Session: PANEL DISCUSSION: How can generative AI be used to a better future of lifelong learning?
David Sadler was appointed to The University of Notre Dame Australia as the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic in April 2024. Previously he was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Western Australia (UWA) from 2017-2024 and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students and Education) at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) from 2011 to 2017. David has led many initiatives around physical and digital infrastructure for education, student experience, curriculum renewal, sustainability and especially the educational attainment agenda, leading the Children’s Universities in Western Australia and Tasmania, which is now also operating in Western Australia.
David is a Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE (PFHEA). He is currently Chair of Universities Australia DVC A Executive and leads UA’s work on academic integrity; teaching recognition and stakeholder relationships with TEQSA. David is also Chair of the Australian Awards (Program Awards) for University Teaching.
In the UK, David was Director (Networks) for the Higher Education Academy and previously Director of the Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (CSAP) at the University of Birmingham. David is a UK National Teaching Fellow (2005). David’s academic specialism is in crisis decision-making in international security and he worked for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a Senior Research Officer in Arms Control and Disarmament from 1988-1992, embracing many aspects of the end of the Cold War.
David is a life fellow of the RSA and a former Council member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).
