Mr Allan Morse

Mr Allan Morse

Position: Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication
Course Coordinator Visual Communication (Graphic Design)
Director - Coordinator Studio4
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Science and Information Technology
School of Design, Communication and Information Technology
Telephone: +61 2 4921 5696
Facsimile: +61 2 4921 5896
Email: Allan.Morse@newcastle.edu.au
Location: Design Building - D229
Campus: Callaghan
Qualifications:
  • Trained Teachers Technical Certificate (Hawthorne Institute of Education)
  • Diploma in Art and Design (Caulfield University)
Research Areas:
  • The creation and use of graphic imagery in the branding, labelling and marketing of wine as a product
Research Grants:  
Honours, Distinctions, Societies:
  • AGDA (Australian Graphic Design Association)
Teaching Interests:

Allan Morse has continued to be involved and concerned with innovative discipline directed design education since 1981, when he first moved full-time into the tertiary education sector. He moved to Newcastle in 1992 after many years as Head of The Graphic Arts course at Preston College and Coordinator of The Industry Advisory Committee for Graphic Arts in Victoria.

His role in Newcastle has been to continue as a facilitator and innovator in design education. In 1994 he established Studio4, a pro-bono client/community based studio, as a means of bringing an integrated industry and learning practice together. The result of which has been the establishment of graduate Graphic Design - Visual Communicators that are in demand and well regarded in the industry.

Supervision of Students:  
Professional Positions:
  • Current Senior Lecturer, Design Visual Communication(Graphic Design)
  • 2001-2000 Coordinator - Director Studio4
  • 2000-2001 Assistant Dean - Marketing FA,B&D
  • 2001-2000 International Student Advisor - Design
  • 1999-2000 Head, Department of Design
  • 1998-1999 ISLC, Committee External Relations
  • 1998 CRC Committee of Academic Senate
  • 1997-1998 Head, Department of Design
  • 1995 Acting Head of Department Design
  • 1994 Course Coordinator Design, Subject Coordinator Design
  • 1993 Member Academic Senate, FAD
  • 1993-1992 Subject Coordinator Graphic Design

Publications: Link to: Researcher Report
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