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Professor Jill Lawrence

Professor Jill Lawrence
Name Jill Lawrence
Position Professor (Pathways)
Section UniSQ College
Office K307
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 1004
Extension 1004
Email
Qualifications DipEd UNE , BA UNE , GDipEdAdm DDIAE , PhD USQ
Executive Support

Professor Jill Lawrence is Head of the School of Humanities and Communication at UniSQ. Jill’s professional profile radiates from her leadership in collaborating across divides to support each other support students. In her learning and teaching role this translates in her interdisciplinary work across schools, faculties and universities to build student capacity and enhance their learning outcomes. Jill’s nationally and internationally recognised research emanates from a range of collaborative projects crossing disciplines, programs and institutions. This research includes higher education research, Learning Threshold Outcomes across the Humanities disciplines in Australia, the transition experiences of the diversity of students accessing higher education, and the facilitation of diversity and inclusion in higher education contexts.


  • Curriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 130299 )
  • Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 390199 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education not elsewhere classified ( 390499 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )

Higher education research
First year experience
Access and equity issues
Cross-cultural communication


Member,The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia (HERDSA)
Member, Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Member, Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)

CMS1100 Communicating in the Sciences


20 Years


4 Years


Head of School, School of Humanities and Communication, UNISQ


  • Curriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 130299 )
  • Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 390199 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education not elsewhere classified ( 390499 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )