Jane Skalicky

Jane Skalicky is an Education specialist, having obtained her PhD in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania in 2009, and has a research focus on student learning, engagement, progression and success in higher education, as well as student leadership development. For the past ten years, Jane has held both academic teaching and senior leadership positions at the University of Tasmania with institutional strategic and operational responsibilities in key areas relating to student retention and success. Currently, Jane holds the position of Adjunct Associate Professor and Director of the Student Retention and Success portfolio of the University’s Academic Division, leading a team of approximately 70 academic and professional staff and 140 student leaders across the portfolio areas of Student Learning Development, Student Wellbeing and Student Leadership, Career Development and Employability.

Jane has extensive knowledge of higher education student populations and a deep understanding of factors that impact students’ retention and success. Within her current position, she has used these understandings to lead the development of key institutional strategies and policies, particularly the University’s Student Retention and Success Strategy, and to establish networked partnerships and collaborations across the University to ensure that student retention and success support services and programs are relevant to the changing needs of students and curriculum and strategically delivered to areas of most need and impact. In addition, Jane is a regular invited speaker and contributor at national and international conferences and has shared key aspects of her work in Student Retention and Success, Peer Learning and Student Leadership, both at conferences and in scholarly journals.