Ian Hawke

Assistant Director-General (Tertiary and Non-State Education)
Department of Education & Training QLD

Ian Hawke has been a senior executive in the Department of Education and Training for the past six and a half years, having previously worked in university administration for some 20 years. Since April 2009 he has served as Assistant Director-General (Tertiary and Non-State Education) and, prior to that, has also served as Assistant Director-General (International, Non-State and Higher Education) and as Assistant Director-General (Strategic Policy and Performance).

In his current role, Ian is responsible for leading the policy development work of the Queensland Government for higher education (including universities) and non-state schooling sectors and for the regulation of providers in the higher education, vocational education and training, and non-state education, including those seeking international provider status in Queensland and those seeking registration of a child for home education.

Over a period of 20 years prior to this, he has worked at the University of Queensland, and in senior management roles at Griffith University and the Queensland University of Technology in areas of strategic planning, higher education policy, academic management and quality assurance.

Ian is a Director, Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) Ltd (since 2004) and the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) (since 2005), a subject specialist on the register of the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation (HKCAA), and a member of the Oman Accreditation Council's Register of External Reviewers. Before his appointment as a director of AUQA, Ian served as an auditor in audits of the University of Wollongong and the higher education accreditation functions of the New South Wales government. He is also an international auditor with the Council on Higher Education in South Africa in its audit of the Tshwane University of Technology and with the Oman Accreditation Council in its audit of the College of Applied Sciences at Ibri, Oman.

Ian has been a consultant to Higher Education South Africa (HESA) and the former Committee of Technikon Principals (CTP) also in South Africa. He holds Bachelor of Arts (Qld) and Master of Administration (Griffith) degrees.

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