Dr Rosalie Bunn

Conjoint Lecturer

Centre for English Language and Foundation Studies (Education)

Email:rosalie.bunn@newcastle.edu.au
Phone:(02) 434 84122

Career Summary

Biography

Rosalie completed her PhD on “The history and impacts of the University of Newcastle’s Open Foundation Program” in 2018. Prior to retirement she was Coordinator of Part time and Intensive Social Enquiry in the Open Foundation Program at the Ourimbah campus. She has been an Enabling educator since 1996 and is a five year trained primary school teacher including experience as a teacher librarian. Rosalie was Secretary of the NTEU (National Tertiary Education Union) for eight years and was the first female to be awarded life membership of the NTEU at UON. She continues to write chapters on enabling education.

Research Expertise
• History of the Open Foundation program: Rosalie has conducted oral history interviews with a former Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice Chancellors, senior administrators, long term lecturers and support workers on the history of the program from its pilot in 1974 to 2014, including a collection of memories about Dr Brian Smith, the first Director.
• Impacts of the Open Foundation program: as well as oral histories with staff who were familiar with Open Foundation, Rosalie has conducted a survey of over 350 former students of the program who have provided both quantitative and qualitative responses on how this program has impacted their lives.
• Enabling education: Transition of enabling students into undergraduate courses; Sociology as an effective learning tool for enabling students; Assessing non- traditional academic essays in enabling programs; Dealing with diverse cohorts of student learners and problems in enabling programs; Mentoring enabling students; Art as a useful learning tool for enabling students; OFP changing the habitus of enabling students; reasons students enrol in OFP.
• Power relations in education.
• Vitamin use among fitness leaders and Body builders.
• Alternative medicine use within a randomly selected population.

Teaching Expertise
1998- present Coordinator Social Enquiry (Open Foundation) 1996 – present Lecturer & Tutor Social Enquiry (Open Foundation) 2003 – Coordinator, Lecturer and Tutor 2nd year Nursing Sociology (Sociology) 2003-2007 Tutor; Lecturer, Coordinator Australian Society and Culture (Newstep) 1992-6 Tutor Sociology and ATAS 1994-2003 Casual Primary School teacher (Department of School Education)

Administrative Expertise
1996-present Coordinator, Lecturer or Tutor of Social Enquiry; 2009-present Secretary NTEU 2007 Acting Program Coordinator Foundation Studies Ourimbah Campus; 2003-2007 Coordinator Mentor Scheme Open Foundation; 2012-2017 Academic Advisor OFP Ourimbah Campus; 1973-1978 Clerk Class 2/3 and Acting 4 Commonwealth Government Department of Immigration

Collaborations
Double transition study 2012-3: Bennett, Anna; Southgate, Erica., Cooper, Sharon and Bunn, Rosalie, examining the transition experiences of enabling students into undergraduate programs. Research involved focus groups of Enabling and School of Education staff as well as students from both campuses.

Dr Annika Westrenius 2016: joint article published on stakeholders in enabling education.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Arts, University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle
Graduate Diploma in Education, University of Newcastle
Master of Education, University of Newcastle
Graduate Certificate in the practice of Tertiary Teaching, University of Newcastle

Keywords

Enabling Education
History
Pedagogy
Sociology

Languages

English (Fluent)

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
139999	Education not elsewhere classified	100

Professional Experience

Academic appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
1/2/1992 - 1/11/1996	Tutor	University of Newcastle Sociology Australia
1/7/1996 - 1/5/2010	Casual Lecturer	University of Newcastle English Language and Foundation Studies Centre Australia
1/5/2010 -	Coordinator Social Enquiry	University of Newcastle Centre for English Language and Foundation Studies Australia
1/2/2001 - 1/6/2009	Coordinator Newstep Australian Culture and Society	University of Newcastle English Language and Foundation Studies Centre Australia

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Chapter (1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2007	Bunn RJ, 'If in doubt, get support', Stepping Stones: A Guide for Mature-Aged Students at University, ACER Press, Camberwell, Vic. 65-73 (2007) [B2]

Journal article (2 outputs)

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2017

Bunn R, Westrenius A, 'Enabling and changing lives: Stakeholders who affect and are affected by the enabling initiative', International Studies in Widening Participation, 4 55-73 (2017)

Co-authors	Annika Westrenius

2015

May J, Bunn RJ, 'A1974-1976: The seeds of longevity in a pathway to tertiary participation at University of Newcastle, NSW', Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 55 135-152 (2015) [C1]

© 2015, ADULT LEARNING AUSTRALIA INC. All Rights reserved. By the 1960s equality of opportunity was a dominant theme in social science research, and in keeping with this trend, the Whitlam Labor Government abolished university fees in 1974 to open university access, especially to talented women and men who otherwise would not contemplate a university career. In the same year also the University of Newcastle instituted a radical new plan to open up its doors to the wider community of ¿non traditional students¿. This paper explores the history of the enabling program that resulted, the Open Foundation Program, focusing on the 1974 pilot program and its first two years of full operation. Thought at the time likely to ¿drain its market¿ within five years, the Open Foundation has flourished and grown for forty years. The analysis focuses on hitherto unexplored aspects of the program and canvasses three key themes: curriculum and pedagogy, access and success, and support and retention, in order to understand the seeds of this longevity.

Citations	Scopus - 4Web of Science - 2
Co-authors	Josephine May

Conference (13 outputs)

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2017

Crawford N, Lisciandro J, Jones A, Jaceglav M, McCall D, Bunn R, et al., 'Models of support for student wellbeing in enabling programs: comparisons, contrasts and commonalities at four Australian universities', UNITEC Auckland, New Zealand (2017)

Co-authors	Helen Cameron

2016

Bunn RJ, 'Restructuring the Habitus: the case of Open Foundation students with a (dis)ability', FABENZ Conference 2016, Unitech Auckland, New Zealand (2016) [E1]

2015

Bunn RJ, 'Reasons people enrol in tertiary preparation courses', Proceedings from FABENZ Conference 2014, Tauranga, New Zealand (2015) [E1]

2015

Bunn RJ, Samarayi I, 'Advancing the study of Visual Art as a vehicle of multidisciplinary knowledge in enabling programs', Proceedings from FABENZ Conference 2014, Tauranga, New Zealand (2015) [E1]

2015

Westrenius A, Bunn R, 'Stakeholders in enabling education: Perspectives', University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus (2015)

Co-authors	Annika Westrenius

2014

Bunn RJ, ' I wanted to prove I had a brain ... and give my life a purpose - Preliminary analysis of survey responses of former Open Foundation students on their lives before, during and after completing the program', http://enablingeducators.org/conference/2013/Bunn%20NAEEA%202013.pdf, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Australia (2014)

2013

May JR, Bunn R, '1974-1976: The seeds of flexibility in pathways to tertiary participation at University of Newcastle, NSW', National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference, Melbourne, VIC (2013) [E3]

Co-authors	Josephine May

2013

Bunn RJ, Bennett A, Southgate E, Cooper S, Kavanagh K, ''Wow, I didn't know that!' The benefits of taking a collaborative approach to transition experiences of enabling students into Undergraduate Education Programs', Foundation & Bridging Educators New Zealand Inaugural Conference 2012, Auckland, NZ (2013)

2012

Bunn RJ, Bennett AK, Southgate EL, Cooper SA, Kavanagh KO, ''Wow, I didn't know that!' The benefits of taking a collaborative approach to transition experiences of enabling students into Undergraduate Education Programs', Conference Handbook. Foundation & Bridging Educators New Zealand Inaugural Conference 2012, Auckland, New Zealand (2012) [E3]

Co-authors	Erica Southgate, Anna Bennett, Sharon Cooper

2010

Bunn RJ, ''Noticing the unnoticed': Empowering enabling students through sociological theory', New Zealand Association of Bridging Educators 9th National Conference. Programme, Wellington, NZ (2010) [E1]

2009

Bunn RJ, ''So what have we got this semester?' Dealing with diversity among enabling student cohorts', 3rd National Conference of Enabling Educators, Toowoomba, QLD (2009) [E1]

2007

Bunn RJ, ' Out of left field : a dilemma in assessing non-standard essays in a mature age enabling program', National Association of Enabling Educators Australia, Newcastle (2007)

2005

Bunn RJ, 'A Personal Approach to mature Age Learning: A Study of mentoring in the Open Foundation Program', National Association of Enabling Educators Australia, University of Newcastle (2005)

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Dr Rosalie Bunn

Position

Conjoint Lecturer
Open Foundation
Centre for English Language and Foundation Studies
Academic Division

Focus area

Education

Contact Details

Email	rosalie.bunn@newcastle.edu.au
Phone	(02) 434 84122
Fax	(02) 434 84075

Office

Room	HO1.70
Building	Humanities
Location	Ourimbah 10 Chittaway Road Ourimbah, NSW 2258 Australia

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