ACEN SA/NT Chapter Led Conversation

A Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK, Anne’s research focuses on equitable access to high quality work and education. Within that field, her current projects consider prohibitions of discrimination, the rights of non-traditional workers including student interns, the regulation of higher education and work integrated learning. She was an author of an International Labour Organization (ILO) study on the regulation internships in 13 jurisdictions in 2018, in 2019 she was an organizer of both Australian and international (ILO) symposia considering the regulation of work experience. Anne edited and contributed to a significant international analysis of the regulation of work experience, published jointly by Edward Elgar and the ILO in 2021 and has authored major reports on the role Australian universities are playing in regulating work experience and considering scholarships for work-integrated learning, funded by the ARC and ACEN. She was recently the recipient (with Deanna Grant-Smith, QUT & Craig Cameron, USC) of a WACE grant to fund research into the equity implications of online WIL.

Dr David Hobbs is a Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation Engineering and an Early Career Researcher (ECR) at Flinders University within the Medical Device Research Institute and the College of Science and Engineering. He has undergraduate degrees in Physics (1995), Life Sciences (2000) and Biomedical Engineering (2001, with First Class Honours) and a PhD in Rehabilitation Engineering (2018). Prior to joining Flinders as a balanced academic in 2010, Dr Hobbs worked in industry as a Rehabilitation Engineer and Assistive Technologist for 9 years at a leading paediatric disability and rehabilitation centre in Adelaide.

David is the Course Coordinator for the Biomedical Engineering degrees at Flinders University and the Co-Topic Coordinator with Dr Thomas Vincent for the Work Integrated Learning Program across the whole College of Science and Engineering. He is based at the Tonsley Innovation Precinct and his research focusses on the development of new rehabilitation strategies and novel assistive technologies for people with an impairment.

Dr Thomas Vincent is a Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering at Flinders University within the College of Science and Engineering. He has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering (2004), a Master of Engineering (Research) in Structural Engineering (2009) and a PhD in Structural Engineering (2015). In recent years Dr Vincent has received Vice-Chancellor’s Awards in both Research (2020) and Teaching (2022) as he enjoys an active pursuit of excellence in both categories. 

Dr Vincent is located at Flinders University’s Tonsley campus within the Tonsley Innovation District. He is the Course Coordinator for the Civil Engineering degrees at Flinders University and the Co-Topic Coordinator with Dr David Hobbs for the Work Integrated Learning Program across the whole College of Science and Engineering. His research focuses on high-performance or sustainable materials in concrete construction.