Patrick Crookes

Background

About Patrick Crookes

I am a strategic, performance-oriented academic leader with over 15 years’ experience in HE leadership roles leading to a clear understanding of the machinery of individual universities and the broader education sector. I have a track record as a builder of university systems and teams. I am an engaged, experienced and credible researcher, academic leader and educator; who is highly visible professionally. This has ensured that I have strong and positive relationships with multiple stakeholders for the Higher Education and Health sectors, including policy-makers and politicians. I also have experience of professional and institutional accreditation internal and external to my place of work. In 2018, I was identified as one of the top 10 education focused academics in my field. I was appointed a Principal Fellow of the HEA in 2015. I have a significant track record of leadership in research, internationalisation and curriculum innovation and redesign at all levels, across the health field. I was one of two nurses asked to be a Professional Advisor to Health Workforce Australia 2010/11 in generating its “National Training Plan" out to 2025.