Keynote speaker

Professor Marcia Devlin

Professor Marcia Devlin holds the inaugural Chair in Higher Education Research at Deakin University, Victoria.

Marcia's research interests and expertise span higher education policy, equity, Indigenous higher education, university teaching improvement and student transition, engagement and learning. Current and recent national work includes contributing to federal policy development in Indigenous higher education and equity, the Universities Australia-funded national study of student finances, sitting on the National Advisory Group of the Australian Survey of Student Engagement (the AUSSE) and serving as an Assessor for the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Marcia is an active researcher, holding current ARC and ALTC grants.

Marcia is frequently invited to deliver national and international keynote addresses, lectures, workshops and seminars to provide advice on a range of topics related to higher education policy, practice and quality. The author and co-author of a large number of reports, articles and studies, she is an Associate Editor of the journal
A Higher Education Research and Development.  Marcia also writes regularly on higher education matters for national, state and local newspapers including The Australian and Campus Review, with regular higher education columns in The Age and The Warrnambool Standard.