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Deputy Head of School, Education

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

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Deputy Head of School, Education
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

matthew.thomas@deakin.edu.au (opens in a new tab)

Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

Teacher education and professional judgement
Education systems and governance
Power, temporality, and accountability in education
Trauma-informed practice and child safety as system design
Artificial intelligence, datafication, and surveillance capitalism in education
Ethics, care, and relational practice in teaching

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COMPETITIVE GRANT
Placement Plus: Wyndham (opens in a new tab)⁠
Department for Education22 Dec 2025 - 26 Mar 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Owen C,
- Kabir A,
- Blake D,
- Thomas M
Design and delivery of comprehensive wraparound placement supports for 40 PSTs in the Wyndham growth corridor - $78,800
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COMPETITIVE GRANT
Deakin RISE (Regional and Inclusive Secondary Education), Employment-based pathway (opens in a new tab)⁠
Department of Education Victoria - $960,000.001 Dec 2025 - 30 Apr 2031
People funded by this grant:
- Hyde B,
- Henriksen J,
- Thomas M,
- McGlynn K,
- Goring J
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CONTRACT RESEARCH
Resilient Classrooms: Educators Leading Change Through Trauma-Informed Practices
Anonymous31 Oct 2025 - 1 Mar 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Thomas M,
- McGlynn K,
- Downes N,
- Mekonnen T
TENDER
Empowering educators with in-depth literacy and numeracy skills through Artificical Intelligence (AI): Micro credential program for Direktorat Pendidikan Profesi Guru - Indonesia (opens in a new tab)⁠
Directorate General of Teachers, Education Personnel and Teacher Education1 Oct 2025 - 31 Jan 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Widjaja W,
- Blake D,
- Nicholas M,
- Owen C,
- Thomas M
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Directorate General of Teachers, Education Personnel, and Teacher Education,
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TENDER
Isolation, placement poverty and learning to teach in the Bush
29 May 2024 - 27 Mar 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Thomas M,
- Blake D,
- Robertson N,
- Mooney A,
- Hyde B
Department of Education - $249,901.09
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Implementing a Multi-Provider Professional Practice Model in Victorian Regional Communities.
28 Jun 2023 - 30 Aug 2024
People funded by this grant:
- Thomas M,
- Blake D,
- Johnstone K,
- Hachem EE,
- Longaretti L
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $208,330.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Design and delivery of a Graduate Certificate of Secondary Digital Technologies.
15 Feb 2023 - 28 Mar 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Lynch J,
- Cain A,
- Raphael J,
- Aranda G,
- Aryal S
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $1,112,571.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Innovative ITE intervention to address teacher workforce supply.
31 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Mooney A,
- Blake D,
- McGlynn K,
- Usher A,
- Ryan C
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $700,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Improving Mentoring in Teacher Education.
13 Apr 2022 - 30 Sep 2023
People funded by this grant:
- Thomas M,
- Mooney A,
- Johnstone K,
- Blake D,
- Brown T
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $150,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Access Quality Teaching
9 Sep 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
People funded by this grant:
- Longaretti L,
- Thomas M,
- Charles C,
- Toe D,
- Arnold J
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $257,500.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Study and Pilot testing of a Multi-Provider Teaching Academy of Professional Practice Model for workforce creating in Victorian Rural and Regional.
28 Jun 2021 - 30 Dec 2022
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Mooney A,
- Thomas M,
- Hachem EE,
- Toe D
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $150,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
National Exceptional Teaching for Disadvantaged Schools 2021.
22 Apr 2021 - 10 Dec 2021
People funded by this grant:
- Toe D,
- Longaretti L,
- Arnold J,
- Thomas M
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $83,430.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Developing the National Exceptional teaching for Disadvantaged Schools Program.
4 May 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
People funded by this grant:
- Toe D,
- Longaretti L,
- Arnold J,
- Thomas M
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - CONTR2020/00758 - $106,250.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Graduate Teacher Conferences: Design, Implementation and Evaluation.
29 May 2018 - 28 May 2020
People funded by this grant:
- Moss J,
- Harvie K,
- Peters J,
- Moncrieff K,
- Arnold J
Department of Education and Training Victoria - $759,505.94
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Koorie Inclusive School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) Evaluation
1 May 2018 - 30 Apr 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Corcoran T,
- Thomas M
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $112,252.68
GRANT
Success and Failure in Higher Education on uneven playing fields.
1 Oct 2017 - 14 Dec 2018
People funded by this grant:
- Walker-Gibbs B,
- Ajjawi R,
- Rowe E,
- Skourdoumbis A,
- Thomas M
NCSEHE National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Research - $38,281.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Wyndham & Melton: Strengthening Connections between School, Young People, Parents and Community
21 Jun 2016 - 30 Jun 2018
People funded by this grant:
- Rodd P,
- Bellingham R,
- Thomas M,
- Skourdoumbis A
The Salvation Army - $100,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH

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