ProfKylie Readman

Professor Kylie Readman is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education and Students) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and is an experienced leader in the field of education. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing UTS's key priorities in teaching, learning, and the student experience. She has a particular focus on engagement, belonging, wellbeing, and partnerships with students.

Kylie is passionate about teaching excellence, learner engagement and student success. Her expertise lies in creating the institutional conditions to build staff capacity to design and deliver engaging and innovative curriculum while ensuring students, especially those from backgrounds traditionally under-represented at university, have the very best chance of realising their aspirations.

Kylie is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, which is a recognition of her sustained record of effective strategic leadership in academic practice. She joined UTS in November 2022 from Murdoch University where she held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Equity). In this role, she was the institutional leader for learning, teaching, support, and wellbeing, while also leading equity and diversity initiatives, supporting the leadership of Indigenous education and inclusive education initiatives.

Kylie’s professional focus has always been on enhancing students’ learning. She began her career as a high school teacher and then moved on to work as an academic and academic developer at Queensland University of Technology. Her next role was as a program coordinator for graduate teacher education programs at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC). She was then the Director of the Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching at USC for several years. In this role, she led the implementation of educational redesign to support multi-campus synchronous and asynchronous teaching, including the use of innovative educational technologies. She implemented reward and recognition programs for staff and was integral to the design of collaborative teaching spaces across the USC campuses.

Kylie has secured more than $1,200,000 over her career, researching teaching and learning practices, innovations in education, student success and educational leadership. This has allowed her to connect with colleagues, to develop knowledge in these areas and to make a meaningful impact on the education sector.