Planning and Performance Analysis Group

The Planning Office plays a critical role in formulating the University’s strategic and operational agendas, monitoring and reporting on performance, undertaking strategic information analysis including environmental scans and supporting quality assurance initiatives.

Jenny Gill, Manager Load Planning
jenny.gill@uq.edu.au +61 7 336 59195

Jenny is responsible for the preparation of student load and income projections, monitoring compliance with the University’s funding agreement for Commonwealth Supported Places, undertaking admissions monitoring, reporting on the University’s progress against its planned student load, and undertaking institutional research activities that investigate and analyse trends and scenarios in relation to student numbers and funding. She has previously worked as a School Manager, Faculty student adviser, and has been involved in various analytical and data visualisation projects within the Planning Office.

Michelle Boswell, Senior Planning & Performance Analyst
m.boswell@uq.edu.au +61 7 344 31319

Having worked at UQ for a number of years across different organisational units, Michelle has developed experience across a large range of the available datasets. Michelle specialises in the admissions data, dashboard visualisations and international ranking submissions whilst also providing assistance to Jenny in producing load planning reports.

Ashley Perkins, Planning Analyst
a.perkins@uq.edu.au +61 7 334 61698

Ashley undertakes research and analysis across wide range of data sources used for the production of planning and performance management information at UQ. Ashley has gained extensive experience reporting on the national student satisfaction surveys, mapping of student admissions data and reporting on the Federal government’s higher education student data.

Kathleen McDonnell, Reporting Analyst
kathleen.mcdonnell@uq.edu.au +61 7 336 52631

Kathleen manages the co-ordination of UQ's statutory reporting requirements for the Australian Government’s Higher Education Student Data Collections, including data quality control and assurance.

Alex Douglas, Planning Support Analyst
alex.douglas@uq.edu.au +61 7 336 51090

Alex has recently joined the Planning Office after working as a Business Intelligence Cadet and a Data Warehouse Developer with Griffith University for a period of two years. He is responsible for providing statistical information to aid in the University’s planning and performance management through the analysis and production of a broad range of quantitative reports whilst also providing support to Kathleen in preparing the Federal government’s higher education student data.