JOHN GRANT BSc(Hons), Dip Ed., PhD.,FACE FAIM
John is a consultant in education having in recent years been a Visiting
Fellow at the ANU Centre for UNESCO. His other roles include Auditor
for the Australian Universities Quality Agency, Member of the Australian
Institute of Sport Research Committee, Board Member of Canberra Grammar
School and Member of the Queensland Ministerial Advisory Committee on
Higher Education.
John was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) at the University
of Canberra 1993-97 having been Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Academic
Services) and Chair of Academic Board 1988-92. He was First Assistant
Secretary (Higher Education) in the Commonwealth Department of Employment
Education and Training 1987-88 following three years as Assistant Commissioner
(TAFE) and three years as Assistant Commissioner (Planning and Analysis)
in the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission.
His career spans several areas of education – high school teacher,
university lecturer, director of curriculum for two school systems (NT
and ACT), Federal administrator in post-secondary education and university
administrator. He has published and lectured in such fields as curriculum
development, cross-cultural education, international education and youth
policy.
John has a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the University of
New South Wales majoring in psychology and industrial arts, a Diploma
of Education from the University of Sydney and a PhD from the University
of New South Wales for research in cross-cultural curriculum development.
His achievements in curriculum development, educational administration
and international education have been recognised in several awards.
He is a Fellow of the Australian College of Education, a Fellow of the
Australian Institute of Management and an Honorary Professor of the
Beijing Second Foreign Language University. He was awarded a 9 month
Australian Government Fellowship in 1981 to study youth policy in the
United Kingdom and Europe.
In recent years as Chairman of the ACT Accreditation and Registration
Council Dr Grant has played a leading role in developing and implementing
arrangements for the registration of training providers and the accreditation
of courses from Certificate to PhD level. His recent consulting work
has included a national review of equity programs for the Australian
National Training Authority, a developmental project in consumer participation
in health care for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
and reviews for the Commonwealth Department of Education Science and
Technology of education and training to meet skill shortages in the
information technology and communication industries and of ICT education
and training policies in Australia and other countries. He has participated
in a number of AUQA audits.
John’s other interests include Rotary, golf, music and travel.
Main Interests:
Tertiary education, accreditation, audit, university governance, cross-sectoral.
Availability
Available for postgraduate supervision, consultation, projects
