Administration and leadership

Tara has fulfilled a range of administrative and leadership roles

Higher education sector roles, functions and duties

Reviewer, Irish Research Council, 2011 -

Chair of the Master of Letters Review Committee, Central Queensland University, 2010-11

External Peer, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, May 2008

External Assessor PhD proposals, Central Queensland University, 2007-

Steering Committee, Art Design Media Subject Centre, 2006-2011

Advisory Group, Art Design Media Subject Centre, 2006 -2011

Postgraduate mentoring (publications and employment) and the delivery of a seminar, CCCS/University of Queensland and the Cultural Research Network, March 2006

External Consultant, Professorial Promotions Committee, Canterbury University, Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand, 2003-4.

Assessor, Charles Darwin University Fellowships for Research, Charles Darwin University, 2004.

National participant in the Australian University Teaching Committee project, “Identifying and supporting effective methods of enhancing learning – teaching large classes,” University of Queensland, 2001. I delivered the opening address at this project in November 2001, http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/largeclasses/pdfs/AUTC_final_report.pdf

National Assessor, Commonwealth University Teaching and Student Development, National Teaching Grant Scheme, 1999

University management Duties

Head Media Research Brighton 2006 - 2010

Validation Team, BA Media Studies (Hons), University of Brighton, 2008

Member, Selection Committee, Research Posts, Art Design Media Subject Centre, 2007

Head of RAE Unit of Assessment (UoA) 66 (Media Studies), University of Brighton, 2006-7

Steering Committee, Academy of Advanced Studies, Murdoch University, 2005-2006

University Research and Scholarships Committee, Murdoch University, 2001-2006

Member: Murdoch Writing Fellowship selection committee (2004)

Coordinator and writer of materials, Murdoch Writing Fellowship (2004), http://www.research.murdoch.edu.au/rds/docs/Publishing_Fact_Sheets.doc

Coordinator: Creative Arts review (2003)

Coordinator: Postgraduate forms and prospectus review (2003)

Member: Masters by Research (with training) subcommittee (2002)

Member: Completion Scholarship subcommittee (2002)

Senior Academic, School Advisory Committee for Promotions, Media Communication and Culture, Murdoch University, 2003-4

University Lecturer Promotions Committee, Murdoch University, 2001-2004

Editorial Board, Prospectus Committee, Murdoch University, 2002

Coordinator – Orientation Day Activities for Murdoch University 1998-2002

University representative, Career’s Expos, Murdoch University, 2001-2003

Member of the Marketing and Publicity Committee, Division of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, Murdoch University, 1999-2002

Communication and Cultural Studies representative, Murdoch University Open Day, 2000-2004

Member of the Marketing committee, Murdoch University, 1999-2003

Representative and co-coordinator of Murdoch University’s Division of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education at the University Career Evenings, 1997-2002

Coordinator - Orientation Day Activities for Murdoch University’s Division of Social Science, Humanities and Education 1998

Coordinator - Career Day for Murdoch University’s Division of Social Science, Humanities and Education, 1998

Promotions committee, Faculty of Arts, Central Queensland University, 1996

Member of the CQU Working Party for Vision ’97 (the body over-seeing the cross-campus integration of course offerings), Arts Faculty Subcommittee, Central Queensland University, 1995-6.

Co-convenor, Honours Orientation Programme, History Department, Victoria University of Wellington, February 1995.

Postgraduate Administrative Duties

Curriculum Designer, Master of Arts Creative Communication, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2011

PhD Committee, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2011

Graduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2011-

Grants Committee, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2011 -

Programme Leader, Master of Arts Creative Media, University of Brighton 2007-2011

Independent Chair, Doctoral Examinations, University of Brighton 2007-2011

Team Leader, Course Development Team, Masters of Arts Creative Media, University of Brighton, 2006-7

University Research and Scholarships Committee, Murdoch University, 2001-2006

Presenter “Time management for supervisors,” Murdoch University, October 17, 2005

Presenter “Words in Print,” Postgraduate Seminar, Murdoch University, September 7, 2005

Co-ordinator, Postgraduate Orientation on Supervision, Murdoch University, February 2004-5

Scholarships co-ordinator, School of Media, Communication and Culture, Murdoch University, 2001-2005

Coordinator of Murdoch University’s Postgraduate Orientation, 2000-2006
Assessor, PhD Projects, School of Education, Murdoch University, March, 1999

Undergraduate Administrative Duties

Facing the future: training Media Studies Students for interviewing and job seeking, University of Brighton, 2008 – 2011

Design and production of Media Studies promotional materials, University of Brighton, 2008 -

Coordinator of the Media Studies Open Days, University of Brighton, 2007-

Programme Chair, Communication and Cultural Studies, Murdoch University, 2000.

Member of Senior Executive Group, Media Communication and Culture, Murdoch University, 2000

Honours Coordinator, Communication Studies, Murdoch University, 2000

Chair of Murdoch University’s Undergraduate Scholarship programme, 2000

Honours Coordinator, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Central Queensland University, 1996.

Chair Honours Sub-Committee, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Central Queensland University, 1996.

Honours sub-committee, Faculty of Arts, Central Queensland University 1996

External Consultancy Duties

Advisor, Broadcast Strategy Review Group, Open University, 2006.

Community

Director, Popular Culture Collective, http://www.popularculturecollective.com 2003-

Professional:

Fellow, RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce), 2008 -

Media Communications Steering Group, HEA-ADM, 2007-

Media Communications Reference Group, HEA-ADM, 2007 -

Member, MeCCSA, Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association, 2006 -

Member, The Society of Authors, 2006 -

Member, Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society, 2006 -

Member, National Academy for Screen and Sound, 2005 – 2006

Professional:Development

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, Council for Ontario Universities and UOIT, August 19, 2011

safeTALK: Suicide Alertness Training, University of Brighton, April 2010

PhD supervision training, University of Brighton, December 2006

ILIP, Information Literacies Introductory Program, University of Wollongong, January–April 2006

Introduction to Teaching, Full-time course, conducted by the School of Education, Murdoch University, March 1993.

Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 7 week course, conducted by the Professional and Career Development Section, University of Western Australia, February - April 1992.

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