She has an eye for detail and uses the strategy process of 'backwards planning' to ensure that projects are completed in a timely manner.

Examples include:

• Leading a research team comparing the motivations and experiences of mature-age male university students in Australia and the UK
• Initiating a project to map the training given to doctoral supervisors at Australian universities
• Chairing a multi-disciplinary team that designed a program of university teaching awards
• Co-ordinating an international team of writers tasked with producing a handbook for advocates of girls' education in developing nations