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Hamish Coates

Honorary Professor

Qualifications

BA(Hons), BSc, MEd, PhD, MAP, GradCertMgt

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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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