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Professor and Director, The Education Institute, University of Canberra

An education policy researcher and consultant since 1996. PhD in Public Policy from ANU in 1998. Professor Watson is a Director of the Education Institute (formerly the Lifelong Learning Network), at the University of Canberra. She has published many education reports for state and federal governments. She has been invited to appear as an expert witness before three national parliamentary inquiries on schooling in Australia. She was a member of the expert panel to review base funding in higher education, chaired by Dr Jane Lomax-Smith, which reported in October 2011.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor and DIrector, The Education Institute, University of Canberra

Education

  • 1998 
    Australian National University, PhD
  • 1986 
    Australian National University, MA
  • 1983 
    University of Melbourne, BA (Hons)

Research Areas

  • Education Systems (1301)