Dawn Bennett is John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Creative Workforce Initiative with Curtin University in Australia. Dawn is a leading expert on the development of employability. Her research focuses on the development of employability, including identity and graduate work. Dawn is a National Senior Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow with the Higher Education Academy in the UK. She is currently leading research to embed a metacognitive model for employability with faculty and students in Australia, the UK, Europe and the US. Dawn is Vice-Chair Australia for the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows. Dawn has a discipline background in music and retains an active interest in arts-based research. Publications appear at Researchgate.

HERDSA Roadshow 2018: Professor Dawn Bennett’s Roadshow in Hong Kong will be held on March 6 at CUHK and PolyU, on March 7 at HKUST, on March 8 at HKU, and on March 9 at HKBU. All higher education colleagues are invited to the Roadshow activities. Please click the poster below for details.