Associate Professor
Amanda Stickley

Biography

Amanda Stickley is the Director, Curriculum Quality & Academic Integrity within the Education Portfolio of QUT's Academic Division. Reporting directly to the Provost, she provides strategic leadership across academic governance, curriculum quality assurance, educational policy, and academic integrity, ensuring the University's educational practices meet the highest standards of quality, compliance, and student success.

With more than 30 years' experience in higher education, Amanda is recognised as an expert in academic governance, quality assurance, curriculum design, regulatory compliance, and higher education policy. Amanda serves as a TEQSA Expert, providing independent specialist advice for regulatory assessments and reviews in the discipline of law.

Before her current role, Amanda was an academic in the QUT Faculty of Law, teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programs while supervising higher degree research candidates. She held several significant leadership positions, including Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) and Director, Undergraduate Programs.

As Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching), Amanda led the faculty's learning and teaching portfolio, driving initiatives to enhance teaching quality, strengthen student learning outcomes, and embed QUT's Real World Learning vision in all courses offered by the faculty. Throughout her leadership appointments she maintained an active teaching and research nexus profile, particularly in torts law, one of the foundational first-year subjects within the Bachelor of Laws (Honours).

Amanda is the author of Australian Torts Law (LexisNexis Butterworths). This leading monograph has been cited extensively across academic, professional, government, and judicial sources, including the Supreme Court of Queensland. She has also contributed significantly to legal scholarship and professional practice through her editorial roles with The Queensland Lawyer and Australian Civil Liability.

Since 2023, Amanda has led QUT's Academic Integrity Unit, championing an educative and student-centred approach that promotes integrity as a core academic value. Under her leadership, the University has continued to strengthen policy, practice, and capability-building through strong partnerships with faculties and QUT College.

As Director, Curriculum Quality & Academic Integrity, Amanda chairs the Curriculum Standards Committee and serves as a member of both the University Academic Board and the University Learning & Teaching Committee. Through these roles she plays a critical role in shaping educational strategy, governance, and quality frameworks across the institution.

Amanda's contributions to higher education have been recognised through numerous awards and professional distinctions. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), reflecting her sustained leadership and impact in learning and teaching. She has also received four QUT Vice-Chancellor's Performance Awards for significant and superior contributions to the University, recognising excellence in leadership, innovation, and institutional service.

Portfolio Responsibilities
Amanda leads a portfolio that provides strategic oversight and operational excellence across three key areas:

• Curriculum Quality & Standards
  Provides expert leadership and advice on the Higher Education Standards Framework, academic governance, and QUT educational policy.
  Oversees quality assurance processes that support excellence in curriculum design, delivery, and continuous improvement.
• Academic Integrity
  Leads QUT's educative approach to academic integrity.
  Develops policy, practice, resources, and partnerships that foster a culture of integrity and responsible scholarship across QUT.
• Curriculum Support
  Provides a centralised professional service supporting faculties and QUT College in curriculum development, course approval, and governance processes.
  Enables efficient, high-quality curriculum innovation aligned with institutional and regulatory requirements.