Professor Kay Harman
Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor and Member of the Centre for Higher Education Manangement and Policy, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business, Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
BEd, PhD (La Trobe), DipTeach (Canberra CAE)
Contact
| Email: | dogs@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Research Services - TC Lamble (C33) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 5099 (or +61 2 6773 5099 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3453 |
As the Dean of Graduate Studies, Kay Harman exercises responsibility for all UNE Higher Degree Research training and management activities which includes HDR policy development, recruitment, chairing the HDR and Scholarship committees, enrolments, progression, supervision arrangements and issues, thesis examination and completions, extensions and suspensions of candidature and, importantly, guidance to research students and supervisors when required. In addition, the Dean of Graduate Studies has the responsibility of representing UNE at the National body of the Council of Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies (DDoGS) meetings.
Kay Harman is also an Associate Professor in the School of Business, Economics and Public Policy, with substantial teaching responsibilities in the Master of Educational Administration and Master of Business Administration programs. For the MEdAdmin program, she teaches both within Australia and off-shore in Hong Kong and Vietnam. The units for which she is responsible are outlined below. She also has an active research agenda, is a member of one of the School’s research centres, the Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy - CHEMP, and is the Co-ordinator of the Australian Network for Higher Education Policy Research (ANHEPR). She is also an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL). Kay can be contacted in the mornings on Ph: +61 2 6773 2089; Fax: +61 2 6773 3363; kharman@une.edu.au
Affiliations
- Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
- Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER)
- Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)
- European Association for Institutional Research (EAIR)
Areas of Teaching
- PDAS 401: Contemporary Organisation Theory
- PDAS 551: Tertiary Education – Managing University Research
- GSB 656: Methods in Organisational Research
- BSB 791, 792 & 793: Minor research project; major research project; and dissertation in areas of management
Research interests
Higher education and research policy, academic culture and work, researcher-industry links, technology and knowledge transfer, research training, and doctoral education, the professional development of university managers and new researchers, public sector management and leadership, and research methods in education and management.
Consultancy
Professor Harman has worked as an international consultant in a number of roles. These include:
• The World Bank-sponsored Consultancy as the Research Evaluation Specialist working on the Second Higher Education Project (Preparation) in Vietnam. The work included designing the application and evaluation phases of the new teaching and research grants offered by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).
• The South African University Vice-Chancellors’ Association (SAUVCA), working on the project, The Changing Educational Landscape in South Africa: Restructuring and Mergers in Higher Education, with Professor Grant Harman.
• The International Development Program of Australian Universities and Colleges (IDP) on Strategic Planning at The University Of Papua New Guinea, with Professor Grant Harman.
• The Papua New Guinea Commission for Higher Education, Higher Education Project on Institutional Planning, sponsored by the Asian Development Bank, with Professor Grant Harman.
• IDP Education Australia project on Academic And Organisational Restructuring at the University of Papua New Guinea, with Professor Grant Harman.
• Joint workshop leader for ‘Seminar on Long Range Planning for Higher Education’, sponsored by Ministry of University Affairs and SEAMEO RIHED, Pattaya, Thailand.
• Joint workshop leader for ‘Seminar on Strategic Plan Development for Universities’, sponsored by Burapha University, Con Buri Province Thailand.
Supervision of Research Students
Kay has achieved a throughput of over 40 graduated research students to date at UNE, at bachelors (hons), masters (hons and dissertation) and doctoral (PhD and EdD) levels. She is dedicated to helping students produce high quality research and successful and timely outcomes.
Current Research
Kay is researching in the following areas:
- The effectiveness of government and University policy instruments for research commercialisation
- Enhancing the Technology Transfer Capability of Australian Universities
- Researcher-industry Links and the Changing Culture of Research in Australian Universities
- The Impact of Market Forces and Entrepreneurship on Academic Work and Values
These projects are/have been supported with ARC funding.
Other Achievements
- Awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders (ACEL) 2004
- National Coordinator, Australian Network for Higher Education Policy Research
- Special Guest Editor for the international journal, Higher Education, Vol 44: 1, July 2002 on mergers in higher education
Recent Publications (2004-2008)
For a complete listing of Prof Harman's publications follow this link.
Harman, K. and Bich, N.N. (in preparation), 'Reforming Teaching and Learning in Vietnam's Higher Education System', in M. Hayden and T.N. Pham (Eds), The Modernisation of Vietnam's Higher Education System, Springer Publishers, The Netherlands, Chapter 4.
Harman, K. (in press), ‘Faculty Values and Expectation and Their Implications for Teaching, Learning and the Organization of Higher Education Institutions’, The International Encyclopedia of Education, Elsevier Limited, Oxford.
Harman, K. (2008), ‘Challenging Traditional Research Training Culture: Industry-oriented Doctoral Programs in Australian Cooperative Research Centres’, in Vålimaa, Jussi & Ylijoki, Oili-Helena (Eds), Cultural Perspectives on Higher Education, Springer, the Netherlands, 2008, Ch12, 174-190.
Harman, K. (2008), ‘The Research Training Mission of the University: Challenges to Traditional Systems of Doctoral Education’, Higher Education Forum, Research Institute of Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Harman, G. and Harman, K. (2008), 'Strategic mergers of strong institutions to enhance competitive advantage', Higher Education Policy, vol. 21, pp. 99-121.
Harman, K. and Treadgold, E. (2007), ‘Changing patterns of governance for Australian universities’, Higher Education Research & Development, vol. 26, no.1, March, pp. 13-29.
Harman, K.M. (2007), ‘The Research Training Mission of The University: Challenges to Traditional Systems of Doctoral Education’, paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Education Research on New Challenges in Higher Education, Education Research Institute, Seoul National University, Korea.
Harman, G. and Harman, K. (2006) ‘Strategic Mergers of Strong Institutions to Enhance Competitive Advantage’, paper presented at 19th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, 7-9 September 2006, Kassel, Germany.
Harman, K. (2005), Building Research Capacity and Strengthening Research and Development in Developing Countries, Paper No. 1 prepared for the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training Higher Education Project No. 2 (HEP 2) sponsored by the World Bank, Hanoi, 22 June, pp. 1-19.
Harman, K. (2005), Strengthening the Links Between Teaching, Learning and Research in Higher Education, Paper No. 2 prepared for the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training Higher Education Project No. 2 (HEP 2) sponsored by the World Bank, Hanoi, 25 June, pp. 1-14.
Harman. K. (2005), Feedback on HEP 1 QIGs and HEP 2 TRIGs, Paper No. 3 prepared for the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training Higher Education Project No. 2 (HEP 2) sponsored by the World Bank, Hanoi, 22 June, pp. 1-6 plus annexes (40 pp.).
Harman, G. and Harman, K. (2005), Suggested Model for Teaching and Research Innovation Grants (TRIGs), prepared for the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training Higher Education Project No. 2 (HEP 2) sponsored by the World Bank, Hanoi, 28 June, pp. 1-5.
Harman, K.M. (2005), ‘Challenging Traditional Research Training Culture: Industry-oriented Doctoral Programmes in Australian Cooperative Research Centres’, paper presented at the 18th annual Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) conference, University of Jyvasklä, Finland, 1-3 September, 17 pp.
Harman, K.M. (2005), ‘Integrating Research into Teaching & Learning’, presentation to the Launching Seminars for the Higher Education Project 2 (HEP 2) in Vietnam sponsored by the World Bank, Hanoi (17 August) and Ho Chi Minh City (19 August), Ministry of Education and Training, Hanoi.
Harman, K. (2004), "Producing ‘Industry-ready’ Doctorates: Australian Cooperative Research Centre Approaches to Doctoral Education", Studies in Continuing Education, Vol.26, No.3, pp. 388-404, 2004.
Grant Harman and Kay Harman (2004), 'Governments and Universities as the Main Drivers of Enhanced Australian University Research Commercialisation Capability', Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol.26 (2): 153-170, ISSN 1360-080X.
Harman, K. (2004), 'Cultural Factors in Higher Education Mergers: the Australian Experience', COE International Seminar on Mergers and Cooperation among Higher Education Institutions; COE Publication Series, Vol.7, pp. 91-101, March, Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, ISBN 4-938664-92-5.
Harman Grant & Kay Harman (2004), ‘Developing Capacity to Support Research Commercialisation and Technology Transfer in Australian Universities’, paper presented at the 16th Annual CHER Conference, 4-6 September, Porto, Portugal, 15 pp.