Matt Brett is currently undertaking a 2017 Equity Fellowship with the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education. His substantive role is as Senior Manager Higher Education Policy at La Trobe University. He is undertaking a Ph.D. examining tchanges to higher education financing legislation through the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne. Matt has worked in higher education since 1997 and has a citation for outstanding contributions to student learning.