Jim Nyland

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About Jim Nyland

Professor Jim Nyland is Executive Director, Corporate Engagement, Engagement Australia; and Academic Director, University of Bolton, UK. Professor Nyland also holds a Personal Chair at the University of Bolton which is a top 30 University in the UK as ranked by The Guardian, and is the No.1 University in Greater Manchester for student satisfaction as judged by the Good Universities Guide for the last 6 years. Previously Professor Nyland has served as Dean (Students) at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) from July 2022 to January 20224. Prior to this he was Professor and Associate Vice-Chancellor (Brisbane) at the Australian Catholic University (ACU). He has held academic appointments at the University of Queensland, where he was the Director of Corporate Education and Director of UQ Business School Downtown. He has also served as Manager and Principal Advisor in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office for Engagement at Griffith University and has held managerial positions in a number of universities in the UK. He has a Doctorate in Education and has published widely in research areas including curriculum change, the nature of learning and the impact of modernity on educational opportunity. Professor Nyland’s work has been international in scope and he has developed programs in the UK and Australia as well as keynote academic papers in Ireland and South Africa. He is particularly interested in extending our knowledge and capacities in ‘new learning’ both in work and professional settings and in communities which are in transition and face challenges. He has served as Chair of Engagement Australia - the peak body for Australian University Engagement - and represents Australian Universities on the International Consortium of Community Engagement, which is globally linked to the lead academic engagement communities in the USA, the Council of Europe and South America. He has also served as Editor of the Australian journal Transform: Journal of Engaged Scholarship and contributes to current educational debates and issues in regional and national publications.