Professor Richard Johnstone
Executive Director, The Carrick Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

Paper title
Educational Leadership in Higher Education

Biography
Richard Johnstone studied English at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales and then undertook doctoral work at Cambridge University on 'Fiction and Belief in England in the Nineteen-thirties'.  He was awarded his PhD in 1978.  Professor Johnstone has lectured in English in Australia and the UK, and has subsequently held a range of senior university appointments including Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Charles Sturt University, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Support) at the University of Sydney, and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) at the University of Technology, Sydney.  He has recently taken up the position of Executive Director of the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.  In addition to his university management roles, Professor Johnstone has been closely involved in a range of policy and planning initiatives in relation to teaching and learning in universities, both nationally and internationally.