Melinda Laundon
Biographic Data
| ID | 2391743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melinda Laundon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melinda |
| FAMILY NAME | Laundon |
| SIGNATURE | LAUNDON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queensland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7160-4942 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Regulating for Pay Transparency: Can Law Overcome Workplace Secrecy?
Evidence that gender-based pay inequity is higher when pay is secret has led governments to prohibit pay secrecy clauses and give employees the right to discuss and disclose their pay. However, the effectiveness of regulations prohibiting pay secrecy may be constrained by social and organisational norms that preclude discussion of pay, including employee fears of the implications of pay transparency. This article provides insights from interviews…
Why Can't I Figure This Out? Identity Negotiation and Higher Education Decision Making Among Women With Caring Responsibilities
Women with unpaid caring responsibilities frequently wrestle with challenges when making decisions about higher education study, asking “Why can't I figure this out?” Statistics have persistently demonstrated that women undertake the majority of unpaid care work, however, unpaid carers are an underrepresented cohort in research, in higher education policy, and in widening participation initiatives. Higher education (HE) is an avenue for establish…
Benefits of co-creating higher education learning resources: An industry participant perspective
This study investigates the perceived benefits to industry experts who engage with academics to co-create higher education learning resources. Academics are increasingly impelled to involve industry experts in learning and teaching to ensure that curriculum is authentic and relevant and prepares students for future professional careers. While benefits to students are well established by prior research, individual-level research into industry expe…
Higher education decision making of Australian women with caring responsibilities
It is well established that women bear greater caring responsibilities than men, however little is known about how this care work influences the decision-making processes of female carers who are considering Higher Education (HE). These deliberations occur well before women commit to enrolling and frequently result in carers making decisions to delay or not pursue HE, with consequences for their own careers and the persistence of gender inequalit…
First, do no harm: Automated detection of abusive comments in student evaluation of teaching surveys
Student evaluation of teaching (SET) surveys are the most widely used tool for collecting higher education student feedback to inform academic quality improvement, promotion and recruitment processes. Malicious and abusive student comments in SET surveys have the potential to harm the wellbeing and career prospects of academics. Despite much literature highlighting abusive feedback in SET surveys, little research attention has been given to metho…
Institutional approaches to evaluation of learning and teaching: A sector scan of Australasian universities
Teaching evaluation is deeply entrenched in institutional quality assurance and is a feature of a range of policies including academic recruitment, promotion, and performance management. Universities must ensure that evaluation practices meet regulatory requirements, while balancing student voice and wellbeing. There is extensive literature examining the validity, reliability, and bias of student surveys, but limited focus on institutional evalua…
Beyond satisfaction scores: Visualising student comments for whole-of-course evaluation
This study examines the utility of a new method of analysing and reporting qualitative student survey comments. Visualisations of the sentiment of and key themes from qualitative student survey comments were developed for 34 subjects from two undergraduate health sciences courses undergoing transformation. The course and subject visualisation reports were provided to academics who were members of the two course transformation teams. Utilising foc…
Institutional approaches to evaluation of learning and teaching: A sector scan of Australasian universities
Teaching evaluation is deeply entrenched in institutional quality assurance and is a feature of a range of policies including academic recruitment, promotion, and performance management. Universities must ensure that evaluation practices meet regulatory requirements, while balancing student voice and wellbeing. There is extensive literature examining the validity, reliability, and bias of student surveys, but limited focus on institutional evalua…
Beyond satisfaction scores: Visualising student comments for whole-of-course evaluation
This study examines the utility of a new method of analysing and reporting qualitative student survey comments. Visualisations of the sentiment of and key themes from qualitative student survey comments were developed for 34 subjects from two undergraduate health sciences courses undergoing transformation. The course and subject visualisation reports were provided to academics who were members of the two course transformation teams. Utilising foc…
Higher education decision making of Australian women with caring responsibilities
It is well established that women bear greater caring responsibilities than men, however little is known about how this care work influences the decision-making processes of female carers who are considering Higher Education (HE). These deliberations occur well before women commit to enrolling and frequently result in carers making decisions to delay or not pursue HE, with consequences for their own careers and the persistence of gender inequalit…
First, do no harm: Automated detection of abusive comments in student evaluation of teaching surveys
Student evaluation of teaching (SET) surveys are the most widely used tool for collecting higher education student feedback to inform academic quality improvement, promotion and recruitment processes. Malicious and abusive student comments in SET surveys have the potential to harm the wellbeing and career prospects of academics. Despite much literature highlighting abusive feedback in SET surveys, little research attention has been given to metho…
Institutional approaches to evaluation of learning and teaching: A sector scan of Australasian universities
Teaching evaluation is deeply entrenched in institutional quality assurance and is a feature of a range of policies including academic recruitment, promotion, and performance management. Universities must ensure that evaluation practices meet regulatory requirements, while balancing student voice and wellbeing. There is extensive literature examining the validity, reliability, and bias of student surveys, but limited focus on institutional evalua…
Benefits of co-creating higher education learning resources: An industry participant perspective
This study investigates the perceived benefits to industry experts who engage with academics to co-create higher education learning resources. Academics are increasingly impelled to involve industry experts in learning and teaching to ensure that curriculum is authentic and relevant and prepares students for future professional careers. While benefits to students are well established by prior research, individual-level research into industry expe…
Regulating for Pay Transparency: Can Law Overcome Workplace Secrecy?
Evidence that gender-based pay inequity is higher when pay is secret has led governments to prohibit pay secrecy clauses and give employees the right to discuss and disclose their pay. However, the effectiveness of regulations prohibiting pay secrecy may be constrained by social and organisational norms that preclude discussion of pay, including employee fears of the implications of pay transparency. This article provides insights from interviews…
Why Can't I Figure This Out? Identity Negotiation and Higher Education Decision Making Among Women With Caring Responsibilities
Women with unpaid caring responsibilities frequently wrestle with challenges when making decisions about higher education study, asking “Why can't I figure this out?” Statistics have persistently demonstrated that women undertake the majority of unpaid care work, however, unpaid carers are an underrepresented cohort in research, in higher education policy, and in widening participation initiatives. Higher education (HE) is an avenue for establish…
Higher education (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Evaluation of Teaching Practices (2 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (2 works)