Malcolm Skilbeck is a world authority on education and works in educational policy analysis, curriculum, tertiary

Tertiary education

Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage, third level, and post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, university-preparatory school...

 and secondary education, the teaching profession, and educational innovation. Some of this work has been done with Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

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Skilbeck received his B.A. from University of Sydney

University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...

, his M.A. from University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...

, and Ph.D. from the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

. He has published many papers, articles, books and reports on academic issues such as curriculum theory and development, educational policy and youth training, in the secondary and tertiary sectors. He authored the books School Based Curriculum Development and The Vocational Quest; co-authored the Curriculum Reform, and the influential survey: Industry-university partnerships in the curriculum: trends and developments in OECD countries.

Positions held

• Professor and Dean of Education, University of Ulster
  University of Ulster
  The University of Ulster is a multi-campus, co-educational university located in Northern Ireland. It is the largest single university in Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland...
  
   from 1971 to 1975.
• Consultant Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in Paris and as a participant to its European programs.
• Director of the Australian Curriculum Development Centre from 1976 to 1981.
• Director of Studies of the Schools Council for Curriculum and Examinations for England and Wales from 1981 to 1983.
• Professor of Curriculum Studies at the Institute of Education, University of London
  University of London
  -20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
  
   from 1981 to 1985
• Vice-Chancellor and President, Deakin University
  Deakin University
  Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
  
   in Australia from 1986 to 1991
• Deputy Director for Education of the Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
• Currently a Consultant to UNESCO and the British Council.
• Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia