Planning your career moves in 2024: Webinar
07 Dec, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm AEDT
Women-Space Australia
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About the event
Join us for this special event as we launch Women-Space Australia.
Planning career or job changes can be complex. Careful planning and gaining insights from others is essential when you are thinking about a change. Understanding ‘why’ you need a change, what you need for your future, and how and when you should approach a change are all questions we will explore in this webinar.
In this live webinar and Q&A session, Dr Naomi Dempsey from Women-Space Australia will explore the experiences, expert advice and tips from the expert Panel and share practical tools for you to use when considering a career or job change - giving you the confidence to take the next step and plan ahead for 2024.
This webinar proudly brought to you in partnership with jobs.ac.uk and WATTLE, will discuss the following topics:
Reflection and Planning
Planning a change: why, what, when and how
Reflecting on how well you know your brand
The importance of networks
Taking Action
The Must Do’s (always)
The Backup Plan
Resilience and your Inner Mentor
Higher education recruitment insights
Panel Q&A
All participants will have the opportunity to raise questions to the Panel.
Panellists, Presenters and Partners
Event Partners
Women-Space is proudly partnering with jobs.ac.uk and WATTLE to bring you this event.
Facilitator
Dr Naomi Dempsey from Women-Space Australia will facilitate this event.
Dr Naomi Dempsey
Women-Space Australia
Naomi is an accomplished executive educational leader with over 25 years of experience in higher and vocational education. Naomi was the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Students, Chief Student Officer and Interim Deputy Provost of Students & Academic Services at Victoria University and has held many executive roles in vocational education (including Registered Training Organisations, TAFE and Australian Apprenticeships). She is an Associate with Women-Space and leads Women-Space Australia, supporting the development and progress of women who work in higher education.
Naomi’s expertise in the education sector spans enhancements to student learning and success, student equity, innovation in service delivery and digital technologies, and organisational capability. She has a proven track record conceptualising and leading innovative strategies that solve problems in complex environments and for growing organisational capability.
She was awarded the tertiary education sector’s LH Martin Institute Award for Excellence in Leadership (ATEM, 2019), recognising her achievements in delivering innovative strategies that improved the student experience for a dual-sector university.
Naomi holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Education. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD). Her most recent achievement was completing her PhD research that examined an educational reform in Australian higher education focused on first-year student success and intensive block mode delivery and the influences of that reform on student outcomes across multiple academic disciplines and student equity groups.
Professor Christina Hughes
Professor Christina Hughes is the Founder and CEO of Women-Space.
Recently named by Baroness Sandy Verma as a “Woman of Influence” in her annual celebrations, Christina has always been incredibly passionate about gender equality, and has a strong belief in the principles of fairness, integrity, and care so that together we can create a more compassionate and equal world.
Having spent a large part of her career working in universities has increased her keenness to help other women who work in higher education to progress and thrive. She was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at the University of Warwick, Provost at Sheffield Hallam University, and most recently, Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) at the University of Kent.
Christina is delighted to be an Honorary Professor at the University of Kent and a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Global Education at Coventry University. She has published over 17 books and has achieved external grant capture of £1.6M.
She gained her Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy/Advance HE in 2016, is an ILM Level 7 Executive Coach and Mentor and is an accredited StrengthsProfile practitioner. She has served as a Governor on the Board of Leeds Beckett University and has held trustee roles for Villiers Park Educational Trust and the Royal Society of Arts Academies.
It’s from this insight, experience, and learning that I want to help other women achieve the fulfilment from their professional and academic careers that they truly deserve.
Professor Helana Scheepers
Academic Director Research Training, School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology
Co-Chair of the WATTLE Steering Committee
Professor Helana Scheepers is currently the Academic Director Research Training for the School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. She received her Ph.D. from Aalborg University in Denmark in 2000. She has worked for several universities including Monash University and University of Pretoria. Before joining academia, she worked as a business analyst and project manager.
She is the co-founder and executive leader of Swinburne Women’s Academic Network. This Swinburne-based organisation focuses on peer support for women in an academic environment. She is also a co-founder and co-chair of WATTLE. Her research interest centres on IT-based innovations in organisational contexts. She has studied the development, management and adoption of information technology by large and small organisations. She has studied the use of social media by individuals and organisations as well as information technology (mobile technology, enterprise resource planning systems) by organisations. More recently her research has focused on a specific niche research area focussing on the unique IT requirements for the social sector.
Professor Sarah O’Shea
Dean, Graduate Research, Charles Sturt University
Professor Sarah O’Shea is currently the Dean, Graduate Research at Charles Sturt University and also holds an Honorary Professorial position with the University of Wollongong.
A nationally and internationally recognised educator and researcher, Sarah has worked across education sectors for nearly 30 years. She has held numerous university leadership positions, which have directly informed changes across the Australian higher education sector, particularly in the field of student access and participation. This work has been used to inform both government policy and teaching practices, with regular invitations to contribute expertise to government panels, peak bodies, professional associations as well as educational providers. Sarah is a prolific and award-winning author – with over 100 publications, she has also obtained over $4 million in research income.
As Director of the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, Sarah provided national leadership in higher education equity policy research, coordinating a program of nationally and internationally significant research.
Sarah has also been recognised as an Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (AdvanceUK) and was awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to engage in research internationally.
Professor Letizia Gramaglia
Academic Director, Learning & Teaching, Monash University
Professor Letizia Gramaglia is Head of Academic Development and Director of the Warwick International Higher Education Academy (WIHEA). She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a National Teaching Fellow, and has led educational projects on inclusive pedagogies and assessment. She is responsible for the strategic leadership of development for academic staff who teach, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and sector trends.
She has established a close partnership with the Monash Education Academy and has contributed to the development of an AdvanceHE accredited scheme for professional recognition of teaching in HE at Monash University.
Letizia recently joined Monash University on a fixed-term secondment as Academic Director of Learning and Teaching.
Her disciplinary background is in post-colonial studies, with a research focus on Indo-Caribbean literature and history of mental health institutions in the Caribbean. She was an Associate Fellow of the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/letiziagramaglia/
Andrea Strachan
Director, Student Services, The University of Queensland
Andrea Strachan is currently the Director, Student Services at The University of Queensland (UQ). Having spent 14 years developing and delivering services to enhance the student experience in one form or another, Andrea’s professional working career has included leadership roles within UK Students’ Union’s; including as Chief Executive of the Students’ Union at the University of the Arts London, LSE and the University of Manchester.
Andrea has experience outside the HE environment, managing customer services operations in both sales and hospitality. Andrea’s leadership within HE was recognised globally by Universitas 21 and nationally by the Australian Financial Review during and after COVID.
For the past eight years, Andrea’s role at UQ has included overseeing the range of support services, including advice, learning skills, counselling, sexual misconduct prevention and response, student engagement, campus activation and diversity and inclusion.
In recent years, the scope and scale of the directorate have shifted to focus on assisting the key strategic challenges at UQ, building a sense of belonging and community and opportunities to enhance the experience and maximise the retention and success of students. Whole-of-institutional initiatives such as establishing peer-to-peer support/mentoring, Sexual Misconduct Support Unit and a Mental Health Strategy keep colleagues busy and much focussed on enhancing the student experience through engaging students.
Dr Nadine Zacharias
Managing Director and Founder, Equity by Design
Dr Nadine Zacharias is the Managing Director and Founder of Equity by Design – a specialist consulting firm in student equity and engagement. \
Nadine leads transformative work in higher education to achieve a more equitable and high-performing sector. Her contribution to student equity research, policy and practice was enabled by roles with the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE), including as an inaugural Equity Fellow, as well as senior management roles at Swinburne and Deakin University.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadine-zacharias-4ab09053/