Dr Hamish Coates undertakes research and development in the field of higher
education. Over the last decade he has led a large number of projects that have
influenced research, policy and practice. Dr Coates has designed multiple national and
international data collections, published over 50 extended consultancy reports and over
30 scholarly papers, delivered over 50 keynote presentations, and presented numerous
refereed conference papers.
In 2006 Dr Coates was appointed to initiate and lead higher education research at the
Australian Council for Educational Research. Dr Coates joined ACER from Graduate Careers
Australia (GCA) where he led a major project to redesign all aspects of Australia’s
national graduate census. Prior to GCA, Dr Coates worked for several years at the
University Melbourne, first at the Assessment Research Centre (ARC) and then at the
Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE).
Dr Coates conducts a wide range of research in tertiary education management and policy.
His publications focus on the definition, measurement and evaluation of education
processes, contexts and outcomes. Active interests include large-scale evaluation,
tertiary education policy, learner engagement, academic work and leadership, quality
assurance, tertiary admissions, graduate outcomes, and assessment methodology.
Hamish teaches research methods at all levels, supervises graduate students, has
established and contributed to numerous high-level advisory groups, runs workshops and
conferences, has worked with all Australian universities and many training organisations,
serves on a number of editorial boards, has been a consultant to the World Bank and OECD,
and has held visiting fellowships at the University of Michigan and at UNESCO’s
International Institute for Educational Planning.
Articles (Refereed)
Books
Contributions to Books
Articles
Misc. Documents
Conference Papers & Presentations
Reports
