Sally Kift
Sally Kift is a Professor of Law at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). From
2001-2006, she served as Assistant Dean, Teaching & Learning in the QUT Law
Faculty, following which she was seconded to the QUT
Chancellery as the institution's Director, First Year
Experience Project (until December 2007). She has
published widely on legal education, criminal law and
student transition, and has received numerous national and
international invitations to speak on issues relating to
transition and the first year experience, on curriculum design
to embed and assess graduate attributes, and on the current
state of legal education.
Sally was a recipient of a National Teaching Award in 2003,
winning the Australian
Award for University Teaching (AAUT) in Economics,
Business, Law and Related
Studies. Amongst other things, that award acknowledged her
work in first year curriculum design, support for sessional
teaching staff, enhancing the student experience, and the
development of graduate attributes in core curriculum. In 2006, Sally was awarded one
of three inaugural national Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Senior
Fellowships for a project entitled, Articulating a transition pedagogy to scaffold and to
enhance the first year learning experience in Australian higher education. In 2007, Sally
led a Law Faculty Project Team to the award of a further ALTC (Carrick Institute)
National Teaching Award (Programs that Enhance Learning) for Law’s Assessment and
Feedback practices.