Ken Cliff

Dr Ken Cliff is the Head of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education. He has a PhD in the Sociology of Curriculum and Pedagogy, and B.Ed (Hons I) in Physical and Health Education, both from the University of Wollongong.

Ken is a strong believer in the importance of high quality Initial Teacher Education and the central position of academic governance to the delivery of equitable, efficient and effective higher education. He is currently Chair of the UOW Educational Policy and Quality sub-committee, a member of UOW's Course Portfolio Review Group and a member of the UOW Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Executive Committee (Operations).

Ken is actively involved in state and national accreditation of Initial Teacher Education. He is an AITSL program accreditation Chair and the lead for UOW's Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) team. He is the NSW representative for the Network of Associate Deans of Learning and Teaching in the Discipline of Education, a regular contributor to the work of the NSW Council of Deans of Education, and a member of the NSW Directors of Professional Experience.