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Dr Nick Fredman

Research Fellow

Dr Nick Fredman joined the LH Martin Institute as a Research Fellow in 2010 and is working with
Prof. Leesa Wheelahan on a number of projects exploring change within and interrelationships between vocational and higher education. Prior to this, Nick worked on projects relating to work satisfaction among higher education employees and to graduate employability, both based at Victoria University. Before moving to Melbourne, Nick undertook a doctorate investigating the social and political bases of changing expressions of Australian national identity, which was completed in 2009 at Southern Cross University, where Nick also taught in media and Asian studies.

Nick’s research interests include the sociology of class and status within education and health professions and systems and how economic restructuring and ideology affect educational practice

E: nfredman@unimelb.edu.au
T: +61 3 8344 3153

Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Article
Fredman, N. and Doughney, J., ‘Academic dis-satisfaction, managerial change and neo-liberalism’, Higher Education [accepted for publication]