Sessional staff: Author

Associate Professor Marina Harvey, University of New South Wales

Associate Professor Marina Harvey is the Director of Academic Development Services at the University of New South Wales. Marina is a Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE (previously known as the Higher Education Academy), an Australian National Teaching Fellow and has also received national and university Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. Her scholarship in learning and teaching in higher education extends to a growing list of over 70 learning and teaching publications.

Marina has been recognised as the national expert on sessional staff, where she has led the development of the BLASST (Benchmarking Leadership and Advancement of Standards for Sessional Teaching) national standards for quality learning and teaching with sessional staff. Her work in enhancing quality learning and teaching is underpinned by, and focuses on, reflection for learning. Other scholarly interests include distributed leadership and mentoring for learning and teaching in higher education, all of which are examined through Participatory Action Research.