Professor Roslyn Arnold
PhD(Sydney), MA(Sydney), BA(Sydney), MEd(with Merit)(Sydney)
Honorary Professor
G02 - Jane Foss Russell Building
The University of Sydney
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Biographical details
Roslyn Arnold was an academic in the Faculty of Education and Social Work from 1974 until 2004. She became an Associate Professor and held various leadership positions including Program Director Higher Degrees, Head of the then School of Teaching and Curriculum Studies and Pro-Dean (University Relations). She was a staff-elected member of Senate and Deputy Chair of the Academic Board. She was a member of numerous Promotions Committees and Selection Committees across Faculties in the University. She was the recipient of a University of Sydney Teaching Excellence Award.
She has been Dean of Education, Head of School and Professor of Education at the University of Tasmania and Professor of Strategic Partnerships. She was a Visiting Professor in the English Department of Michigan State University in the 1990s.
Her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Arts and Education were all completed at the University of Sydney, including her Ph.D involving a longitudinal study of school students' writing development under the supervision of Professor Don Spearritt. She has an MBA (Higher Education Management) from the University of London. She is a regular commentator on ABC Radio and provides background briefings on education matters to the media.
Currently Roslyn Arnold is an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work and works as an education consultant in schools, universities and corporations. She mentors/coaches senior executives in universities and schools, particularly Heads/Principals and advises on the appointment of Heads and senior executives, advises on literacy, particularly writing and thinking development, governance in boards, strategic developments, empathic intelligence, teacher professional development and appraisal. She has been Chair and held a number of positions on governing boards in the education sector.
She is currently encouraging the teachers with whom she works in a consulting capacity to undertake postgraduate work in the Faculty. She continues to supervise higher degree candidates and the most recent student in the Faculty for whom she was an associate supervisor, graduated with her Ph.D this year.
Awards and honours
1995 The University of Sydney Teaching Excellence Award
2000 - Honorary Life Membership, NSW English Teachers' Association, awarded for significant contribution to the profession
2003~2008 Invited to be included in Who's Who in Australia and Who's Who of Women in Australia
Selected publications
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