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Associate Professor Tom O’Connor

An experienced lecturer and professional in the areas of transnational education, pedagogy, and project management.

Our Staff
Associate Professor Tom O’Connor

An experienced lecturer and professional in the areas of transnational education, pedagogy, and project management.

Associate Professor
Tom O’Connor

Qualifications and Professional Memberships

  • BA
  • Dip Ed
  • MEd.
  • MEdPolicy
  • Doctorate of Education
  • Graduate Diploma Migration Law

Research and Teaching Specialities

  • Transnational education
  • Pedagogy
  • Project management

Biography

Tom is a Fellow of the UBSS Centre for Scholarship and Research and a consulting principal at Shanghai Normal University Tianhua High School. He has extensive academic and professional experience. He started his career as a teacher of English before moving into tertiary education. His experience includes being appointed project manager to develop the Victorian International School in Sharjah (UAE). He was also for responsible for developing the business curriculum for the Saudi VET Sector. In his spare time he has also written and directed a number of musical productions staged nationally and internationally.