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Dr. Stuart Levy

Associate Dean, Cooperative Education

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Biography

Dr Stuart Levy is the associate dean of cooperative education in the Institute of Education, Arts and Community. He has worked in higher education access pathways in regional Victoria for more than two decades.

Stuart has expertise in developing, designing and successfully implementing pathways for non-traditional and under-represented student groups to support wider participation in post-secondary education. This work has included international collaborations and been previously recognised with an Australian national award. In 2006, he contributed to Sally Kift's Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Senior Fellowship project entitled Articulating a transition pedagogy to scaffold and enhance the first-year learning experience in Australian higher education. 

Stuart has an established record in leading academic staff teams in the delivery of sustainable, impactful pathway programs that underpin subsequent student achievement in higher education. 

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Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University 
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours), LaTrobe University 

Areas of interest

  • The nature and evolution of state sovereignty 
  • The politics of global climate change 
  • Student transitions to higher education and the first-year experience 
  • Supporting diverse student cohorts 
  • Curriculum design to embed effective student learning practices 
  • The efficacy of university pathways programs 

Grants

  • 2025: Stuart Levy (CI), Sarah Hattam, Karen Seary, George Lambrinidis, Joanne Lisciandro, Charmaine Davis, Suzi Syme, Fiona Navin, Ange Jones, Andrew Gunstone, Emma-Jaye Gavin, Anna Sexton, Mahid Yousuf, Michele Morris, Patricia Vermillion Peirce. The impact of Enabling on students’ academic success and retention: a propensity score modelling approach, Department of Education, Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES). ($280,835) 
  • 2024: Annette Foley, Peter Fieger, Stuart Levy. Education Specialist Advisory Services. Reference ID: PQRT230003055. Department of Finance. ($108,601) 
  • 2021: Anna Fletcher (CI), Stuart Levy, Cheryl Glowrey, Monica Green, Claire McLachlan, Possible Me Early Years Project. Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (DJSIR). ($122,400) 
  • 2020: Anna Fletcher (CI), Cheryl Glowrey, Margaret Plunkett, Stuart Levy, Monica Green. Possible Me in a World of Work: Modelling and developing Gippsland's future enterprise workforce skills. Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (DJSIR). ($49,337) 

Awards

  • 2012: Australian Award for University Teaching - Programs that Enhance Learning, Widening Participation category. Diploma of Tertiary Studies, Monash University. 
  • 2010: Monash University Vice Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance Learning - Special Commendation. 

Current

  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘VCE Higher Education Studies: shaping student access, and preparedness for university among equity groups', supervisor. 
  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘Professional identities of staff in Australian Enabling education', supervisor. 
  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘The experiences of university lecturers in Australia when teaching international students', co-supervisor.  
  • PhD student, Federation University, 'The impacts of bilingual pedagogy on primary school students: Teacher’s perspectives from the classrooms of Kerala, India', supervisor. 
  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘A mixed methods investigation of self-efficacy among Australian enabling students', co-supervisor. 

Past

  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘Learning and Landscape: A phenomenology of coastal enskilment pedagogy', supervisor. 

Professional association memberships

  • NAEEA (National Association of Enabling Educators Australia) executive committee 

Stuart has published internationally and presented at national and international conferences on issues relating to: 

  • Student transitions and the first-year higher education experience  
  • Supporting diverse student cohorts 
  • Curriculum design to embed effective student learning practices and student engagement 
  • Pathways to higher education 
  • Efficacy of enabling education courses 
  • International politics, state sovereignty, and climate change. 

Centre for Regional Education Research and Development (CRERD)

Stuart is part of the Centre for Regional Education Research and Development (CRERD), a Victorian‑first research centre working to improve education outcomes for regional and rural communities. 
  • Publications

Intentional Teaching for the World of Work: Building Children's Career Aspirations and Knowledge in Early Childhood Education