Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Professor Shirley Leitch
Media
Professor Shirley Leitch is an advocate for high quality online learning and higher education within Australia's university sector. She is the founding chair of Swinburne's partnership company with SEEK, Swinburne Online. In 2011, she was named one of Australia's most influential social media voices in higher education by British newspaper The Guardian.
Professor Leitch is a professor of communications and an active blogger. Her Higher Ground blog features regular posts about issues relating to higher education. As a professor of communications, she can provide expert commentary on matters related to public and political communications, particularly in relation to controversial science and technology.
Higher Ground blog
Recent posts
Opinion pieces
24/08/11: The Australian
Coaching students to reach personal bests
27/04/11: The Australian
Unis must learn to deliver online courses
04/04/11: Campus Review
Integration requires radical thinking
Higher Ed Bulletin
Recent issues
- Higher Ed Bulletin: May 2012
- Higher Ed Bulletin: April 2012
- Higher Ed Bulletin: March 2012
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News articles
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28/09/11: The Guardian
10 Australian social media influencers in higher education
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26/09/11: The Australian
Campus learning 'a cost' to students -
26/09/11: Australian Financial Review
Swinburne takes more degrees online -
23/09/11: The Australian
Unis more digital than the 'natives'19/01/11: The Australian
Swinburne University of Technology to go it alone with its online courses -
14/01/11: The Age
Swinburne and Seek to offer online degrees
Social media
Media contact
Summer Goodwin
summergoodwin@swin.edu.au
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