Teacher profiles

Read about some of our featured Summer and Winter School lecturers, their backgrounds and why they enjoy teaching in intensive mode.

Francesca Panzironi - Faculty of Economics and Business

Human Rights and Australian Politics (Summer School 2007); International Politics of Human Rights (Summer and Winter School 2006)

Francesca is currently a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Law, (submission date July 2006). She has a Master Degree in Cooperation and Development, from the European School of Advanced Studies, University of Pavia, Italy, and a degree in Political Science from La Sapienza University, Rome.

She received the Australian-European Awards Programs Post-Graduate Fellowship granted by the Australian government through the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. Her research interest is in Aboriginal sovereignty and Australian Federal government.

What I have most enjoyed teaching Summer School can be summarised in three points:

a) small classes gave me the opportunity to get to know my students better and to have more interactive classes;

b) the intensive mode of the course allows students to work better in groups as they meet more often and for a longer time; and

c) excellent support and assistance provided by the Summer School office.

Alex Frino - Faculty of Economics and Business

Corporate Finance 1 (Summer and Winter schools)

Prof Alex Frino is Professor and Chair of Finance at the University of Sydney and Director of the Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia Pacific. He is also currently a consultant to the Sydney Futures Exchange.

In 1991 he received a Masters Degree in Finance from the University of Cambridge, England and in 1995 a PhD in Finance from the University of Sydney, Australia. Professor Frino specialises in derivatives market microstructure and the role of derivatives in investment management. He has published over 50 papers in leading scholarly journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management and Journal of Futures Markets. He has held Visiting Economist positions with CS First Boston Australia, the Sydney Futures Exchange and Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington DC.

Alex Frino is the recipient of the 2005 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award. He is also the recipient of the 2005 School of Business Teaching Award.

Alex has taught almost every year since the Summer School program started in the mid 90's.

I genuinely enjoy the teaching environment so much over summer! We get through the course in a relaxed, focussed, smaller group - in a sense the ideal learning environment! Its an absolute pleasure to stand and deliver in such a setting.

Janet Chew - Faculty of Economics and Business

International Business Strategy, Cross Cultural Management (Summer School 2006 and 2007)

B.Com. Hons( Murdoch)., M.I.R.( London)., Phd Com( Murdoch).

Janet Chew is currently teaching at the school of International business. Her research concerns all aspects of management of MNC and includes topics such as cross cultural management, international human resource management and international business strategies. Prior to becoming an academic, Janet has worked in finance, business administration, marketing, public relations and Intercultural business Trainer for MNC.

As a dedicated academic I enjoy teaching Summer School for several reasons.

Firstly, the students who attend the course are motivated and more committed to the learning process.

Secondly, the teaching process is more enjoyable due to better communication and interaction with a smaller- size class.

In addition, attendance at lectures and tutorials are higher, a clear indication of students desire to achieve results in a compressed time frame.

Finally, students from other universities around the world enrol for the Summer School program and this facilitates a more global learning process.