Ruth Steel
BA Lanc MSc MPhil Brist DipLaw LPAB (in progress)
Projects Manager
ruth.steel@sydney.edu.au
Room 311
C37 - Newtown Campus
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 0019
Fax: +61 2 9351 0088
Ruth joined the Faculty of Economics and Business in 2003 working with Professor David Hensher (Associate Dean, Postgraduate Coursework) on a number of Faculty-wide strategic initiatives including the review and development of graduate programs and the development and implementation of student related policies and procedures. She has also conducted education research for the Faculty in liaison with the Office for Learning and Teaching.
At ITLS Ruth is responsible for various projects related to the development and review of learning and teaching policies and strategies and the implementation of innovations in this area. Ruth coordinates the Post Graduation Work Experience Program which gives graduates the opportunity to gain valuable work experience with ITLS' industry partners. She also has an information and communications role at the Institute in developing promotional and informational materials, looking after branding issues, acting as website manager and coordinating the successful ITLS Leadership and Policy Seminar Series. Ruth also provides secretariat and research support to the ITLS Board of Advice.
Ruth is the permanent secretariat for the International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (The Thredbo Series). She was Conference Director for the 10th conference in the series held on Hamilton Island, Australia. She has provided editorial support to the publication of collected papers for several conferences in the series (published by Elsevier).
After moving to Sydney from the UK in 2002 Ruth completed a number of short term assignments in executive support and education administration at the University of Sydney. Prior to this she worked in the Planning and Management Information Office of the University of Exeter, UK. After completing an undergraduate degree in Politics and Religion at the University of Lancaster she went on to gain her Masters in Ethnic Relations from the University of Bristol. Funded by a scholarship from the Economic and Social Research Council she was awarded her MPhil from the University of Bristol in 2004. The title of her thesis is: The Host Country, From Protection to Control: UK Refugee Policy and Practice. Ruth worked for two years as an Information Officer for a refugee agency providing reception support to refugees on arrival to the UK, prior to this she worked as a Front of House Manager at a community arts centre and theatre. Ruth is currently studying for a Diploma in Law with the Law Extension Committee of the NSW Legal Professions Admission Board, University of Sydney. In support of her law studies, in 2005 Ruth was awarded a Career Development Support Grant from the University of Sydney's Staff and Student Equal Opportunity Unit and in 2006 and 2009 she was awarded a Staff Scholarship from the Faculty of Economics and Business.