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
Fields of research
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
2021
Book
Student partnerships in assessment
Bovill, Catherine, Matthews, Kelly E. and Hinchcliffe, Tim (2021). Student partnerships in assessment. London, United Kingdom: AdvanceHE.
2021
Other Outputs
Impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning across the higher education sector: a scoping review
Huang, Jasmine, Rafferty, Caelan and Matthews, Kelly E. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning across the higher education sector: a scoping review. Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation Occasional Paper Series Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Book Chapter
Pedagogical partnership: engaging with students as co-creators of curriculum, assessment and knowledge
Cook-Sather, Alison and Matthews, Kelly E. (2021). Pedagogical partnership: engaging with students as co-creators of curriculum, assessment and knowledge. University teaching in focus: a learning-centred approach. (pp. 243-259) edited by Lynne Hunt and Denise Chalmers. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge/Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781003008330-14
2021
Other Outputs
Teaching changes due to COVID-19: UQ survey results and case studies
Matthews, Kelly E., Lawrie, Gwendolyn and Taptamat, Nantana (2021). Teaching changes due to COVID-19: UQ survey results and case studies. Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation Occasional Paper Series Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland .
2021
Journal Article
Recognizing students’ expertise and insights in expanding forms of academic writing and publishing about learning and teaching
Healey, Mick, Cook-Sather, Alison and Matthews, Kelly E. (2021). Recognizing students’ expertise and insights in expanding forms of academic writing and publishing about learning and teaching. International Journal for Students as Partners, 5 (1), 1-7. doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v5i1.4626
2021
Journal Article
Diversifying students-as-partners participants and practices
Cook-Sather, Alison, Slates, Sarah, Acai, Anita, Baxter, Jessica, Bond, Rachel, Lowe, Tom, Zurcher, Hannah, O'Brien, Jennifer, Tavares, Vander, Lewe, Marie-Theres, Khan, Ayesha, Poole, Heather, Smith, Alyssa C., Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar, Arm, Karen, Escobar Lema, Jose Ernesto, Groening, Julia, Garg, Kriti, Bello Rinaudo, Nadia Lujan, Crisp, Naima, Mukherji, Mallika, Addy, Tracie, Lewis, Lisa Marie, Vayada, Preeti, Zhang, Meng, Liang, Yifei (Scott), Rodgers, Holly Beth, Judd, Madelaine-Marie, Szucs, Brooke ... Lewis, Rose (2021). Diversifying students-as-partners participants and practices. International Journal for Students as Partners, 5 (1), 146-159. doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v5i1.4627
2021
Conference Publication
Learning together in a global pandemic
Matthews, Kelly E., Lawrie, Gwen, Mårtensson, Katarina, Roxå, Torgny, Bovill, Catherine and McLaughlin, Celeste (2021). Learning together in a global pandemic. u21 Annual Network Meeting and Annual General Meeting , Virtual, 5-7 May 2021.
2021
Other Outputs
Graduate Attributes
Matthews, Kelly E, Lodge, Jason and Sheppard, Karen (2021). Graduate Attributes. Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovations Occasional Papers Series Brisbane: University of Queensland .
2021
Journal Article
‘The university doesn’t care about the impact it is having on us’: academic experiences of the institutionalisation of blended learning
Huang, Jasmine, Matthews, Kelly E. and Lodge, Jason M. (2021). ‘The university doesn’t care about the impact it is having on us’: academic experiences of the institutionalisation of blended learning. Higher Education Research and Development, 41 (5), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2021.1915965
2021
Journal Article
Transgressing the boundaries of ‘students as partners’ and ‘feedback’ discourse communities to advance democratic education
Matthews, Kelly E., Tai, Joanna, Enright, Eimear, Carless, David, Rafferty, Caelan and Winstone, Naomi (2021). Transgressing the boundaries of ‘students as partners’ and ‘feedback’ discourse communities to advance democratic education. Teaching in Higher Education, 28 (7), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2021.1903854
2021
Journal Article
Students as partners goes virtual
Taylor, Darci and Matthews, Kelly (2021). Students as partners goes virtual. HERDSA Connect, 43 (1), 10-10.
2021
Journal Article
Exploring the role of conflict in co-creation of curriculum through engaging students as partners in the classroom
Godbold, Nattalia, Hung, Tsai-Yu (Amy) and Matthews, Kelly E. (2021). Exploring the role of conflict in co-creation of curriculum through engaging students as partners in the classroom. Higher Education Research and Development, 41 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2021.1887095
2021
Journal Article
Students as partners practices and theorisations in Asia: a scoping review
Liang, Yifei and Matthews, Kelly E. (2021). Students as partners practices and theorisations in Asia: a scoping review. Higher Education Research and Development, 40 (3), 552-566. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2020.1773771
2021
Other Outputs
Learning together in a global pandemic: practices and principles for teaching and assessing online in uncertain times
Matthews, Kelly E., Lawrie, Gwendolyn, Mårtensson, Katarina, Roxå, Torgny, Bovill, Catherine and McLaughlin, Celeste (2021). Learning together in a global pandemic: practices and principles for teaching and assessing online in uncertain times. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Book Chapter
Engaging students as partners in assessment and enhancement processes
Matthews, Kelly E. and Cook-Sather, Alison (2021). Engaging students as partners in assessment and enhancement processes. Assessing and enhancing student experience in higher education. (pp. 107-124) edited by Mahsood Shah, John T. E. Richardson, Anja Pabel and Beverley Oliver. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-80889-1_5
2020
Journal Article
Students as partners: a new ethos for the transformation of teacher and student identities in Chinese higher education
Liang, Yifei, Dai, Kun and Matthews, Kelly E. (2020). Students as partners: a new ethos for the transformation of teacher and student identities in Chinese higher education. International Journal of Chinese Education, 9 (2), 131-150. doi: 10.1163/22125868-12340124
2020
Journal Article
Expanding the conventional writing genres: a matter of equity and inclusion
Healey, Mick, Cook-Sather, Alison and Matthews, Kelly E. (2020). Expanding the conventional writing genres: a matter of equity and inclusion. Educational Developments Magazine , 21 (3), 8-11.
2020
Journal Article
We are all in it together
Vayada, Preeti, Matthews. K.E. and Liang, Yifei (2020). We are all in it together. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Connect, 42 (2), 15-15.
2020
Journal Article
Holding space and engaging with difference: navigating the personal theories we carry into our pedagogical partnership practices
Ostrowdun, Christopher P., Friendly, Rayna, Matthews, Kelly E., De Bie, Alise and Roelofs, Frits (2020). Holding space and engaging with difference: navigating the personal theories we carry into our pedagogical partnership practices. International Journal for Students as Partners, 4 (1), 82-98. doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v4i1.4093
2020
Other Outputs
Engaging Students as Partners Community Poll Results, 4 April to 11 May 2020
Matthews, Kelly E (2020). Engaging Students as Partners Community Poll Results, 4 April to 11 May 2020. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.846
Funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Kelly Matthews is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Disrupting and reproducing power: A focused ethnography of intercultural learner-teacher partnership using Bourdieu's social field theory and intercultural communication theory
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Shuang Liu
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Relationship, engagement, and culture: Exploring the conceptions of students as partners in Chinese higher education
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Lodge
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Speaking for ourselves: Indian students co-constructed stories of engaging in partnership with staff in an Australian university
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Being a teaching-focused academic in a research-intensive university: A focused ethnography
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Deanne Gannaway
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Enacting Pasin as storying as research: Ways of rethinking the health workers' curriculum in Papua New Guinea
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
An exploration of Chinese students' learning experiences in China-Australia '2+2' articulation programmes: In between two systems.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Bob Lingard, Dr Vicente Reyes
Media
Enquiries
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- AI in higher education
- assessment
- education quality
- higher education
- student engagement
- student voice
- teaching impact
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