Professor Hilary WinchesterProfessor Hilary Winchester is Pro Vice Chancellor: Strategy and Planning at the University of South Australia.
Her responsibilities as a member of the Senior Management Group include strategic planning, load, quality, staff equity, particularly gender equity and Indigenous staffing, and line management of major service units: Information Strategy and Technology Services, Planning and Assurance Services, and the Centre for Regional Engagement which includes the University’s Northern Adelaide Partnerships (UNAP) unit.
A human geographer, Professor Winchester completed a BA (Hons) and D Phil at Oxford University. Her research focuses on key social issues such as urban disadvantage, population change, the geography of families and the impact of urban development.
This has translated into playing a leading role in university engagement in northern Adelaide and regional South Australia. This year, in response to press reports on the northern suburbs, Hilary led the organisation of the Northern Community Summit on 1 August 2008.
A highly successful event with broad representation of the community and Government, the Summit reinvigorated interest outside and within the University in building social inclusion and productivity in northern Adelaide through in partnerships to raise aspirations and educational achievement.
Hilary is an academic auditor for AUQA and has chaired and participated in quality audits in Australia and overseas as well as trial audits for Australian universities. Appointed an auditor to the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Council, in 2009 she will be Chairing the audit of Hong Kong Baptist University.
In 2003, Hilary was appointed as the Higher Education representative on the Training and Skills Commission in South Australia.
From 2004 to 2006 Hilary was Co-Convenor of the National Colloquium of Senior University Women (now Universities Australia Executive Women) for whom she led a research project published in 2005 as, The Great Barrier Myth: an investigation of promotions policy and practice in Australian universities. She also led the development of Universities Australia Second Action Plan for Women Employed in Australian Universities 2006 – 2010.
Hilary is a keen member of the ATN WEXDEV (Women's Executive Development) Management Group and frequently gives presentations to university women on issues relating to their careers.
In 2006, Hilary was appointed to the Priority Projects Standing Committee at the Australian Learning & Teaching Institute.
Qualifications
1980 — Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Oxford, UK
1974 — Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Geography), The University of Oxford, UK
Memberships, awards
2006 — Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australia
Other experience
2001—2003
Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic), Flinders University, Australia
Flinders University is a smaller institution than UniSA but is nonetheless a significant enterprise and major employer within SA.
1997—2001
Professor and President of Academic Senate, The University of Newcastle, Australia
1988—2001
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Head of Department, The University of Newcastle, Australia
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