1. What is your job title?

Deputy Director, Planning, Performance and Risk at Victoria University, Australia.

2. Briefly, how would you describe your role in your institution?

I work with colleagues to drive short- and longer-term planning in the organisation, and develop and monitor key performance indicators for the university as a whole, including institutional rankings, and identifying strategic and enterprise risks.

3. From your perspective, what will be the key skills, capabilities, and knowledge required for institutional research moving forward?

To be able to see how everything fits together and connect the dots. Higher Education is a complex, multifaceted sector requiring both a helicopter view and a detailed understanding of the factors that shape institutional competitiveness, and engagement with the broader society.