VISITING SPEAKER: 2012 Teaching & Learning Month Event - Distinguished Visiting Teacher Public Seminar - Professor Pip Pattison DVC (A) University of Melbourne

Professor Pattison will review the impact of significant curriculum change at the University of Melbourne, with a particular focus on students’ experiences of new undergraduate and graduate courses. She will describe how students have reacted to new courses and reported on their experiences, and reflect on the broader impacts of the new curriculum on the educational mission of the University, including social inclusion priorities. Professor Pattison will also point to: some lessons learned along the way; what the University of Melbourne believe they have achieved; and what they see as ongoing challenges.

Biography: Professor Pip Pattison is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and a Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. As Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Melbourne, Pip is responsible for the implementation of the Melbourne Model curriculum at undergraduate and graduate level, including embedding of graduate attributes. She leads development of the University's learning and teaching strategy, and works closely with the University's Academic Board by providing management oversight of the University’s quality assurance of learning and teaching and related systems and policies.