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Biography
I am Director, Education at UNSW Sydney Pro-Vice Chancellor office, a Scientia Education Academy Fellow, and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture. I am also Director of the UNSW Education Focussed Program and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).
My teaching expertise focuses on the student experience, particularly the role of student feedback literacy and creating a sense of belonging in the...view more
I am Director, Education at UNSW Sydney Pro-Vice Chancellor office, a Scientia Education Academy Fellow, and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture. I am also Director of the UNSW Education Focussed Program and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).
My teaching expertise focuses on the student experience, particularly the role of student feedback literacy and creating a sense of belonging in the first-year educational context. My education leadership experience extends to building capability and learning communities amongst peers in higher education environments through national and international mentorship and leadership programs. I have worked and studied in London, Cape Town and Sydney and received several international and national awards, citations, accreditation and fellowships for teaching and education excellence.
I have developed sustainable and scalable professional development programs such as the Learning to Teach Online Project, created numerous Open Educational Resources (OER) and initiatives, and have led or project managed several competitive grants and multi-institutional projects such as OnTask.
My Awards
2023 Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET): 'Accessibility in Action Award' for Diversified Project (Cumming,T. McArthur, I. Kriss, K. Watson, K. Smith, A. Brown, S. Jiang, V. Birman, H. Long, C. with students Bugge, A. Bober, J. Le Cross, C)
2023 Explorance International Faculty Research Grant - 'Fostering Student Belonging in a Post-COVID flexible classroom' (Watson, K. Saintilan, N. Fleischner, C.)
One of 12 International research grant recipients from institutions across the globe. Explorance grants represent a broad spectrum of topics that will advance the discovery of new knowledge and understanding of the use of various types of experience data including, but not limited to, assessment and course evaluation data for teaching effectiveness and student success.
2022 International Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Award: 'Nurturing Employability The UNSW EF Program' finalist (Watson, K. Fleischner, C, Lutze-Mann, L)
The International Reimagine Education Awards – the ‘Oscars’ of Education – reward innovative approaches that enhance student learning outcomes and employability.
2022 Advance HE: International Global Impact Grant - 'The UNSW EF Program' (Fleischner, C. Watson, K. Lutze-Mann, L)
One of 17 Global Impact Grants awarded to international Advance HE members to share success stories about higher education projects that have had a demonstrable impact on their staff or students.
2019 The KPMG Inspiring Teacher Award in a First Year Undergraduate Program - nomination (Watson, K)
The award celebrates teachers who create rich learning environments and provide a consistently excellent educational experience for students. All 2019 UNSW students enrolled in a first year undergraduate program were invited to nominate and vote to determine the recipient of the award.
2019 UNSW President's Award - nomination for 'Driving Innovation' (Watson, K)
The President's Award is a peer nominated award for staff to recognise and celebrate those who light up UNSW by actively demonstrating the UNSW 'Values in Action'. Nominees are recognised not only for what they do but how they approach their work; and their ability to energise colleagues and be supportive.
2018 Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy UK (now Advance HE) (Watson, K)
Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) constitutes internationally accredited and quality-assured professional recognition that I have successfully evidenced "a thorough understanding of effective approaches to teaching and learning support as a key contribution to high quality student learning", including successful peer engagement, influence and leadership.
2017 UNSW Scientia Education Academy Fellow (Watson, K)
Appointed as one of 35 members of the UNSW Scientia Education Academy. The Academy comprises outstanding UNSW educators who have achieved recognition at the University, national or international level through significant learning and teaching activities, grants, awards, fellowships, major national or international projects or professional society recognition.
2015 International Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards: 3 Awards for The Learning to Teach Online Programs (McIntyre, S. Watson, K. & Mirriahi, N.)
- Regional Oceania (2nd place):
- Arts And Humanities (2nd Place)
- Nurturing Employability (Joint 3rd)
- The Wharton-QS Stars Awards are a global competition awarding the best educational innovations worldwide. 22 awards were issued in 2015, judged by a panel of 40 international experts. 520 universities and enterprises from 50 countries entered the competition.
2015 ACPI: The E-Learning Excellence Award - The Learning to Teach Online Programs (McIntyre, S. Watson, K. & Mirriahi, N.)
- Finalist: The e-Learning Excellence Awards highlight best examples of e-Learning use through case histories provided by academics, teachers, business professionals or students
2012 MERLOT Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resources – MERLOT Classics (USA) Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Teaching (McIntyre, S., & Watson, K.)
- Winner: 'Classics Faculty Development Editorial Board award - The Learning to Teach Online Project'
2011 ASCILITE Innovation and Excellence Award. Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (McIntyre, S., & Watson, K.)
- Winner: 'Exemplary and research informed use of technologies for teaching and learning in tertiary education - The Learning to Teach Online Project'
2010 DEAN'S AWARD For Outstanding Teaching Innovations - COFA (Watson, K)
- 'For Outstanding Teaching Innovations '
2008 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation (Corkery, L. Quinlan, A. Roche, B and Watson, K)
- Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 'For commitment to a service-oriented approach to collaborative built environment design learning that connects community, students and university in mutually beneficial relationships.'
Location
UNSW Australia | Art & Design
Greens Road, Paddington
Sydney, NSW 2021
Australia
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6298-8286