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60 seconds with … Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington26 August 2009
Name: Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington How long have you been with Monash University? Just over a week. Prior to working at Monash, where were you located and what was your role? I was Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) in the Faculty of Arts and foundation chair of the Learning and Teaching Committee, both at Macquarie University, Sydney What challenges are ahead in your current role? The national and international contexts for learning and teaching are changing rapidly at present, with increased participation, fostering research-inspired learning and teaching, academic workforce succession planning, standards and quality assurance and the need to internationalise workforces as standout items. There exists a significant opportunity for Monash to connect these priorities through the implementation of strategic initiatives like the Monash Passport and the new Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. What is it about your job that holds your interest or is particularly satisfying? I come to this role with a background in researching and teaching world history, so the global and regional presence of Monash are particularly appealing. I also enjoying working with staff from diverse disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, and encouraging groups of staff and students to work together to address common priorities and issues. What is your favourite place in the world and why? I don't have a single favourite place, I am more interested in the connections between places and in how other people think about places and the world. What is the best piece of advice you have received? "What are you waiting for?" A VC gave me that advice, which is a simple reminder that we are all agents of change. What is something about yourself that most of your colleagues wouldn't know? Learning sign language at high school helped me to think more carefully about the meaning, nature and aesthetic dimensions of words and gestures that people use. When, as an undergraduate, I discovered that the philosopher Wittgenstein had also found sign language thought provoking, it confirmed that I wanted to work with philosophy in the discipline of history. |
