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Associate ProfessorRuth Boyask

Associate Professor

Higher Education

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  • Associate Professor
    Higher Education
  • +44 (9) 921 9999 Ext.7569

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    National conversation about the future of school libraries
    5 Nov 2026
    School Libraries Association of New Zealand Aotearoa and National Library
  • POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION (AUT STUDENTS)
    How can a public library and a high school collaborate to engage students in reading over the school holidays?
    13 Jul 2026
    Doctoral
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Presenter at RPIC Symposium on Reading
    4 Jun 2026
    Aimed at bringing together researchers, educators, policymakers and industry leaders.
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Children's enjoyment of reading, writing and maths drops
    20 May 2026
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    LitPlus Morning Tea
    24 Nov 2025
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    LitPlus Pānui
    9 Sep 2025
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Research featured in Education Gazette
    31 Mar 2025
    Ministry of Education, New Zealand
  • FACILITATION, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION
    LitPlus Conference 2024 Chair (opens in a new tab)⁠
    23 Nov 2024
    LitPlus
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Media Informant
    6 Nov 2024
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Interview on RNZ Morning Report on standardised testing
    4 Jul 2024
  • FACILITATION, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION
    Director of LitPlus
    1 Jul 2024
    LitPlus
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Invited Speaker at National Library/NZCER Reading for Pleasure Hui
    15 May 2024
    National Library
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Comics Studies Aotearoa Panel Member
    5 May 2024
  • INVITATION TO PRESENT RESEARCH
    Creating Communities of Readers
    1 May 2024
    National Library and NZCER Reading Research Hui
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    2023 Research Methods e-Festival Panel
    9 Nov 2023
    UK National Centre for Research Methods
  • INVITATION TO PRESENT RESEARCH
    Beyond Policy Implementation: How Educators Engage in Different Stages of the Policy Process.
    11 Aug 2023
    Australian Association for Research in Education annual conference
  • EDITORSHIP, REVIEWING, JUDGING AND EXAMINING
    Editorial Board member New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies
    22 Jun 2023
    New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Reading for Pleasure Research Hui
    30 May 2023
    National Library of New Zealand
  • EDITORSHIP, REVIEWING, JUDGING AND EXAMINING
    Reviewer for Catalyst funding applications (opens in a new tab)⁠
    27 Apr 2023
    Royal Society Te Apārangi
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Media informant for opinion piece, NZ Herald
    16 Apr 2023
  • INVITATION TO PRESENT RESEARCH
    Reading enjoyment as a public education issue
    5 Apr 2023
    Manawatu Literacy Association Reading for Pleasure Festival
  • CONTRIBUTION TO ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT
    Invited consultant for Standards for Rapid Evaluation and Appraisal Methods, UCL
    1 Mar 2023
    RREAL Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab, UCL
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    Academic expert on The Panel, RadioNZ
    9 Feb 2023
  • INVITATION TO PRESENT RESEARCH
    Reconciling particularity and totality in education systems: Imagining an unbounded public education
    12 Oct 2022
    Education Policy Futures (EPF) Webinars
  • EDITORSHIP, REVIEWING, JUDGING AND EXAMINING
    Editor
    30 Sep 2022
    Editorial team, Methodological Innovations, SAGE journals