Leading experts

In your education course you’ll learn from lecturers who have real-world experience, a wealth of knowledge, and advice to set you on the right path. You’ll benefit from the expertise of our researchers and their work to advance knowledge and influence change in education policy and practice.

Who will I meet?

You will have the opportunity to meet academic staff who will enrich your student journey.

Lecturers

Lecturers deliver content to about 50-200 students at a time in a lecture room on campus or online. Our lecturers are passionate and are typically active in their specialisation. They’re not just helpful for assessment questions but also a priceless resource for the latest knowledge in the field.

Tutors

Tutors teach a smaller group of students of about 20-30 students in workshops and tutorials. A more interactive class means you have a better opportunity to discuss topics in more detail. Many tutors have been QUT students themselves and are able to relate and offer relevant advice.

Professional experience supervisors

Professional Experience supervisors can be your lecturer or tutor. They are your main point of contact from QUT and will check in and support you while you are out on your placement.

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Real experience

Meet some of our lecturers who have worked in their field of expertise, hold valuable knowledge and are connected with extensive networks.

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'I enjoy teaching future teachers and helping to prepare them to positively transform the lives of their students. I bring to QUT my extensive experience as a secondary teacher and executive-level leader of a large, independent P–12 school, along with roles in curriculum development and assessment moderation. My areas of expertise include digital technologies in learning and teaching, science and technology education, and assessment. It’s a privilege to have the opportunity to inspire purposeful practice in education.'

Dr Christopher Blundell
Senior lecturer

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Leader in trauma-aware education

Associate Professor Judith Howard is a national leader in trauma-aware education. Judith commenced her career in education as a teacher and has held regional and state leadership roles overseeing policy development and school practice for student behaviour. Judith’s work focuses on the impact of complex trauma on the experience of early childhood education and schooling. She has developed preservice and postgraduate units and courses on trauma-aware education, is the inaugurator of the biennial Trauma-Aware Schooling Conference and has won various awards, including the 2022 Australian Award for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.

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Award-winning teachers

Be inspired and engage with award-winning teachers, who are recognised and respected within their fields of expertise and are positively transforming the education community.

Jenna Gillett-Swan

Associate Professor Jenna Gillett-Swan's research focuses on wellbeing, rights, voice, inclusion, and participation. She also specialises in qualitative child-centred participatory research methodologies. Jenna is the co-leader for the Health and Wellbeing Research Program within the Centre for Inclusive Education (C4IE) and has won various awards, including an Australian Award for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.

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Innovative health and physical education

Learn from leaders in sports education technology, with backgrounds in the sporting space and experience as HPE teachers themselves. Meet award-winning teaching staff who are reshaping the physical education space informed through contemporary research and assessment.

Kath O'Brien

Dr. Katherine O’Brien is a senior lecturer and sport-education-technology influencer, recently being named as one of Australia’s leading women shaping sports innovation. Her research focuses on incorporating digital technology such as 360-video and AI into platforms that help people to learn and improve their performance in and through sport. Kath's innovative, educational designs have been showcased nationally and internationally. Kath has won various awards, including the QUT Vice Chancellor’s Award as the University’s Teacher of the Year, an Australian Award for University Teaching Excellence, and QUT Technology Innovation Award.

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Brendan Moy

Brendan has won a Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence and an Australian Award for University Teaching for his commitment to tackling student disengagement in physical education classes. He has done this by developing QUT graduates as agents of change in physical education teaching practice through an innovative, research informed, and authentic university teaching experience that bridges the gap between university and the real world. Before commencing at QUT in 2008, Brendan worked as a secondary school teacher in schools and has taught over 14,000 HPE lessons.

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Expertise

At QUT our courses benefit from our researchers’ endeavour to improve education outcomes for all. We’re working with our partners to develop solutions to address current challenges and improve the education system, to ensure all learners reach their potentials and students are ready for the careers of the future.

Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child

Based at QUT, the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child is working to ensure children growing up in the digital age are healthy, educated and connected.

The centre is dedicated to exploring the impact of digital technology use on children’s health, education and connectedness. The Educated Child program aims to understand how children in all types of communities engage in digital learning to develop better teaching approaches, technologies and resources for teachers.

The researchers collaborate with kids, parents and teachers to develop new learning tools that are affordable and can be used in any setting. Also on the agenda? Making digital learning more fun by exploring what sparks kids’ curiosity and creativity. Imagine being a part of that kind of future in education.

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Centre for Inclusive Education

Our vision is to provide equitable learning opportunities to all students, including those with a disability, through the removal of barriers to access and participation in education. The purpose of the Centre for Inclusive Education is to build the capacity of researchers and educators to realise students' human right to an inclusive education.

Some of the teaching staff you'll come across are international leaders in their specialisation and have been involved in developing the policies and practices you will learn to enact.

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Centre for Child and Family Studies

The Centre for Child and Family Studies represents QUT’s multidisciplinary research strength in childhood and parenting research, and the childhood workforce (educators, health professionals, community and other professionals).

The members of this centre work in transdisciplinary ways, particularly at the intersection of health, education, and community, to address contemporary research problems in ways that hold potential to positively transform the lives of children and families.

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Connections

Our teaching staff are connected to their profession. These valuable connections mean that QUT is selected for partnerships that benefit the community and future teachers alike.

From the Ground Up

QUT has partnered with the Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA) to deliver the From the Ground Up leadership program for early childhood educators around Australia. ELACCA represents member organisations with 53,000 employees and offers 26% of all early learning places in Australia. The program is designed to support and grow leaders through leadership modules over a period of 6 months, with workshops and coaching and mentoring sessions. Participants also undertake a research project within their services, which provides them with an opportunity to action the theory participants have learnt throughout the program.

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Fortitude Valley State Secondary College

The Department of Education has chosen QUT as a partner for this inner city secondary school. Our students are provided guidance through mentor teachers – some of them QUT graduates themselves – in this exclusive placement. This partnership not only enhances learning opportunities, but also forms strong pathways to further education, training and employment.

Department of Education Turn to Teaching Internship

The Queensland Government has chosen QUT as one of three universities in Queensland to offer their exclusive Turn to Teaching Internship Program. Students who wish to fast track their studies will complete an accelerated program, which includes a paid internship component.

Partnerships with the education sector

QUT experts have been awarded funding to work with the education sector to address the teacher shortage. The project will examine the factors for success for career changers to a teaching career.

Our experts are working with project partners Queensland Teachers’ Union, Queensland College of Teachers, the Queensland Department of Education, the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, Metropolitan Region, and Independent Schools Queensland.

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Our real-world education courses equip you to step into your career with confidence, continue to learn, and innovate and explore new opportunities. Find the on-campus or online study option that’s right for you.

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