Dr Lee Partridge

Dr

  • Name

    Dr Lee Partridge

  • Formal title

    Professor

Career / Professional Highlights


Lee provides support and development to institutions and individuals around teaching and learning and enhanced student experience. She has an Honours degree in Science, a Graduate Diploma of Education and a Doctor of Education (University of Western Australia). Her research interests include academic development, undergraduate research, academic integrity, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and the student experience.

Lee is a Fellow of the Higher Education Research and Development Association of Australasia (HERDSA) and has served on the national executive of the organisation for six years. She has received institutional awards for teaching and two national awards for excellence in programs that enhance learning (2011 and 2013). She has also been responsible for the delivery of a further ground-breaking institutional program that was recognised with a national award in 2006. She has participated as a team member in ALTC/OLT projects with foci around the development of early career teachers, academic integrity, PhD curriculum and teaching quality standards. In 2014, Lee was the only Australian academic chosen to participate in a two-year multi-institutional study coordinated by Elon University, North Carolina, which explored the mentoring of undergraduate researchers. She has engaged recently in impact evaluation of community programs, which complements her work in higher education evaluation.

Lee has been a secondary science teacher, a lecturer and tutor in the Graduate School of Education at UWA, a unit coordinator in undergraduate courses and an academic developer for more than 15 years. As a consultant she has worked with higher education institutions both within Australia and overseas to enhance program delivery, promoting learning quality and enhancing the student experience.