IEAA EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNER

Prof. James Adonopoulos, PhD, Academic Dean of Kaplan Business School, has won the Excellence in Leadership Award at the IEAA Excellence Awards 2024   

We are pleased to announce that our Academic Dean, Prof. James Adonopoulos, PhD has received the prestigious Excellence in Leadership Award at the IEAA Excellence Awards alongside Sarah Lightfoot, the CEO of UNSW Global. James accepted the award at the Australian International Education Conference held in Melbourne this week in front of 1,800 delegates. 

The IEAA Excellence Awards are the most well-known in Australia’s international education industry. The Hall of Fame for the Leadership Award includes some of the most respected figures in the field, and we are proud to see James join this esteemed group. 

This award not only recognises James' work in the transformation of Kaplan Business School over the last decade but also his contributions to the higher education sector which include:  

• Representing independent higher education on governmental and regulatory working groups 

• Establishing sector-wide communities of practice and Teaching & Learning Networks 

• Speaking at conferences on cross-institutional partnerships, generative AI, teaching quality, and academic integrity and 

• Serving on the Board of Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA), actively shaping policies to address the challenges faced by our sector. 

James’ leadership and dedication has contributed to Kaplan Business School becoming a global leader of business education and winning ‘Business School of the Year’ at the prestigious PIEoneer Awards.  

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