CHERS

CHERS (Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship) is a sub-group of the Higher Education Research Group established by Professor Marcia Devlin with the support of both the DVC (Research) and the DVC(Academic) who acknowledged CHERS as developing a research strength at Deakin University. It currently comprises a group of researchers active in the field of higher education research investigating, publishing and supervising postgraduate research in a range of aspects that include the scholarship of teaching and learning, student engagement, student equity, leadership management, doctoral studies and flexible and blended learning and teaching.

In 2010 and 2011 CHERS members have planned and met strategic key performance indicators in research performance with a growing number of funded research projects, refereed publications and higher degree by research student completions. Links to these research outcomes are included in the members’ research profiles listed below.

Members

Name	Position	Research areas
Professor Terry Evans	Chair in Education, Faculty of Arts and Education	Doctoral education practice & policy Distance education, flexible learning, online education Education and development
Professor Ian Robottom	Associate Dean (International), Faculty of Arts and Education	Higher education international partnerships Internationalising the university curriculum Teaching and research in higher education
Associate Professor Annemieke Craig	Associate Head of School (International), Faculty of Business & Law	Use of etechnologies in teaching and learning Student engagement in and with ICT Profiling incoming students Improving female participation in ICT Student perceptions of technology use Students at risk in IT courses
Associate Professor Dale Holt	Associate Director, Institute of Teaching and Learning	ICT-enabled forms of flexible education, and associated leadership
Associate Professor Kieran Lim	Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology	Student learning in laboratories and through practical work based learning Student attitudes to professional practice Cultural differences between different disciplines in higher education Innovating with calculators and spreadsheets
Associate Professor Stuart Palmer	Associate Professor (Educational Design), Institute of Teaching and Learning	Planning and evaluation of learning and teaching interventions/initiatives, with a particular focus on information and communication technology (ICT) projects and engineering education
Associate Professor Richard Tucker	Associate Head of School (Research), Faculty of Science and Technology	Pedagogy of collaborative and sustainable design Flexible delivery, teamwork & groupwork Interdisciplinary learning
Dr Rodney Arambewela	Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law	Student engagement Postgraduate experiences and perceptions Globalization in higher education Learner perceptions of diversity
Dr Debra Bateman	Senior Lecturer in Education, Faculty of Arts and Education	Higher Education Futures Education Curriculum development and policy
Dr Helen Forbes	Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health	Teaching and learning relationships between conceptions, approaches, experience, and outcomes of teaching & learning
Dr Uma Jogulu	Senior Lecturer of Management, Faculty of Business and Law	Aspirations and expectations of students 'Cultural understanding' gaps of internal students and academic staff.
Dr Wendy Sutherland-Smith	Senior Lecturer, Institute of Teaching and Learning	Higher education policy Teaching and learning scholarship Assessment practices Transformative pedagogies Cyberethics and intellectual property

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