Mrs Michelle Fox
Academic Division,
Education Portfolio,
Curriculum Design Studios
Biography
Michelle Fox is a Lecturer in Academic Development at QUT who is commitment to supporting international students and sessional teachers to transition into new academic environments. She enables learners to adapt and thrive through reflective practice, drawing on their strengths, building confidence, and initiating academic identity formation. As a long-term Sessional teacher herself she has had broad impact, and institutional and national recognition for innovative approaches that motivate learners to succeed and contribute to QUT’s culture and community. In 2016 Michelle was the recipient of AAUT Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning: for sustained commitment to supporting international students’ and sessional academics’ transitions through innovative approaches to reflective practice that orient, inspire and empower learners to succeed. Further in 2016 Michelle received the 2016 AAUT Program Award for the Sessional Success Program: a powerful holistic approach to staff development, support and belonging that profoundly influence students’ learning experience, engagement, and success.
Personal details
Positions
- Learning Designer
Academic Division,
Education Portfolio,
Curriculum Design Studios
Qualifications
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (GradCertAcadPrac) (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama) (with Distinction) (Queensland University of Technology)
Teaching
2016 Australian Awards for University Teaching: Program Award For the Sessional Success Program: a powerful holistic approach to sessional academic staff development, support and belonging: with unprecedented increases in sessional teachers’ ‘engagement’ and ‘passion’ and ‘teaching quality’ that profoundly influence students’ learning experience, engagement, and success. 2016 -Australian Awards for University Teaching, Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. For sustained commitment to supporting international students’ and sessional academics’ transitions through innovative approaches to reflective practice that orient, inspire and empower learners to succeed. 2015 INSTITUTIONAL NATIONAL GOOD PRACTICE WINNER. For the Sessional Teaching and Reflection Showcase (STARS).
- BLASST: Benchmarking, Leadership and Advancement of Sessional Standards
2014 QUT VICE-CHANCELLORS PERFORMANCE FUND AWARD. In recognition of significant and superior contribution to the work of the University. 2009 QUT VICE-CHANCELLORS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE. In recognition of exceptional and sustained performance in Learning and Teaching.
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Michelle, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).