Cathy Moore elected new WA Division Secretary

Cathy Moore, WA Division Secretary

I joined the university sector in 2009 after a varied career spanning accounting and auditing, running a small business, secondary school teaching, career counselling and ultimately specialising in assessment across nine subject areas at the Curriculum Council of WA.

It was in my capacity as an assessment specialist that I was recruited to Edith Cowan University. My PhD thesis was 'Learning to See, Seeing to Learn' with a focus on the role video and discussion can play in supporting our learning.

Within a few years my academic role was made redundant. With the support of the NTEU I was able to transition to a professional role in the Centre for Learning and Teaching. This experience ignited my desire to become more active in our Branch, and across our Union in general.

My deep involvement in Union activities (on the local Branch committee, as Branch President, as Division President and on National Executive) has dramatically increased my awareness of the many injustices in our sector. This awareness is the foundation of my desire to reclaim worker power and to build strength through unity, so that we can collectively address injustice and inequity in our workplaces and co-create a vibrant tertiary sector that truly is for the benefit of our whole society . ◆