Daniel Edwards Email & Phone Number

Daniel Edwards is Head of ACER's Education Research, Policy & Development Division. He is also a Honorary Senior Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne and has been a member of the ACER Board of Directors (2017-2022), and member of the Australian Government's Equity in Higher Education Panel (2018 to 2021).Dr Edwards is responsible for coordinating ACER’s education research programs, covering early childhood to vocational and professional education and training. He leads a department of researchers with a wide range of expertise in policy research, assessments and surveys.Dr Edwards’ research encompasses a range of educational issues, with particular emphasis on higher education. He is currently the Facility Manager for the DFAT Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility, a research facility designed to collect, analyse and disseminate insight into the outcomes of Alumni from the Australia Awards and similar Australian Government scholarships. Dr Edwards has also led numerous large projects in higher education designed to enhance policy development such as National Project Management of AHELO in Australia, the National Research Student Survey, the Japanese University Experience Survey, the Australian Medical Assessment Collaboration, a stocktake of Work Integrated Learning in STEM, the development of the AHELO Contextual Dimension, research and advice to the Victorian Higher Education Expert Panel and analysis and modelling of supply and demand for researchers in Australia.For information regarding ACER's Higher Education research, visit https://www.acer.edu.au/research/areas-of-research/higher-education

Listed skills include Qualitative Research, Policy, Research, Research Design, and 14 others.