Stage 2

Professor Judyth Sachs is leading a pilot group of eight universities in the implementation and evaluation of the framework at their institution. This involves examining and revising the relevant policies and practices that affect the quality of teaching and learning, establishing the necessary infrastructure and systems to gather and interpret the data and implementing strategies to build a culture that values, recognises and rewards teaching quality. It is hoped that following this trial, the tools and matrices, case studies and guidelines for implementing the framework will be made widely available and promoted within the sector.

Each university is led by their Deputy Vice Chancellor/Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic). This group has met twice to discuss implementation of the project. Each university has employed a Project Officer to coordinate their university response. Currently, the Project Officers are auditing their university, which requires an extensive review of policies and practices that relate to teaching and learning. They will be identifying their chosen dimensions of the framework in early 2008.

The Pilot Universities, the Project Leaders and the Project Officers are listed below:

1. Deakin University, led by Professor Marcia Devlin, mdevlin@deakin.edu.au

   Lisé Baker 
   liseba@deakin.edu.au

2. Griffith University, led by Professor Sue Spence

   Lynda Davies
   l.davies@griffith.edu.au

3. Macquarie University, led by Professor Judyth Sachs

   Bronwyn Kosman
   bronwyn.kosman@mq.edu.au

4. RMIT University, led by Professor Jim Barber

   Dr Josephine Lang
   josephine.lang@rmit.edu.au

5. The University of Queensland, led by Professor Michael Keniger

   Dr Anne Gilmore
   a.gilmore@uq.edu.au

6. The University of Western Australia, led by Associate Professor Jane Long

   Jacqueline Flowers
   jacqueline.flowers@uwa.edu.au

7. University of South Australia, led by Professor Margaret Hicks

   Narelle Walker
   narelle.walker@unisa.edu.au

8. University of Tasmania, led by Professor Gail Hart

   Steve Heron
   steve.heron@utas.edu.au

Contact details:

Denise Chalmers, Project Leader
denise.chalmers@uwa.edu.au

Professor Judyth Sachs, Leader of Pilot Group
judyth.sachs@mq.edu.au