ACEN / CRADLE Webinar

Michael Tomlinson is Professor in Higher Education, Work & Employability at the Southampton Education School, University of Southampton. He has extensively researched the area of graduate employability and transitions to the labour market and his work is conceptually and critically informed. He has pioneered a number of key models, including the Graduate Capital model which has been actively incorporated in the University of Southampton careers and employability strategy, as well as other UK and international institutions. In addition, he has researched developments in higher education policy, including critical approaches to the marketisation of UK higher education and the implications this has for institutions, students and academics. He has published widely in these areas. Michael is the author and co-author of five books which have brought together his thinking in these fields and serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Education and Work, Higher Education, British Journal of Sociology of Education and Higher Education Policy. Michael is undertaking an academic visitation with CRADLE in October 2024 and is an invited delegate of CRADLE’s International Symposium.

Denise Jackson is a Professor in Employability and Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and the Director of WIL in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University. Denise’s work explores conceptualising and enhancing aspects of students’ employability, including professional identity and personal career resources. She has focused on the value of embedding meaningful industry and community engagement into the curriculum, and her design and delivery of quality, inclusive WIL has been recognised by numerous awards, including two national teaching awards. Denise is a Principal Fellow of the UK’s Higher Education Academy and a Director of the Australian Collaborative Education Network, the professional association for WIL in Australia.

Dr Thi Kim Anh Dang (Kim Dang) is a Senior Lecturer in TESOL and Languages Education at the School of Curriculum, Teaching & Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Monash University. Her research interests include English-Medium Instruction, teacher collaborative learning, teacher agency, professional identity, globalisation in teacher education, Vygotsky’s cultural-historical theory, and activity theory. She has published in high impact international journals, including Teaching and Teacher Education, Critical Studies in Education, and Current Issues in Language Planning. She has received research awards from the Australian Association for Research in Education, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia, and American Educational Research Association.