University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay, AC, has been appointed Chair of the Board of The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
Federal Minister for Employment, Education and Training Dr Brendan Nelson has announced the formation of the Institute, part of the Government’s Our Universities: Backing Australia’s Future initiative.
The Government will provide the Melbourne-based Institute, named after former Federal Education Minister Sir John Carrick, with $22 million a year from 2006.
Dr Nelson welcomed the appointment of Professor Hay, also the Chair of the Australian Universities Teaching Committee (AUTC), to the important position of Board Chair.
The AUTC has overseen the early development of the Institute through developing a report in consultation with stakeholders, which included recommendations on its establishment and advice on its mission statement, objectives and structure.
“Professor Hay has demonstrated a high level of commitment to the promotion and advancement of teaching and learning in Australian higher education,” Dr Nelson said.
Dr Nelson said one of the early tasks of the newly appointed Board would be to appoint an Executive Director to manage the Institute.
He said Professor Lesley Parker had been appointed as Planning Director to lead the Institute ahead of an Executive Director being appointed next year.
Professor Parker, who was until recently Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Curtin University of Technology, will take up the role next month. (September)
Dr Nelson said the responsibilities of the Institute would include developing mechanisms for the dissemination of good practice, and professional development in learning and teaching; and managing a competitive grants scheme for innovation in learning and teaching.
It would also be responsible for liaising with the sector about options for articulating and monitoring academic standards, he said.
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