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Dr Rachael Hains-Wesson (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Work-Integrated Learning and the Director for the University of Sydney Business School' Work-Integrated Learning Hub. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne (which ranked the top Masters in Creative Writing in the world at the time) and a PhD from the University of Western Australia. She was awarded the prestigious Convocation award (UWA) as a visiting scholar for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Rachael is also submitting her second PhD in Education from Deakin University, Melbourne, which will be her 7th degree qualification.
Rachael has extensive practical experience as an Entrepreneur, Creative Industries expert and is a renowned leader in Higher Education pedagogy and practice for Work-Integrated Learning. She has extensive experience managing and leading for change in international and Australian not-for-profit organisations, the military and start-up enterprises.
Rachael has received and has been regularly nominated for top teaching awards, including Vice Chancellor awards for Outstanding Teaching from students. She was a 2000 Queen’s Trust Foundation and Myer Foundation Awardee for her acclaimed works in Theatre-in-Education that focused on providing anti-bullying programs for primary and secondary educational institutions around Australia. She was the original writer for Theatre-in-Education programs that focused on supporting students to prevent bullying in the school yard in Australian primary schools throughout the early 2000s.
Rachael is well-known for her work in the Creative Industries, Work-Integrated Learning and for leading large-scale curriculum transformation projects for improving policy, systems and learning outcomes for enhancing the student experience, having published widely in these areas.
Rachael’s media and journal articles, book chapters as well as her plays and books (over 100 publications) have been published in a number of reputable outlets, nationally and internationally.
Rachael has extensive practical experience as an Entrepreneur, Creative Industries expert and is a renowned leader in Higher Education pedagogy and practice for Work-Integrated Learning. She has extensive experience managing and leading for change in international and Australian not-for-profit organisations, the military and start-up enterprises.
Rachael has received and has been regularly nominated for top teaching awards, including Vice Chancellor awards for Outstanding Teaching from students. She was a 2000 Queen’s Trust Foundation and Myer Foundation Awardee for her acclaimed works in Theatre-in-Education that focused on providing anti-bullying programs for primary and secondary educational institutions around Australia. She was the original writer for Theatre-in-Education programs that focused on supporting students to prevent bullying in the school yard in Australian primary schools throughout the early 2000s.
Rachael is well-known for her work in the Creative Industries, Work-Integrated Learning and for leading large-scale curriculum transformation projects for improving policy, systems and learning outcomes for enhancing the student experience, having published widely in these areas.
Rachael’s media and journal articles, book chapters as well as her plays and books (over 100 publications) have been published in a number of reputable outlets, nationally and internationally.
