Professor Richard Carter

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education Services) and Director TAFE

Professor Richard Carter commenced employment at Victoria University in 1994. After holding a number of positions in TAFE he was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor TAFE in August 2003. The Education Services Portfolio was created in 2005. Education Services consists of Marketing and Communications, Information Technology, the University Library, and International. At the commencement of 2007 responsibility for the University's TAFE Division was added to the Education Services portfolio.

Prior to employment at Victoria University Professor Carter held a number of senior positions with the Victorian Office of the State Training Board including as Executive Officer of the Victorian Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board. He also served for some time as a policy consultant to the Australian Committee for Training Curriculum. He has served on a wide range of boards and committees involved in the development and governance of TAFE, Further Education and International Education.

Professor Carter has provided advice to the governments of Mauritius and East Timor on their vocational training systems and has participated in a major project to upgrade the skills of vocational training administrators in Uzbekistan. His key areas of interest include provider recognition and course accreditation systems in vocational training, assessment of quality in vocational training and vocational curriculum and course design. In addition he has recently delivered a number of papers on the marketing and branding of higher education.

Portfolio

• Information Technology Services
• International
• Marketing and Communications
• Web Futures Group
• University Library
• Vocational Education
  - Faculty of Technical and Trades Innovation
  - Faculty of Workforce Development

Contact details

Executive Assistant: Wendy Nicholas

Phone: +613 9919 5465
Fax:       +613 9919 5464
Email:  richard.carter@vu.edu.au