Mr Nathan Scott

Nathan Scott is a lecturer in the School of Creative Industries at the University of Newcastle. He has interdisciplinary research interests that span the creative arts, technology, science, health and education.

Nathan has presented and performed internationally and has published in the areas of music, technology, education, gaming and the human voice. In 2012 Nathan was the telematic manager for the International Space Time Concerto Competition. He has presented workshops in regional NSW for the NSW Department of Education and Training (2003) and developed an online international postgraduate program supporting the use of technology in music contexts. He was selected as an early-career researcher to participate in the CHASS Expanding Horizons forum in Canberra (2006) and undertook a work integrated learning sub-project as part of an ALTC National Teaching Fellowship (2010).

Research Expertise
Nathan’s background provides scope for creative cross-disciplinary synergies. These include collaboration with historians, educators, engineers and medical researchers. His core areas of expertise (music/sound, electronics and technology) have multiple facets that also embrace healthcare, digital networks and gaming.

His more recent research activities include examining the benefits of digital communication technologies and choral singing in the context of stroke rehabilitation. He has discussed this preliminary research at a number of forums including Music and the Mind (March 2018) and Spotlight on Stroke (May 2018). Other areas of enquiry include examining brain activity (using EEG) during music-making activities and developing new forms of interfaces for human expression.

Teaching Expertise
Nathan currently supervises HDR students from a variety of discipline areas and supervises Honours projects. He founded the music production discipline at the University of Newcastle and created one of the world's first online postgraduate coursework programs in music technology (Master of Music Technology). Nathan has taught tertiary students online from throughout Australia and around the world. He currently teaches into the Bachelor of Music and Master of Creative Industries programs.

Administrative Expertise
Nathan has experience as both a program convenor and course coordinator and has been involved in the review of undergraduate programs. He was member of a DET accreditation panel for a private education provider and has developed MOU's with partner organisations. He is currently a member of the Faculty of Education and Arts Teaching and Learning Committee and is the School of Creative Industries Student Academic Conduct Officer (SACO).

Collaboration
Nathan has collaborated with public broadcasters including the ABC and BBC. He has produced content for radio programs, facilitated live radio (and online) broadcasts and has worked with creative artists in numerous recording sessions over 20 years. He has collaborated with institutions in China, Singapore, Austria and New Zealand for the International Space Time Concerto Competition. Nathan presented a session about video collaboration at the 2011 QUESTnet conference (Brisbane) and continues to be involved with the streaming of content to NSW secondary schools.