Director, Student Employability and Enrichmen
The University of Queensland

Dr Dino Willox is Director, Student Employability and Senate Member at The University of Queensland, and a Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE. They are responsible for developing and coordinating the strategic direction, framework, and services that assist students to succeed in whatever path they choose. Working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, Dino’s work spans professional, academic, curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular spaces, taking a multidimensional strategic approach to employability.

Dino is passionate about engaging students in a broad range of enrichment activities, developing their self-reflective practice, and enabling them to unlock and articulate the value of their lived experiences. Dino applies a strengths-based approach to empowering all students to achieve their full potential and succeed in their future careers.

Dino is also the Chair of the Queensland Widening Participation Consortium, a unique eight university collaboration with the Queensland Department of Education that provides students from traditionally under-represented groups with information, skills, and resources to realise tertiary education aspirations.