Mr Kenneth Lyons
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Biography
Kenneth Lyons has been teaching within the Creative Industries faculty at QUT for the past eighteen years. In this time, he has coordinated and taught into a range of faculty core, Design, IT and Project Management related units and also within QUT International College and at the QUT Caboolture campus. Managing a long-term multidisciplinary arts practice alongside his teaching commitments, enables Kenneth to bring current and experiential approaches to classroom and student experience. In 2006 he was awarded the CI Faculty Deans Award for Outstanding Contribution by Sessional Staff. In 2009 he was awarded a QUT Vice Chancellor’s Performance Award for his contribution to the work of the university and in 2011 with colleague Greg Jenkins, he was awarded a QUT CI Faculty Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Academic Management. Kenneth is currently the Academic Coordinator for Creative Industries at QUT Caboolture campus and also a Lecturer and Tutor for the Creative Industries Foundation units, Creative Industries – People and Practices and Making Connections.
Personal details
Discipline
Other Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- bachelor of arts (communication design) (Queensland University of Technology)
Experience
Selected publications
- Jenkins G, Lyons K, Bridgstock R, Carr L, (2012) Like our page - using Facebook to support first year students in their transition to higher education. A Practice Report, Student Success, 3 (2), pp. 65-72.
- Bridgstock R, Thomas A, Lyons K, Carr L, Zelenko O, (2012) Putting the cart before the horse? Driving student engagement through first year career identity development in a large multidisciplinary Creative Industries cohort, Proceedings of the 15th International First Year in Higher Education Conference, pp. 1-5.
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Academic Management
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- Vice Chancellor's Performance Award In recognition of a significant and superior contribution to the work of the University.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- Deans Award for Outstanding Contribution by Sessional Staff