Gabi is a Senior Lecturer in Business Communication in the School of Management and Governance. She received her BA(Hons) and MA degrees from the University of Cape Town and her PhD in Higher Education Studies from Rhodes University. Before joining UNSW, she worked at the University of Cape Town, teaching business and academic communication across the Faculties of Engineering and the Built Environment, Commerce and the Graduate School of Business.
Gabi’s research focuses on teaching and learning in Higher Education, with a particular interest in how students are equipped with professional employability skills whilst at university. Her research focusses on employability development, professional identity, and professional communication. Her PhD thesis, titled A Social Realist Study of Employability Development in Engineering Education, explored factors that constrained and enabled students’ transitions from student to professional.
Gabi is a passionate educator who uses her research to ensure that her teaching remains relevant, innovative and transformative.
Nudelman, G., Kalil, C., Navarro-Astor, E. and English, J., 2022. Perceptions of student teamwork in professional programmes in higher education: a comparative study of Spain and South Africa. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 13(1), pp.94-108.
Nudelman, G., 2021. Using agential morphogenesis to track professional identity development in higher education. Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning, 9(1), pp.78-94.
Nudelman, G., 2020. The hidden curriculum in two employability skills development courses in a South African electrical engineering degree programme. Journal of Education and Work, 33(5-6), pp.360-374.
Nudelman, G., 2020. Understanding engineering education system responsiveness through the lens of social realism. European Journal of Engineering Education, 45(3), pp.393-404.
Nudelman, G. and English, J., 2019. Ethical dilemmas experienced by engineering students during their vacation work. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 145(2), p.05019001.
English, J. and Nudelman, G., 2018. Assessment of communicative modes used by engineering and built environment professionals. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 36(4), pp.301-312.
Nudelman, G.R., 2017. Engineering identity: Analysing e-portfolios in a professional communications course. South African Journal of Higher Education, 31(2), pp.211-225.
Nudelman, G. and English, J., 2016. Language Enrichment revisited: evolving theories and practice in Professional Communication Studies. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 34(1), pp.17-26.
Sulcas, G. and English, J., 2010. A case for focus on professional communication skills at senior undergraduate level in Engineering and the Built Environment. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 28(3), pp.219-226.
Conference publications:
Nudelman, G., 2020, April. Work in Progress: Exploring teamwork and inclusivity amongst engineering students at a South African university. In 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) (pp. 46-50). IEEE.
Nudelman, G., 2019, July. The development of engineering identity in an electrical engineering degree programme. In Proceedings of the Eighth Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Cape Town (pp. 10-12).
Nudelman, G., 2017, June. ‘It’s not just working on a plant for 20 years’: Students’ perceptions of engineering professionalism. In Fourth Biennial SASEE Conference (pp. 232-240).
Nudelman, G., 2015, June. Reconceptualising employability skills: constraints and enablements to discursive identity development in electrical engineering students. In Third Biennial SASEE Conference (pp. 150-158).
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