Gail Wilson

Biography

BA(Hons)(Tor), BEd(Tor), MEd(Macquarie), PhD(Deakin), PFHEA,GradCertEditElecPub(Macquarie).

Gail is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation) and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) in the UK. She works part-time as an independent consultant in higher education and as an editor in the areas of memoir and historical fiction. She is an assessor for the AAUT national teaching awards and a member of the TEQSA Experts Register. Currently, Gail is chair of the Course Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) for Global Higher Education, an independent provider of higher education based in Adelaide and Sydney. She is also a member of the Academic Board of GHE.

Gail's work contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals

Research

Gail's research interests focus on peer review in academic journals, online professional learning for teachers in higher education, peer review of teaching in the online environment, resource-based learning, and learning design fully online and blended learning environments.

Community engagement

Gail is a member of the HEA's Principal Fellow Network and a Professional Member of the Institute for Professional Editors Limited (IPEd) Australia. Gail has served as a Senior Editor for the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP) from 2021–2024, and as an editor for the UK journal Research in Learning Technology from 2016–2021. Currently, Gail is an HEA Fellowship mentor for SCU candidates and a member of IPEd’s Artificial Intelligence and Editing Working Party.

Earlier positions

Prior to moving to SCU in 2010, Gail worked for four universities in Australia - Macquarie University, Charles Sturt University, Western Sydney University, and Bond University. She has also held senior management roles in Canberra and Sydney in the public and private sectors.