Kylie Shaw

Professor Kylie Shaw is currently the Dean of Graduate Research in the Research and Innovation Division at the University of Newcastle. Previously she was the Assistant Dean of Research Training (Acting) in the Faculty of Education & Arts and the NSW representative of CADRE (Council of Associate Deans of Research Education).

Professor Shaw is an established researcher, with expertise in the area of schooling, leadership, research training and doctoral education. She has worked with the NSW Department of Education, leading research into improving the educational expertise in schools. She was a Chief Investigator on a global research project on innovative teaching and has consulted with schools in the areas of future-focused learning, critical & creative thinking, literacy and assessment. She completed her PhD part-time whilst working full time as a teacher, and administrative leader, in the independent school sector.

Professor Shaw was also a Chief Investigator on an ARC Discovery Project investigating excellent researchers, leading the translation of research into an online self-directed learning program for doctoral students called DocLearn. In her doctoral work she developed a method of tracking the journeys of students involved in cross-disciplinary research and developed a construct of research preparedness. She has also been the lead Chief Investigator on grants in affiliation with the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE), exploring the increasingly diverse cohorts of students undertaking doctoral study and Deputy Director of the Centre of the Study of Research Training and Impact (SORTI), which is known internationally for its work on doctoral learning and doctoral assessment. Kylie has held national leadership roles in the field, serving in the role of Convenor of the Research into the Doctorate Special Interest Group for the Australia Association of Education Research (AARE) for a number of years.