New Pro Vice-Chancellor starts on 6 October
Charles Darwin University has appointed Claire Rasmussen as the next Pro Vice-Chancellor of CDU TAFE. She will start on 6 October.
Ms Rasmussen has more than 30 years of experience in the vocational education and training sector. Most recently, she served as Chief Governance and Quality Officer at Bendigo Kangan Institute. Earlier, she worked there as Chief Academic Officer.
At Bendigo Kangan Institute, she led academic quality and assurance, learning and teaching, regulatory compliance, governance and risk, student administration, government reporting, digital learning and student support. CDU said that work covered a large multi-campus institution.
The university’s selection panel pointed to her background in regulatory reform, quality assurance and student outcomes. Those areas remain central as CDU TAFE continues its reform program.
Quality reforms continue at CDU TAFE
Meanwhile, CDU TAFE is continuing to implement recommendations from an independent review. The university is also putting in place processes to strengthen quality assurance, assessment and oversight across CDU TAFE.
Ms Rasmussen said vocational education and training can transform lives, strengthen communities and respond directly to workforce needs.
She said she was honoured to lead CDU TAFE at an important point in its development. Her focus, she said, will be on strengthening a culture of quality and continuous improvement while making sure systems support teaching and positive outcomes for students and industry.
Her work in the VET sector has also been recognised through the Berwyn Clayton Award. CDU said the award recognised her work supporting the research, education and development of VET educators.
She also received an International Specialised Skills Institute Fellowship. That fellowship supported research into ways to strengthen the quality, capability and standing of the VET teaching workforce.
CDU Interim Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Fiona Coulson said Ms Rasmussen would lead CDU TAFE at an important time for vocational education and training in the Northern Territory.
Professor Coulson said Ms Rasmussen had strengthened vocational education and training through regulatory reform. She also pointed to Ms Rasmussen’s focus on student success, industry and workforce needs, and capable and accountable teams.
Professor Coulson said Ms Rasmussen’s experience would help CDU deliver its Future Ready TAFE Reform program. Under her leadership, CDU expects to keep strengthening quality and compliance foundations, develop its workforce, deepen links with industry and communities, and help provide the skilled workforce the Northern Territory needs.
Charles Darwin University did not disclose who Ms Rasmussen will replace. The university also did not give further detail on the independent review recommendations beyond saying implementation is continuing.
