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Formal name: David Hall Position: Associate Dean, Higher Degree Research, Faculty of Human Sciences Personal Title: Associate Professor Qualifications: BA (Hons) Birm, PGCE Leeds, MA Essex Telephone: +61 2 9850 9647 Fax: +61 2 9850 9352 Email: David.Hall@mq.edu.au Location: C5A 574 Web Pages: Selected Publications, Research Projects , Research students

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David Hall has been Associate Dean for Higher Degree Research in the Faculty of Human Sciences since the beginning of 2009. He was Coordinator of International relations for the Division of Linguistics and Psychology from 2006 to 2008, and was the elected Head of the Department of Linguistics from 2000 to 2005. David was manager of the English Language Services section of NCELTR from 1992 to 1999, established Macquarie as an IELTS Testing Centre in 1993 and managed the Macquarie linguistics postgraduate distance learning program from its inception in 1994. He has taught curriculum innovation, management, and language for special purposes at masters level, and units on curriculum, leadership and linguistics research at doctoral level.

A list of current and past doctoral students.

David has lived and worked in a number of countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Iran, Rwanda, France and England.

David has considerable experience in administration, consultancy and research project work. He has been a consultant for: international aid agencies such as UNDP, ODA (UK), the British Council, CIDA (Canada), SIDA (Sweden) and AusAID; educational bodies such as NSW Department of Education, the University of Brunei, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, Regional English Language Centre (Singapore), Srinakharinwirot University, Mahidol University and King Mongkut Institute [now University]of Technology Thonburi (Thailand), the Philippine Normal University and De La Salle University (Philippines) and the Centre Universitaire de Batna (Algeria); federal and state government departments such as the Department of Primary Industries, the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; and private companies and organisations such as Wellcome, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Glaxo, Allen+Hanburys, Infamed, the Australian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, the Australian Association of Asthma Foundations, Hewlett-Packard, Cathay Pacific, Qantas Flight Catering, the Medical Journal of Australia, NSW State Rail Authority and the NSW Taxi Council.

David has worked on and taken a leadership role in research projects such as the OU-MU Joint Materials Development project, the AusAID Institutional Links Project, and the Philippines Project in Basic Education. He has been Team Leader for one Macquarie Flagship grant and chaired the Steering Committee for a second Flagship. He is Principal Investigator for a current research project funded by the Japanese language-testing organisation STEP in relation to its Eiken test. See http://stepeiken.org/ .