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Current research higher degree students

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  Daniel Abell

  dabell@usc.edu.au

  More information about Daniel on the LH Martin Institute website

  PhD

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  Asma Ahsan

  aahsan1@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'Agenda Setting and Policy Change in Higher Education Research Policy: A comparative analysis of the research ‘impact’ agenda in Australia and United Kingdom '

  PhD

  Research interest(s): higher education and research policy; policymaking process; research/policy gap; research 'impact' agenda; research assessment

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  James Ballard
  
  ballardj@student.unimelb.edu.au
  
  'Learner enhanced technology: Assessing the effectiveness of learning technologies through the development of engagement profiles'
  
  PhD
  
  Research interest(s): Personalised learning, learning technologies, socio-cultural learning theory, and learner analytics.

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  Fabiana Barros de Barros

  fabiana.barros@unimelb.edu.au

  More information about Fabiana on the LH Martin Institute website

  PhD

  Research interest(s): leadership and management of research and innovation, collaborative research environments, research policy

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  Matthew Brett

  m.brett@latrobe.edu.au

  'Triggers and consequences of major Australian higher education financing reform'

  PhD

  Research interest(s): higher education financing, higher education policy

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  Jiadi Cai

  jiadi@unimelb.edu.au

  'Interaction Among Diverse Student Groups'

  PhD

  Research interest(s): internationalisation of higher education

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  Amanda Carr

  'A Constructing the non-traditional student in higher education discourses'

  PhD

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  Lis Conde

  lconde@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'A Professional Development Process for Technology Enhanced Learning'

  PhD

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  Roger Duncan Honore-Morris

  rhonore@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'The Professional Rubric: The development and validation of a sociological framework to assess whether adaptions, in aggregate, strengthen or weaken the profession within civil society'

  PhD

  Research interest(s): Professions, Sociology, Professionalization

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  Robert Houghton

  robert.houghton@flinders.edu.au

  ‘The Value of University Education – A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions held by Prospective Higher Education Students’

  PhD

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  Ai Tam P. Le

  aitaml@student.unimelb.edu.au

  ‘Exploring academic work values from the perspectives of doctoral students’

  PhD

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  Samantha Marangell

  smarangell@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'A Comparison of International and Domestic Tertiary Students' Perceptions of their Intercultural Interactions'

  PhD

  Research interest(s): language, culture, and identity; internationalisation of higher education; student-teacher interactions; socialisation in education settings; second language acquisition

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  Ken Moore

  kennethm1@student.unimelb.edu.au

  Thesis title to follow

  PhD

  Research interest(s): international education development, education outcomes.

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  Reema Muneer

  rmuneer@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'Students' sense of belonging in Australian higher education'

  PhD

  Research interest(s): student engagement, belonging and connectedness, social identity approach in higher education

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  Alisa (Hang) Nguyen
  
  thin13@student.unimelb.edu.au
  
  Thesis title to follow

  PhD

  Research interest(s): blended learning in higher education

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  Loan Phan

  phant2@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'Towards Effective Internal Quality Management in Vietnamese Public Higher Education Institutions'

  PhD

  Research interest(s): internal and external quality assurance, quality management, higher education, Vietnamese higher education institutions, research methodology

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  Brice Shen

  b.shen@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'Understanding professional skill development: evaluating practical implementation of teaching graduate attributes'

  PhD

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  Peter Sorenson

  p.sorenson@student.unimelb.edu.au
  peter.sorenson@rmit.edu.au

  'The use of visual imagery in students' choice of international university'

  PhD

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  Ben Symon

  bsymon@student.unimelb.edu.au

  Thesis title to follow

  PhD

  Research interest(s): higher education teaching and professional development; reflective practice; student engagement

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  Thuy Tran

  trant5@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'Teaching Quality Evaluation in Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions'
  PhD

  Research interest(s): Outcomes assessment, quality evaluation, higher education productivity, professional identity, professional development and second language acquisition.

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  Thao Vu

  thaov@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'Academic Performance Management at Australian Universities: What do the academics want?'

  PhD

  Research interest(s): academic work, human resource management in higher education, and the Indigenisation of higher education policies across different institutional and national contexts

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  S. Umesha Weerakkody

  sweerakkody@student.unimelb.edu.au

  'International student migration and changing topography of social class'

  PhD

  Research interest(s): critical globalization studies and higher education in developing countries, social stratifications in education in the globalized third world, second language acquisition

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  Paul Wiseman

  paul.wiseman@unimelb.edu.au

  PhD

  Research interest(s): psychological engagement and flow theory with application in current and emerging higher education learning environments