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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto

Gavin Moodie is an adjunct professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, and an honorary fellow of the University of Oxford Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance.

He worked in Australian universities for 35 years, mostly in administration. He has published over 50 refereed articles, chapters and encyclopedia entries on tertiary education policy. His book 'From vocational to higher education: an international perspective' is published by Open University Press and his book 'Universities, disruptive technologies, and continuity in higher education: the impact of information revolutions' is published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Experience

  • 2010–2013
    Principal Policy Adviser, RMIT
  • 2002–2009
    Principal Policy Adviser, Griffith University
  • 1996–2002
    Head of Student Administration, then of Quality and Strategy, Victoria University, Melbourne
  • 1994–1996
    Deputy Executive Officer, South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre
  • 1989–1993
    Distance Education Manager, Manager Open Learning Project, Monash University
  • 1980–1989
    Various administrative positions, then Head of Secretariat, Deakin University
  • 1978–1980
    Administrator and production director, Australian Contemporary Dance Company
  • 1975–1978
    Administrative assistant, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2011 
    RMIT, Cartificate IV in Training and Assessment
  • 2006 
    UNE, PhD
  • 1982 
    Leo Cussen Institute of Continuing Education, Articles
  • 1981 
    University of Melbourne, LlB
  • 1973 
    University of Melbourne, BA (hons)

Publications

  • 2016
    Universities, disruptive technologies, and continuity in higher education: the impact of information revolutions, Palgrave Macmillan
  • 2008
    From vocational to higher education: an international perspective, Open University Press