Denise Bradley

{{Short description|Australian academic (1942–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Denise Bradley | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} | office = 3rd [[List of University of South Australia people#Vice-Chancellors|Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Australia]] | chancellor = [[Basil Hetzel]]<br>[[David Klingberg]] | term_start = 1997 | term_end = 2007 | predecessor = David Robinson | successor = [[Peter Høj]] }}

'''Denise Irene Bradley''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AC}} (23 March 1942 – 20 March 2020<ref>''Who's Who in Australia'', ConnectWeb, 2018.</ref><ref>Ross, John (20 March 2020)."[https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/vale-denise-bradley Vale Denise Bradley]", Times Higher Education. Retrieved 20 March 2020.</ref>) was an Australian higher education administrator with specialist interests in [[educational equity]]. She was known for the [[Bradley Review of Higher Education]] (2008).

==Professional career== Bradley began her career as a high school teacher, later coming to work across higher education administration, including working with various Australian universities and serving as a vice-chancellor and reviewer for the Commonwealth Government.

Bradley served on the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission in the 1980s, advising government on funding for universities.

Bradley was an influential figured in the early years of the [[University of South Australia]].<ref name="UniSA">{{cite web|publisher=University of South Australia|url=http://www.unisa.edu.au/unicouncil/honorary_awards/citations/emeritus_prof/Bradley_citation.pdf|title=Citation for Emeritus Professor and honorary Doctor of the University|access-date=23 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309132158/http://www.unisa.edu.au/unicouncil/honorary_awards/citations/emeritus_prof/Bradley_citation.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2011|url-status=dead}} - includes a 4 page biography.</ref> She was instrumental in amalgamating its predecessor organisations, chiefly the South Australian Institute of Technology and the South Australian College of Advanced Education. She later served as UniSA’s vice chancellor from 1997 to 2007.

In 2008 she led the [[Bradley Review of Higher Education|Review of Higher Education in Australia]] which resulted in the demand driven system.<ref name="UniSA" />

She was also actively involved in the Higher Education Council, the Australian Universities Quality Assurance and [[IDP Education|IDP Australia]].

==Awards and honours== *1995 [[Officer of the Order of Australia]]<ref name=AO>{{cite web|title= Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)|date=12 June 1995|work=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/881323|accessdate=20 December 2015}}<br>"In recognition of service to education and to educational policy in schools and universities, particularly in relation to access and equity for women and girls"</ref> *2001 [[Centenary Medal]]<ref name=CM>{{cite web|title=Centenary Medal|date= 1 January 2001|work=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1127296|accessdate=20 December 2015}}<br>"For service to Australian society through tertiary education"</ref> *2005 [[List of South Australian of the Year Award recipients|South Australian of the Year]] *2007 Honorary Doctorate, University of South Australia *2008 [[Companion of the Order of Australia]]<ref name=AC>{{cite web|title=Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)|date=26 January 2008|work=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1137393|accessdate=20 December 2015}}<br>"For service to higher education through leadership and sector-wide governance, to the promotion of information-based distance learning, and to the advancement of Australian educational facilities internationally."</ref> *2011 College Medal, [[Australian College of Educators]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last= |date=2011 |title=Australian College of Educators College Medal and Fellowship (FACE) Awards 2011 |url=https://research.acer.edu.au/ace_national/8 |journal=Australian College of Educators}}</ref>

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