with and often went on unnecessary tangents but under her strict guidance I eventually wove my threads into a convincing and interesting fabric.
What does being a Senior Fellow mean to you?
My journey, different as it was, can be generalised as meaningful to AdvanceHE. My signature block proudly includes the post-nominal SFHEA and is not just a marker of professional attainment. More so, it is a reminder to me that I am a member of a Fellowship that advances the cause of higher education through the modelling and sharing of good teaching practices. As a Senior I can help others benefit from my experience. In addition to supporting the EFS committee at ANU I am also privileged to be mentoring new aspirants through their application writing – their recognition as Fellows will be our reward.
Honorary Senior Lecturer
School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
Why did you decide to become a Fellow?
I wanted to be a part of a movement which explicitly values university education. There is also a bit of back story. In 2013, the University of Canberra closed its Japanese Program, which I was convening. It was a shock in many ways, but what shocked me most was the realisation that what I regard as educationally extremely important was not valued by the university. This led me to some soul-searching questions: what have I been doing all these years? And what am I going to do now?
After a long period of reflection, I reached the conclusion that I believe in the role of university education, even more so than before. Luckily I was welcomed into the ANU community and introduced to the EFS – so here I am.
What was the best part of the Fellowship process for you?
The process forced me reflect on what I did, why, and how it worked, in reference to criteria set by others. This made me look at things from different angles and connect the dots in new ways.
What advice would you give to prospective EFS applicants?
Embrace it as a learning opportunity, and spend time on it! Reflection is one of the most powerful processes for improving our practice.
Now that you are a Fellow, how you would you like to help improve teaching across ANU?
My ultimate goal as an educator is to foster good thinkers. Being a sessional academic, I do not have much power in bigger institutional discussions. But I continue to develop the courses I teach with my educational goals firmly in mind and to share my practices with my colleagues through academic publications, presentations and personal discussions.