Professor of Practice Program

Pricing: AUD 4,500 total course fee*

Starting Dates: February, March, April, May, July, August, September, and October
Duration: 12 weeks

* 20% earlybird discount now availlable for 2025

The title of Professor of Practice is a prestigious recognition for professionals with a significant impact on their fields, demonstrated exemplary personal practice and the ability to build meaningful relationships with community, industry and institutions. They exemplify mastery in their domain and showcase outstanding leadership capabilities.

The Professor of Practice Award is the premier award of the College. The Professor of Practice Professional Development Program is a comprehensive service that includes a special capability analysis (using a tool developed by the College for this program), self paced and taught online coursework and mentor-supported project, report and presentation.

The Practice Professor status is awarded by the College and is retained by engaging in one of the activities listed in stage 5 of the prgram, opposite.

Stages of the Professor of Practice Program

Practice Professor Capability Diagnostic Assessment

This stage utilises a proprietary professorial capability diagnostic developed by the College which is applied at the commencement of the Practice Professor program. The diagnostic is followed by a review of the results and the development of a personal development plan.

Practice Professor Study Program

In the formal study component of the program, candidates complete a set of professor capability development self-paced study modules (which are assigned as part of the personal development plan completed after the capability diagnostic in the previous stage), followed by five online taught advanced modules, which hone your practice professor skills. An online intensive residential option is available for the advanced modules.

Formal Mentoring

Following completion of the coursework component of the program, a mentor is assigned to assist you with the selection of an investigation topic and to prepare a project report. Many candidates ultimately developed their report into a professional conference presentation or publish it as an artilce.

Practice Professor Presentation

The project report is presented to the Presentation Panel by the candidate in a question-and-answer session. The panel discusses the paper with the candidate and then determines whether the candidate has met the program report and presentation standards. Successful candidates are then awarded the status of Practice Professor by the College.

Maintaining your Practice Professor Status

Following the successful completion of the programs, your Practice Professor status is sustained for 12 months. After that, maintaining the title requires completion of one or more of the following, annually:

Make two presentations at College events or one professional conference presentation.
Publish an article in a journal or professional magazine
Produce two blogs or one one article for the College research article website.
Provide mentoring to college members at least four times.
Make a significant leadership contribution to an association or international organisation once every two years.