Juliette Subramaniam

Juliette Subramaniam is the Manager, Student Engagement & Retention in the Academic Pathway Programs (APP) unit at Western Sydney University, The College. The College was created to provide academic pathways to the University, through its higher education Diplomas (first year of an undergraduate degree).  Juliette is responsible for overseeing and implementing The College’s student engagement and retention strategy within APP and facilitating a supportive student learning environment by developing, implementing, evaluating and modifying initiatives to support students.   As Manager, Juliette provides leadership to First Year Experience Coordinators and Academic Teachers to promote a culture of quality student support, teaching excellence, continuous improvement and innovation. Juliette has worked in the education sector for over fifteen years, including VET and Higher Education, and was recently recognised for her work and appointed as Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Juliette’s ethos has been influenced by Tinto’s (2008) widening participation agenda in higher education and that ‘access without support is not opportunity’.  Juliette is passionate about fostering early student engagement with purposeful strategies to ensure student engagement, retention and transition into University.