Margaret Jollands Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia 2015

Margaret Jollands

Associate Professor Jollands is Director of the Science Health and Engineering Education Research (SHEER) Centre in the College of Science Engineering and Health and a senior academic in the School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at RMIT University. She has extensive teaching and research experience. Prior to joining RMIT in 1996, she worked for Dow Chemical in Germany for 5 years as a materials engineer. She is leading a multi-institution multi-disciplinary Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) commissioned project on 'Developing graduate employability through partnerships with industry and professional associations'. Her research interests include the work readiness of graduates of project based learning programs, and how students learn about sustainability. She has a strong track record of publications in teaching and learning. She has a national reputation in the field of research in engineering education, winning the prestigious Australian Council of Engineering Deans National Award for Engineering Education Excellence in 2011.