Professor Scott Thompson-Whiteside

Biography

Professor Scott Thompson-Whiteside is the Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design. The faculty consists of the School of Health Sciences; the School of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities; the School of Design and the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA). 

Since moving to Swinburne in 2005, Professor Thompson-Whiteside has had varied roles including the Dean of the School of Design, Deputy Dean and Associate Dean International. He has been responsible for a range of strategic international engagement activities and partnerships.

Professor Thompson-Whiteside has a background in Industrial Design and Design Management with extensive experience in teaching and educational management in the UK, Malaysia and Australia. In 2006 he was awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award for Higher Education.

Professor Thompson-Whiteside completed his PhD at The University of Melbourne at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education. His research intersects design strategy, management and innovation along with higher education policy and management, internationalisation and design education more generally.