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Professor Kelly Matthews
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Kelly Matthews

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Overview

Background

Professor Kelly Matthews is an expert on the student experience in higher education—recently ranked amongst the top 5% of cited scholars globally in higher education, teaching and curriculum, and student partnership—and is an award-winning university teacher.

Her research, spanning over 150 publications and 100 invited talks, is about impact---shaping how students actively participate in their learning, directly improving experiences for students and informing the practices of teaching staff globally. Awarded an Australian Teaching Fellowship and a Higher Education Academy Principal Fellowship, Kelly has

  • established influential international writing groups that mentor and motivate emerging scholars to publish about their educational practices,
  • co-founded the International Journal for Students as Partners to enable students and staff from across the world to shape what counts as knowledge,
  • created and sustained the Students as Partners Network to both celebrate and inspire educational practices across universities worldwide, and
  • led collaborative, multi-institutional projects that recognise and promote educational leadership and change through applied research.

In 2025, Kelly is leading a multi-institutional project with Deakin, Monash, and UTS to shape AI policy and practice through student voice.

Kelly is the Academic Lead for Student Experience and Strategic Initiatives in the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Portfolio in the Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation.

Availability

Professor Kelly Matthews is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of New Orleans
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Works

Search Professor Kelly Matthews’s works on UQ eSpace

232 works between 2005 and 2024

21 - 40 of 232 works

2022

Conference Publication

Nurturing relationship-rich practices

Matthews, Kelly and Felten, Peter (2022). Nurturing relationship-rich practices. ASCILITE 2022 Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 4-7 December 2022. Tugun, QLD Australia: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. doi: 10.14742/apubs.2022.268

Nurturing relationship-rich practices

2022

Journal Article

Are Confucian educational values a barrier to engaging students as partners in Chinese universities?

Liang, Yifei and Matthews, Kelly E. (2022). Are Confucian educational values a barrier to engaging students as partners in Chinese universities?. Higher Education Research and Development, 42 (6), 1453-1466. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2022.2138276

Are Confucian educational values a barrier to engaging students as partners in Chinese universities?

2022

Journal Article

‘Students as partners rather than followers but … ’: understanding academics’ conceptions of changing learner-teacher relationships in Chinese higher education

Dai, Kun and Matthews, Kelly E. (2022). ‘Students as partners rather than followers but … ’: understanding academics’ conceptions of changing learner-teacher relationships in Chinese higher education. Higher Education Research and Development, 42 (6), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2022.2135690

‘Students as partners rather than followers but … ’: understanding academics’ conceptions of changing learner-teacher relationships in Chinese higher education

2022

Other Outputs

Modes of delivery in higher education: final report

Lodge, Jason, Matthews, Kelly, Kubler, Matthias and Johnstone, Melissa (2022). Modes of delivery in higher education: final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Modes of delivery in higher education: final report

2022

Other Outputs

Impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning across the higher education sector: a scoping review

Kelly E Matthews, Victoria Sullivan, Jasmine Huang and Caelan Rafferty (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning across the higher education sector: a scoping review. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning across the higher education sector: a scoping review

2022

Other Outputs

5​ problems with the Student Experience Survey’s attempt to understand what’s going on in higher education post-COVID

Matthews, Kelly E., Lodge, Jason M. and Johnstone, Melissa (2022, 08 22). 5​ problems with the Student Experience Survey’s attempt to understand what’s going on in higher education post-COVID The Conversation

5​ problems with the Student Experience Survey’s attempt to understand what’s going on in higher education post-COVID

2022

Other Outputs

Stakeholder consultation report for the modes of delivery in higher education project. Appendix C to Modes of delivery in higher education final report

Kubler, Matthias, Johnstone, Melissa, Clague, Denise, Lodge, Jason and Matthews, Kelly E. (2022). Stakeholder consultation report for the modes of delivery in higher education project. Appendix C to Modes of delivery in higher education final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Stakeholder consultation report for the modes of delivery in higher education project. Appendix C to Modes of delivery in higher education final report

2022

Conference Publication

What do we know about cross-cultural learner-teacher partnership practices?

Zhang, Meng and Matthews, K.E. (2022). What do we know about cross-cultural learner-teacher partnership practices?. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 27-30 June 2022.

What do we know about cross-cultural learner-teacher partnership practices?

2022

Conference Publication

Thinking ecologically about engaging students as partners in learning and teaching

Liang, Yifei and Matthews, Kelly E. (2022). Thinking ecologically about engaging students as partners in learning and teaching. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 27-30 June 2022.

Thinking ecologically about engaging students as partners in learning and teaching

2022

Journal Article

Examining the overlapping identities of teaching focused academics and academic developers: expanding ideas

Godbold, N., Matthews, K. E. and Gannaway, D. (2022). Examining the overlapping identities of teaching focused academics and academic developers: expanding ideas. International Journal for Academic Development, 28 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/1360144x.2022.2082436

Examining the overlapping identities of teaching focused academics and academic developers: expanding ideas

2022

Journal Article

Recognising cultural capital through shared meaning-making in cross-cultural partnership practices

Zhang, Meng, Matthews, Kelly and Liu, Shuang (2022). Recognising cultural capital through shared meaning-making in cross-cultural partnership practices. International Journal for Students as Partners, 6 (1), 64-80. doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v6i1.4893

Recognising cultural capital through shared meaning-making in cross-cultural partnership practices

2022

Journal Article

Student voice in higher education: the importance of distinguishing student representation and student partnership

Matthews, K. E. and Dollinger, M. (2022). Student voice in higher education: the importance of distinguishing student representation and student partnership. Higher Education, 85 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s10734-022-00851-7

Student voice in higher education: the importance of distinguishing student representation and student partnership

2022

Journal Article

Insights into how academics reframed their assessment during a pandemic: disciplinary variation and assessment as afterthought

Slade, Christine, Lawrie, Gwendolyn, Taptamat, Nantana, Browne, Eleanor, Sheppard, Karen and Matthews, Kelly E. (2022). Insights into how academics reframed their assessment during a pandemic: disciplinary variation and assessment as afterthought. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 47 (4), 588-605. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2021.1933379

Insights into how academics reframed their assessment during a pandemic: disciplinary variation and assessment as afterthought

2022

Book Chapter

Toward trust in SoTL: the role of relational ethics

Bunnell, Sarah L., Felten, Peter and Matthews, Kelly E. (2022). Toward trust in SoTL: the role of relational ethics. Ethics and the scholarship of teaching and learning. (pp. 129-146) edited by Lisa M. Fedoruk. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-11810-4_9

Toward trust in SoTL: the role of relational ethics

2022

Book Chapter

Constructing higher education with students as partners in learning and teaching

Matthews, Kelly E. (2022). Constructing higher education with students as partners in learning and teaching. Global student engagement: policy insights and international research perspectives. (pp. 158-170) edited by Hamish Coates, Xi Gao, Fei Guo and Jinghuan Shi. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003254096-15

Constructing higher education with students as partners in learning and teaching

2021

Journal Article

‘It is difficult for students to contribute’: investigating possibilities for pedagogical partnerships in Chinese universities

Dai, Kun, Matthews, Kelly E. and Shen, Wenqin (2021). ‘It is difficult for students to contribute’: investigating possibilities for pedagogical partnerships in Chinese universities. Teaching in Higher Education, 29 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2021.2015752

‘It is difficult for students to contribute’: investigating possibilities for pedagogical partnerships in Chinese universities

2021

Journal Article

Students as partners in China: investigating the potentials and possibilities for growing practices across universities

Liang, Yifei and Matthews, Kelly E. (2021). Students as partners in China: investigating the potentials and possibilities for growing practices across universities. International Journal for Students as Partners, 5 (2), 28-47. doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v5i2.4767

Students as partners in China: investigating the potentials and possibilities for growing practices across universities

2021

Journal Article

Connecting during times of disconnection: student-teacher partnerships in co-designing online education

Rafferty, Caelan and Matthews, Kelly (2021). Connecting during times of disconnection: student-teacher partnerships in co-designing online education. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (22). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.vi22.726

Connecting during times of disconnection: student-teacher partnerships in co-designing online education

2021

Conference Publication

Learning together in a global pandemic: the losses and gains of moving online

Mårtensson, Katarina, Matthews, Kelly E. and McLaughlin, Celeste (2021). Learning together in a global pandemic: the losses and gains of moving online. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,, Virtual, 26-29 October .

Learning together in a global pandemic: the losses and gains of moving online

2021

Conference Publication

To speak or not to speak: fostering inclusive cross-cultural student-staff partnership practices through a storytelling methodology.

Zhang, Meng, Vayada, Preeti and Matthews, Kelly E. (2021). To speak or not to speak: fostering inclusive cross-cultural student-staff partnership practices through a storytelling methodology.. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Virtual, 26-29 October 2021.

To speak or not to speak: fostering inclusive cross-cultural student-staff partnership practices through a storytelling methodology.

Funding

Past funding

  • 2022
    Modes of delivery in higher education
    Commonwealth Department of Education, Skills and Employment
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Learning together in a global pandemic: Practices and principles for teaching and assessing online in uncertain times
    Global Educational Enhancement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Students as partners: Reconceptualising the role of students in science degree program curriculum development (OLT Fellowship)
    OLT Teaching Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    The Teaching @UQ Program
    Technology-Enhanced Learning Grants
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Innovative perspectives and approaches for enhancing the student experience (OLT Project led by The University of Melbourne)
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Development and implementation of MathBench for Australian universities to improve quantitative skills of science and mathematics students (OLT grant administered by Deakin University)
    Deakin University
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Extending QS in Science: trialling and disseminating resource to link and build QS across life sciences majors
    OLT Extension Grants
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Quantitative Skills in Science: Curriculum models for the future
    ALTC Competitive Grants
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Exploratory study into the prevalence of transformative experiences amongst undergraduate science students
    UQ New Staff Start-up Grants (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    IS-IT learning? Online interdisciplinary scenario-inquiry tasks for active learning in large, first year STEM courses
    ALTC Competitive Grants
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Transition and Support Initiatives for Under-Represented Students - Proposal 1: Stage 1 Learning Communities
    UQ DEEWR Higher Education Equity Support Program Grants
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Transition and Support Initiatives for Under-Represented Students - proposal 2: Scholarship Community Program
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Professor Kelly Matthews is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Student engagement and partnership on teacher identity development: A comparative study between Indonesia and Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Robin Shields

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Professor Kelly Matthews directly for media enquiries about:

  • AI in higher education
  • assessment
  • education quality
  • higher education
  • student engagement
  • student voice
  • teaching impact

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