Event Details

Dr Tai Pesata will be visiting the Educational Research Department for three days just after the Easter break. A title for her seminar will follow, but she will talk about her work on student-staff partnerships, doctoral supervision and community building. Tai has been involved in a number of innovative higher education projects and is well-known for her down to earth passion and commitment to higher education.

Biography

Dr Tai Peseta joined WSU in March 2017 as Senior Lecturer, located in the Learning Transformations Team, Learning Futures Portfolio. She joins the university following academic appointments at the The University of Sydney, La Trobe University and The University of Melbourne, and with institutional experience in the following areas: professional learning of university teachers, research supervision development, curriculum renewal, students as partners, and in building capacity and participation in the scholarship of learning and teaching. Tai is a Senior Fellow, UK Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Her work in Learning Transformations focuses primarily on the 21C project.

In 2017-2018, Tai:

• oversaw the 21C School Curriculum Pilots
• led the 2018 Flagship Curriculum Projects strategy (including the development of Curriculum MakerSpaces)
• initiated the Western Educational Fellowship Scheme (Advance HE Fellowship Scheme)
• established and leads the 21C Student Curriculum Partners strategy

From mid-2019 onwards, she is the Academic Lead on the 21C Curriculum Challenges.

As a higher education researcher, Tai is an International Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, and holds honorary appointments at The University of Sydney and Deakin University. In addition, she

• leads #thesisthinkers - a community of doctoral students and supervisors in higher education research
• initiated and coordinates the Higher Education Scholars Research Network: a network of higher education researchers across Sydney-based universities
• is one of the founders of the Idea of the University Reading Group: a cross-university practice which brings together scholars of Critical University Studies.