Hamish Coates
Honorary Professor
Qualifications
BA(Hons), BSc, MEd, PhD, MAP, GradCertMgt
Professor Hamish Coates is the Executive Dean of Holmes Institute, Australia’s largest independently owned higher education institution and the flagship of the global Holmes Education Group. He was a Tenured Professor at Tsinghua University’s Institute of Education, Director of the Higher Education Research Division, and Deputy Director of Tsinghua’s Global Research Centre for the Assessment of College and Student Development. He was a Tenured Professor of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, Founding Director of Higher Education Research at the Australian Council for Educational Research, and Program Director at the LH Martin Institute for Tertiary Leadership and Management. He concentrates on improving the quality and productivity of higher education.
Hamish contributes to the field of higher education through leadership, research, innovation, and advising. Spanning 25 years he has held executive appointments at prestigious institutions, led over 150 influential projects, worked across 50+ countries, authored 40 books/monographs and 200 academic papers and 120 reports, created and led partnerships and consortia, edited and advised top journals, procured over AU$28 million in funding, led major regulatory initiatives, convened hundreds of conferences/workshops, advised top leaders, delivered 400 keynotes and invited presentations, engineered education platforms and policy solutions, and generated teaching/research revenue streams. He is a highly cited researcher and sought globally as a speaker with an h-index of 50 and 13,000 citations.
Recent books include Higher Education Design: Big deal partnerships, technologies and capabilities; Global University President Leadership: Insights on higher education futures; A Turning Point for Chinese Higher Education: Developing hybrid education at Tsinghua University; and Global Student Engagement: Policy Insights and International Research Perspectives.
Research interests
Education policy design
Governance and regulation
Large-scale evaluation
Institutional strategy
Assessment methodology
Learner engagement and success
Productivity analysis
Online and hybrid education
Academic work and leadership
Teaching
Doctoral/Post-doctoral supervision; Anh Yeo (completed); Liu Xiao (completed); Song Yuanyuan (completed), Keshav Jungbadoor (commenced), Qingyuan Yang (completed), Juan Zhang (completed), Lu Liu (completed), Ruilin Li (completed), Xi Hong (completed), Matthew Brett (completed), Ellen Chung (completed), Mollie Dollinger (completed), Xi Gao (completed), Duncan Honore-Morris (discontinued), Robert Houghton (transferred), Emeline Jerez (completed), Liu Liu (completed), Kim Loan Phan (completed), Marian Mahat (completed), Linley Martin (completed), Kenneth Moore (completed), Phoung Ngo (completed), Pauline Ross (confirmed), Thuy Tran (completed), Umesha Weerakkody (completed), Andrew Swan (completed), Yunan Zhu (completed), University of Melbourne and Tsinghua University; Supervisor; 2008–current
Doctoral committee: Sophie Chen (completed); Dan Abell (completed), Dee Al-Nawab (completed), Sophia Franks (completed), Truc Le (completed), Qin Liu (completed), Huanhuan Xia (completed), Hang Vu (completed), Ming Wang (completed), Allana Young (completed); various universities; Chair and Advisor; 2008–2024
Master’s supervision: Hannah Kidner (completed); Jamie Beaton (completed); Hasani Arnold (completed); Xi Gao (completed), Fangzhou Jiang (completed), Gulmina Khattak (completed), Irina Liu (completed), Haixia Xie (completed), Damaris Clark (completed), Enoch Wong (completed), Deborah Fitton (completed), Lu Zhou (completed), Melissa Diamond (completed), Yan Aung (completed), Asami Takahashi (completed), Thiago Chang (completed), Aishwarya Gupta (completed), Huang Xinni (completed); University of Melbourne and Tsinghua University; Supervisor; 2010–current
Educational Statistics and Measurement, PhD in Higher Education, Tsinghua University; Subject Developer/Coordinator; 2018–2023
Higher Education Evaluation, PhD in Higher Education, Tsinghua University; Subject Developer/Coordinator; 2018–2023
Academic Publishing in Education and Social Sciences, PhD in Higher Education, Tsinghua University; Subject Developer/Coordinator; 2017–2023
Institute of Education Summer School, Tsinghua University; Teacher; 2017–2023
Guest lectures and workshops (various); Beijing Normal University, Sichuan Normal University, Capital Normal University, Beijing Institute of Technology; 2017–current
Graduate Researcher Professional Development Program, University of Melbourne; Program Developer/Coordinator; 2016–2017
Engagement Professional Development Program, University of Melbourne; Program Developer/Coordinator; 2015–2017
Professional development seminars and workshops (various); CSHE; 2013–2017
Strategy and Planning in Higher Education, Graduate Certificate of University Management (GCUM), University of Melbourne; Subject Developer/Coordinator; 2015–2016
Project on Teaching and Learning, Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (GCUT), University of Melbourne; Subject Developer/Coordinator (twice annually); 2014–2016
Institutional Research in Tertiary Education, Graduate Certificate of Quality Assurance (GCQA), University of Melbourne; Subject Developer/Coordinator; 2013–2015
Managing Quality Within Institutions, Graduate Certificate of Quality Assurance (GCQA), University of Melbourne; Subject Developer/Coordinator; 2010–2014
Project in Tertiary Education and Management, Master of Tertiary Education and Management (MTEM), University of Melbourne; Contributor/Supervisor; 2009–2013
Executive seminars and workshops (various); LH Martin Institute for Tertiary Education Leadership and Management; 2009–2013
Executive seminars and workshops (various); ACER; Facilitator; 2006–2013
Large-scale Survey Research, Masters of Assessment and Evaluation, University of Melbourne; Subject Coordinator/Lecturer; 2006–2008
Quantitative Methods, Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne; Tutor; 2002–2003
Experimental Design and Data Analysis, Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne; Tutor and Examiner; 2002–2003
Psychology and Statistics; Trinity College; Tutor; 2001–2005
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