Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President
(Education)

PhD Macq, MEd UC, BA ANU 

Contact Information

Phone: 02 6201 5064
Fax: 02 6201 5119
Email: Carole.Kayrooz@canberra.edu.au
Postal Address: University of Canberra ACT 2601

Executive Assistant: Mrs Samantha Mackey
Phone: 02 6201 5064
Fax: 02 6201 5119
Email: dvceducation@canberra.edu.au

Biography

Professor Carole Kayrooz is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Canberra with wide-ranging responsibilities for learning, teaching and University admissions. Her education portfolio includes responsibilities for the Academic Skills Centre, the INSPIRE Centre and the Dean of Students.

Professor Kayrooz was formerly Convenor of the Academic Leadership Program at The Australian National University and Dean of the Faculty of Education, Health and Science at Charles Darwin University.

In 2005, Professor Kayrooz published with Allen & Unwin, Research in Organisations and Communities: Tales from the Real World (with C. Trevitt) and in 2007 with Elsevier published Autonomy in Social Science Research: The view from UK and Australian universities (co-authored with G. Akerlind and M. Tight).

With a track record of excellence in relation to teaching and learning, Professor Kayrooz continues to play a key role in developing teaching and learning at the University of Canberra. Having presented internationally on her teaching methods as a Visiting Scholar at Cornwell and Michigan State Universities, Professor Kayrooz’s Elsevier publication also saw her as a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University.

In 2006 she was invited by UNESCO to Paris to present at their Colloquium on Research and Higher Education Policy. This was followed by a second invite in 2009 to present a keynote at the 12^th UNESCO APEID International Conference, this time in Bangkok.

Professor Kayrooz was Chair of the Northern Territory Board of Studies advising the Minister of Education, Employment and Training, and has developed important educational linkages between Australia, China, Indonesia and East Timor. She has further led five international consultancies auspiced by AUSAID and UNESCO, mostly in the Asia Pacific.

In 2008, she was made an Honorary Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and in 2009 was invited to join the Fulbright National Selection Committee as the Fulbright Commission.

Professor Kayrooz has extensive links with the community as shown by her representation in the 2011 edition of Who’s Who of Australian Women and membership of the Universities Australia Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Group. She is also a member of the Australian Quality in Higher Education Reference Group, the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency Working Group, the National Student Survey Reference Group; and the Australian Graduate Survey Reference Group.

Currently, Professor Kayrooz’s portfolio includes the Teaching and Learning Centre, Academic Policy and Review, Academic Skills Centre, the University Library and art collection, and also the INSPIRE Centre.