Steve is an experienced academic, researcher, project director and senior leader with over twenty years working in the field of higher education and technology, and large scale digital transformation. Steven’s work has maintained a strong focus on projects that forefront the strategic deployment of digital technologies: to enhance learning, teaching and assessment; promote wider access to education; improve student success and academic progress; promote active citizenship; and embed lifelong employability skills.
Discover & Share your Learning and Teaching Experiences
The UNE Learning and Teaching Symposium is an institution-wide celebration of the outstanding learning and teaching that takes place here at UNE. This year’s symposium was yet another fantastic exposition of the breadth of activity around the scholarship of learning and teaching at UNE. Videos of each of the presentations are available here for viewing and sharing with others.
The symposium has established itself as a key event in the UNE calendar and please look out for follow-up events and the call for next year’s papers.
Keynote Speaker
Stephen Dobson
Stephen Dobson was born in Zambia (1963), grew up in England and has previously lived for many years in Norway. Prior to entering higher education, he worked for thirteen years with refugees as a community worker. He has published poetry in Norwegian and one of his most recent books is Assessing the Viva in Higher Education. Chasing Moments of Truth (Springer publishers, 2017). Dobson’s writing, teaching and research focus upon assessment, ethnicity and the practice of education.
He has published extensively in Norwegian and English, holds two PhDs, one in Cultural Studies and Refugees (Nottingham Trent University, 2000) and another in Assessment and Education (Institute of Education, UCL, 2008). A Magistergrad in Sociology (University of Oslo, 1990) complements his later studies. He is at the forefront of emerging educational trends and technologies through EU (2014-2016) and Erasmus+ (2016-2017; 2017-2019, 2019-2021) projects and his advocacy of big data, learning analytics and social inclusion.
Watch the keynote presentation2021 Symposium Committee Members
Mitchell Parkes
Associate Professor - Academic Development
Associate Professor Mitch Parkes is the Director, Academic Development in Education Futures.
Steven Warburton
Executive Principal - Education Futures
Professor Steven Warburton is Executive Principal, Education Futures.
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Jennifer Charteris
Head of Department - Learners, Learning and Teaching
Associate Professor Jennifer Charteris is an experienced leader and teacher educator.
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Jennifer has a background in providing professional learning for principals, middle leaders, and teachers in leadership, assessment, and culturally responsive practice. She has an emphasis on leading and teaching practice that enhances student learning and achievement. In 2020, Jenny was awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning as part of the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) program.
Jonathan Moss
Lecturer in Quantitative Economics
Dr Jonathan Moss is a Lecturer in Quantitative Economics at the UNE Business School.
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Jonathan teaches business statistics, business decision making and analytics for business research and passionately strives for continual improvement of his units. The last couple of years he has been developing his units to include interactive lecture videos and personalised assessment questions which use postcode data, spatial databases and students interests to bring relatability and context to the student experience. In 2020, Jonathan was awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning as part of the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) program.
