Professor Hughes AM, FACE is a Yunkunyatjatjara/Narunnga/Kaurna Aboriginal Australian and has been a primary teacher, an Education Officer with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Director of the Aboriginal Centre at the University of SA, Chair of the National Aboriginal Education Committee, Superintendent of Aboriginal Education for the SA Department of Education and Director of Yunggorendi First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research at Flinders University.
He is the only South Australian Aborigine to be promoted to Professor. His career has been as a teacher, policy maker, manager, consultant and researcher on Indigenous education issues world wide.
Professor Hughes has Chaired the National Aboriginal Education...
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Professor Hughes AM, FACE is a Yunkunyatjatjara/Narunnga/Kaurna Aboriginal Australian and has been a primary teacher, an Education Officer with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Director of the Aboriginal Centre at the University of SA, Chair of the National Aboriginal Education Committee, Superintendent of Aboriginal Education for the SA Department of Education and Director of Yunggorendi First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research at Flinders University.
He is the only South Australian Aborigine to be promoted to Professor. His career has been as a teacher, policy maker, manager, consultant and researcher on Indigenous education issues world wide.
Professor Hughes has Chaired the National Aboriginal Education Committee; the Commonwealth Aboriginal Education Policy Taskforce; the MCEETYA Taskforce on Aboriginal Education; the South Australian Aboriginal Education Advisory Committee and the DEST Reference Committee for the evaluation of the National Indigenous Education Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. He has also served on the Commonwealth Curriculum Council, Schools Commission and Schools Council; the SA Centre for Lifelong Learning, and the Commonwealth Ministers Strategic Thinkers Forum.
Currently he Chairs the Australian Council for Educational Research Indigenous Standing Committee and is a member of the Commonwealth Management Committee for the implementation of the ‘Dare to Lead’ school Principals program and the ‘What Works’ in Indigenous education for schools.
He has been awarded the Order of Australia; an honorary Doctorate from Flinders University; Fellowship of the Australian College of Education including the College of Education Medal in 2000; plus the UNESCO Comenius Medal on behalf of the SA Aboriginal Education Unit
• Australian College of Education• Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies• Harvard Alumni Association
Qualifications
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Doctor of Letters (Honours) Flinders University
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Master of Education Harvard University
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Advanced Diploma of Aboriginal Studies Adelaide College of the Arts and Education
