Rate My Professor Tim Fish

Fish's research specializations encompass pathways and access to higher education for underrepresented groups and non-ATAR students, alongside rural placements and rural research challenges. His supervision interests include pathways and transitions for students from underrepresented schools, TAFE, and nontraditional routes; experiences of rural students in tertiary education; and rural placement experiences for pre-service teachers. This work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals 4 (Quality Education) and 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth). Key publications feature “ ‘I do plan to do that in the future, just not the near future’: rural professional experience programs and pre-service teacher graduate destination preferences” (2025, The Australian Educational Researcher, with Bradbury, O., O'Donovan, R., Larsen, A., Komarzynski, L.); “‘Selling’ the rural to pre-service teachers: the role of marketing in rural placement programs” (2026, The Australian Educational Researcher, with Bradbury, O., Fuqua, M., Larsen, A., O’Donovan, R.); “Selection and rejection in teacher education: qualities of character crucial in selecting and developing teacher education students” (2018, Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, with McGraw, A.); “Therapeutic responses to ‘at risk’ disengaged early school leavers in a rural alternative education programme” (2017, Ethnography and Education); and “Adjustments and penalties in pathways” (2015, National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference proceedings, with McLeod, A. B., Pardy, J.). Fish is accepting PhD students on related topics.