New Role

This week I started a new lecturer position at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

I am delighted to be able to join this institution on Gubbi Gubbi land. The team’s research centers on people and place, so I’m very keen to collaborate on future projects.

I am incredibly grateful for my ten years with Torrens University Australia where I have been given so many wonderful opportunities to grow my practice. I have had the pleasure to work alongside some incredible academic and non-academic staff. In particular the design team, lead by Russell Ponting, Mark O'Dwyer & Scott Thompson-Whiteside .

Mostly I am thankful for the chance to work with the thousands of students I have taught at Torrens, many of which I’m still in contact with. It has been a joy to bring design, history anid research to your lives.

I’m looking forward to building new connections with the UniSC family.

Two new titles

2023 has started strong with the news that I have achieved two of my 2022 career goals.

Much of last year was spent writing two documents about my teaching practice. The first was an application to advance to Senior Learning Facilitator at Torrens University, and the second was to become accredited as a Fellow for the Advance Higher Education fellowship.

I am ecstatic to announce that I am now a Senior Learning Facilitator (Senior Lecturer) and AHE Fellow. Now I must tuck my head in and return to work on my PhD.

Torrens University INTRO graduate exhibition

Last night I had the privilege of attending the Torrens University Australia INTRO graduate exhibition at our Brisbane Bowen Terrace campus.

It was incredible to see the amazing designs and photography created by our hard working students during their studies.

Thank you to all of the industry representatives who came along to see the incredible work.

Well done to the staff and students who went above and beyond to put the exhibition together. The image shown here is a surface pattern design created by our student Felixia Agatha for the Torrens University x Miss Shop ‘Introduces’ project.

Torrens University Presentation

On Monday 5 September I presented the workshop “Enhancing online delivery of studio-based subjects” at the Torrens University Learning and Teaching Symposium.

The workshop shared my approaches to engage the senses when writing the surface patterning subject Digital Print Design and how this can be used to enhance learning outcomes through online delivery. Including this great video we made touring through Applik Digital Printing with the fabulous Rameez! (Thanks Rameez)

Sharing my teaching practice with my fellow teaching staff was an absolute privilege, that I look forward to doing more of in the future.