About me

This blog is written on Dharug country. I would like to acknowledge the Dharug people, whose cultures and customs have cared for and continue to care for this land. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and future.

I’m Agnes Bosanquet, an academic developer and higher education researcher. (Here is how to pronounce my name). I love reading, writing, listening and thinking, and have found like-minded souls through my academic work. I have two children who, along with a partner, a dog, and a garden in the bush, teach me to revel in ordinary affects.

Research

Readers of this blog may be interested in the following works:

Details Optional: An Account of Academic Promotion Relative to Opportunity
Deferred time in the neoliberal university: experiences of doctoral candidates and early career academics (with Lilia Mantai and Vanessa Fredericks)
‘Homeliness meant having the fucking vacuum cleaner out’: the gendered labour of maintaining conference communities (with James Burford and Jan Smith)
Redefining early career in academia: A collective narrative approach (with Alana Mailey, Kelly Mathews and Jason Lodge)
Motherhood and academia: A story of bodily fluids and going with the flow
A career in activism: A reflective narrative of university governance and unionism (with Cathy Rytmeister)

For author copies of my journal articles or book chapters, make a request via Researchgate.

Teaching

I have over 20 years’ experience teaching in face-to-face, blended and online learning environments. My first discipline was cultural studies, visual culture and media. Since 2010, I have been teaching higher education contexts and futures, the evolution of higher education, and online learning design. Colleagues and I have created a large library of teaching development resources.

I am a member of the Reflection for Learning Circle which produces video guides for reflective practice.

I co-lead a massive open online course Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching with Marina Harvey and co-present modules on reflection for learning, higher education in context, psychology of learners and learning and leadership for learning and teaching.

Podcasts and vodcasts