Amanda Richardson

Dr Amanda Richardson

Lecturer, Academic Development

Teaching and Learning Innovation

Academic

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Since joining the Teaching Innovation Unit as a Lecturer: Academic Development, Amanda has collaborated with a diverse range of UniSA staff across various curriculum design initiatives, led the development of courses for UniSA Online across several disciplines, as well as coordinating the Engaging Learners Online short course - a course designed specifically for staff at UniSA to strengthen their online teaching skills.
After completing a double degree Bachelor of Science/Education at UniSA in 2009, and Honours (Health Sciences) in 2011, Amanda jumped into a PhD to explore first-year university students' time use. She has taught across a number of first-year Health Science courses over the last 10 years, and is involved with ongoing teaching and learning research.
In addition to her work supporting on-campus and online learning across UniSA, Amanda is passionate about supporting first-year students as they transition into university study, the health and wellbeing of students and staff, as well as first-year curriculum design. 

Amanda's PhD research explored predictors of first-year student success; in particular the influence of students’ personal characteristics and their time use and the way these factors influence both their academic and health outcomes during the first year.

Amanda's current research interests include the first-year student experience, first-year transition supports embedded in the taught curriculum, learning technologies for the provision of student feedback, curriculum design (both online and on-campus), and health and well-being of staff and students more generally. 

In collaboration with colleagues from several Academic Units, Amanda is exploring the use of an attributional retraining intervention for students undergoing Academic Review at UniSA (for unsatisfactory academic achievement) to shift how students' think about the challenges they face with their studies; to influence their causal attribution styles toward patterns more often associated with academic success. 

Year Citation
2025 McCarten, B., Richardson, A., Raschella, L., Goodwin, A., & Pearson, E. (2025). Evaluation of an embedded transition support module: bringing academic skills and peers into first-year classrooms. Student Success, 16(2), 37-49.
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2024 Pearson, E., Richardson, A., & Le Busque, B. (2024). Fostering psychological literacy and student well-being through the first-year course connecting and working with nature: a case study. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 23(2), 129-340.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2023 Sauchelli, I., Heath, G., Richardson, A., Lewis, S., & Lim, L. A. (2023). You've got mail: a technology-mediated feedback strategy to support self-regulated learning in first-year university students. Student Success Journal, Online(1), 1-12.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3
2023 Goodchild, T., Heath, G., & Richardson, A. (2023). Delivering resilience: embedding a resilience building module into first-year curriculum. Student Success, 14(2), 30-40.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2019 Richardson, A., King, S., Olds, T., Parfitt, G., & Chiera, B. (2019). Study and life: how first year university students use their time. Student success, 10(1), 17-31.
DOI Scopus12 WoS15
2014 Graham, C., Richardson, A., King, S., Chiera, B., & Olds, T. (2014). An initial exploration of the association between psychological distress and sedentary behaviour in first year undergraduates. A practice report. International journal of the first year in higher education, 5(2), 95-101.
DOI
2013 Richardson, A. J., & Williams, C. R. (2013). Inter-population mating success in Australian dengue vector mosquitoes: effects of laboratory colonization and implications for the spread of transgenics. Journal of vector ecology, 38(1), 111-119.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC3
2012 Richardson, A., King, S. A., Garrett, R., & Wrench, A. (2012). Thriving or just surviving? Exploring student strategies for a smoother transition to university. A practice report. International journal of the first year in higher education, 3(2), 87-93.
DOI
2012 Richardson, A., King, S., Garrett, R., & Wrench, A. (2012). Thriving or just surviving? Exploring student strategies for a smoother transition to university. A Practice Report. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE FIRST YEAR IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 3(2), 87-93.
DOI WoS31

Courses I teach

  • SCTIU 90003 Engaging Learners Online 1 SC (2025)
  • SCTIU 90003 Engaging Learners Online 1 SC (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Cameron Richard Bacholer
2024 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Isabella Sauchelli

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